Whoo hooooo! It’s Texas State Fair time again! And that of course means Banowetz + Co. Fair Day. Once again, we did it up right with way too much food, a cold beer — or two — and a handful of rides (because nothing goes better with rich, greasy food and alcohol than being tossed upside down a few dozen times). We also made a concerted effort to sample all the 2014 Big Tex Choice Award finalists, and although we had an ambitious plan, we only managed to put a small dent in the list due to being distracted by other food items. But in the end, no one went home hungry. On the contrary, I don’t think any of us ate again until noon the next day, due to the massive culinary intake! Here’s a summary of our day in fair fare and what we thought of it (we’re a tough crowd) and a few fun pics of the day’s events:

Dallas’ finest tries to help us locate the cheapest beer.

Texas-shaped nachos with squeeze cheese. (Ew!)

✓ corndogs (duh!)
✓ chicken-fried loaded ✓ baked potato
✓ fried biscuit ‘n‘ gravy
✓ fried sriracha balls
✓ BBQ brisket crunchy tacos
✓ fried sweet potato tornados

✓ fried okra
✓ beer (plural)
✓ nachos
✓ Belgian waffle (fully loaded)
✓ tornado taters
✓ fried jambalaya

✓ fried brisket
✓ onion rings
✓ fried Texas tacos
✓ Cuban roll
✓ French fries
✓ bratwurst

— Kris Murphy, Senior Designer