These tofu bites are likely to be this year’s most underrated, most slept-on new food item, but they should be a hit and will be an easy recommend for anyone looking for an affordable but filling meal at the Fair or a meat-free option that actually excites. About ten cubes of tofu are sent through…

O’Gara’s has perhaps been the Fairgrounds’ most consistently inconsistent vendors over the last several years. For many years, their new foods were some of the worst offenders for being bland, poorly thought out, or not well made. However, they seemed to be on an uptick as of late, with last year’s Walking Shepherd’s Pie being…

The Fairgrounds are littered with foods that aim to be an entire meal, or foods that are trying to do too much to be an entire concept onto themselves, but not enough that are proud to be a mere blip in your daily diet and feature good, honest, well-executed food that’s everything its advertised to…

The Blue Barn has been pumping out consistently fun new food concepts from their West End Market outpost for over a decade now, and their strong suit has always been their sweets, from the exemplary French Toast Bites that utilize Pop Rocks to burst with flavor, to last year’s PB Bacon Cakes which were a…

Rarely have we been so disappointed by a new food item that should have been a no-brainer hit than we were by this dessert offering from Mancini’s. Cannoli? Delicious! Gelato? Ideal for a sunny State Fair day! Nachos? We love ’em! How could this go wrong? By failing at essentially every element along the way.…