Reviewer’s disclosure: I LOVE Reuben sandwiches. If a restaurant is known for having a good Reuben, that’s what I order from the menu, every time, without fail. So when I saw that Spaghetti Eddies was adding a Reuben Pizza to their trailer near the Food Building, I was predictably excited to give it a try.…

The Minnesota State Fair and its vendors are seemingly on a mission every year to prove that anything and everything under the sun can be deep-fried and skewered. One of the Fair’s outposts most dedicated to battering and dunking unexpected things into cooking oil is Fried Fruit & Fried Olives underneath the Grandstand ramp near…

RC’s BBQ has been consistent in offering up some of the Fairgrounds’ very best proteins, with a clockwork-like approach to adding in a new take on barbecue each year for the last several years, most perfectly executed and among the better new foods added. They’ve once again achieved success in their Sweet Martha’s-adjacent stand in…

There is no shortage of exemplary ice cream options scattered throughout the Fairgrounds, so to stand out from the crowd a vendor needs a unique flavor or flawless execution. Thankfully, Granny’s Apples + Lemonade and A to Z Creamery have achieved creating a scoop that truly shines above the rest as one of the more…

The Fair’s most unique arrangement for a food stand is Midtown Global Market in the International Bazaar, where restaurants will operate like a pop-up for just half of the Fair’s days, before turning over to another restaurant with an entirely different menu for the back half. On top of only servicing half the Fair’s duration,…