State Fair recommendations?

[Mike Sixel]

 

 

[DJL44]

The frozen apple cider in the horticulture building is a favorite of mine. 

[RpR]

I get there when the gate open Larpenter gate opens.

There is a foot long hotdog place by the DNR building and a taco/buritto place on the same block .

They open with the gate and when I went to the Tex-Mex place one year, being the first customer got me two for the price of one.

[Vanimal46]

Just went yesterday... I would try to go in the morning before it gets too busy in the afternoon. Maybe it will be a little less foot traffic if you're going on a weekday.

The Amish doughnut from Peachey's Baking Company really is that good. The line is always long but worth the wait. 

As far as other new foods we tried... The Longanisa Cheese Curd Lumpia was really good. So were the elote tots. I heard really good things about the Hmong corndog from Union Hmong Kitchen, but I got a pronto pup instead for nostalgia. 

If you want to see the crop art, you are going to be waiting in line for an hour or more. I'd say your first priority when you get to the fair is either get in line for the doughnut, crop art, or the apple fries. The line for the apple fries was so long at 10 AM we didn't even bother. 

[Vanimal46]

Oh yeah. I would also recommend bringing lots of cash. Even with a decent sized group of 8 where we shared different food items, I still ended up spending around $70 on food there over the course of 6 hours. 

[Vanimal46]

Also, there’s an app someone made called MN on a Stick. I recommend downloading that so you can favorite the food and things you want to see. And it’s an interactive map if you share your location while using the app 

[Mike Sixel]

33 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Also, there’s an app someone made called MN on a Stick. I recommend downloading that so you can favorite the food and things you want to see. And it’s an interactive map if you share your location while using the app 

Thanks! Just downloaded and favorite the Hmong corn dog.