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February 13, 2012
Once More, With Feeling, Questions at City Hall About How to Make Better Use of Fair Park
We've had this conversation before. And before that. And before that. Why oh why oh why is Fair Park -- "our jewel," in the words of Dwaine Caraway -- so underutilized, so unloved?Daniel Huerta, Fair Park's exec general manager, and Park and Rec head Paul Dyer, actually came to the Quality of Lif ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
How to Rev Fair Park's Economic Engine: Bring on the Scrapyards
State Rep. Eric Johnson, Democrat of southern Dallas and Mesquite, has an essay on the op-ed page of The Dallas Morning News today describing Fair Park as a "powerful economic engine" and a "jewel of our city" whose economic power should be harnessed to improve life in surrounding poor neighborhoods ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Found in Georgia, From 1954, the Creepiest Photo Ever Taken at State Fair of Texas
Photo by Roy Addis, courtesy Ron HartWhilst doing some housekeeping before heading out for the new year, I came across this gift you see above. It was dispatched by our new friend Ron Hart, the Atlanta photographer who earlier this month was kind enough to send us that never-before-seen color pho ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Revisiting the Tragic Tale of Christmas at Porter Chevrolet in '53, For the First Time in Color
Photos by Roy Addis, courtesy Ron HartJack Bridges's Santa perched atop Porter Chevrolet on Mockingbird, taken December 27, 1953It was around this time last year I stumbled across a photo of a giant Santa Claus sitting atop Porter Chevrolet on Mockingbird, across from the old Dr Pepper plant. Not ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
All The Veg That's Fit to Fry: The Texas State Veggie Fair
The Texas State Veggie Fair will descend on Winfrey Point at White Rock Lake this Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., providing an alternative to all the fried animal parts you've been subjected to at the State Fair. For the second year, the event will give veg heads a place to congregate, talk t ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
You State Fair-Goers Can Eat All the Deep-Fried Crap You Like. More Cuban Sandwiches For Me.
I grew up in a rural area, and the state fair was pretty far away. Most years the county or 4-H fair was where I got my fix for funnel cakes and sheep shit. The theme is about the same, but the scale much smaller and the food selection was less diverse. So when the State Fair of Texas kicked ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
BW's Fried Ribs and Fried Banana Pudding, Meet Face
Debbie Hays, from BW's Famous Fried Ribs at the State Fair of Texas, tells me she's been serving up fried ribs at the fair for 24 years. Twenty-four freaking years? How the dong have I never had these things? Hays says, "Seriously, how have you not tried them? They're not chicken-fried. They're seas ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
If Texas and OU Need More Seats to Stay at the Cotton Bowl, Well, There Is Room to Expand
It's been all of three years, almost to the day, since then-Mayor Tom Leppert and Tennell Atkins played a game of catch on the Cotton Bowl field to formally commemorate the end of $57 million worth of redos, $30 million of which was paid for out of the 2006 bond program with the State Fair of Tex ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Mayor, DPD Want Dallas ISD to Split State Fair Day Into Fair Days. For Safety Reasons.
I'm watching the Dallas Independent School District board of trustee meeting right now, if only to see how committed the trustees are to Commit! -- which, turns out, is a Mayor Mike initiative as much as a Dallas Regional Chamber idea. More to come in moments.But first, this bit of breaking news: ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Fair Park Railroad Museum to Take Baby Step Tomorrow Toward Moving Up to Frisco
Speaking of lawsuits involving the city ...It's been two months since we learned of a likely resolution in the city's case against the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park, which the City Attorney's Office sued to remove in January 2010 so it could reclaim the land for State Fair of Texas ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
At Back to School Fair, Mayor Rawlings, Fresh on the Job, Is Amazed by "The Scale of It"
Photos by Alex Scott, slide show hereWith a bright blue Frisbee on his head and a blow-up ball hanging from his lips by its mouthpiece, 9-year-old Emanuel spins around in circles so fast, his new camouflage backpack lifts from his body like a parachute at the moment of landing. Today is his b ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
Landmark Would Like State Fair Vendors to Pick Up After Themselves at Fair Park
Some of the displays around Hall of State and the lagoon that remained after the State Fair of TexasThe 7-year-old who lives in my house and I have spent the last two weekends at Fair Park while he wrapped a school project; so -- sniff -- proud. And somewhere between walking around the Cotton Bow ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
State Fair Concessions Director on Quest For Next Fletcher's Corn Dog
The State Fair of Texas last week announced its theme for 2011, but the real start of Fair-anticipation season might come next week when representatives head down to the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo to scout out concession ideas. Concession area director Carey Risinger and Kelly Pound, pro ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
Clock, Theme Set for Fair
Now that things are looking more like spring, let's talk about next fall. Yes, even before summer, sunglasses and heat-waves, let's talk about deep-fried food, over-sized cowboy hats and the Texas State Fair. As if we needed a reason to discuss the month-long exaltation of everything Texas, ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
North Texas Food Bank Sets State Fair Record
Tallies of how much food was consumed at the State Fair of Texas this year aren't yet available, but the amount of food donated was record-setting. The North Texas Food Bank this morning announced its haul over a series of collection Wednesdays came to 177,558 pounds, breaking the previous r ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.
Tallies of how much food was consumed at the State Fair of Texas this year aren't yet available, but the amount of food donated was record-setting. The North Texas Food Bank this morning announced its haul over a series of collection Wednesdays came to 177,558 pounds, breaking the previous r ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Texas Tipples: Calais Winery's La Cuvee Principale
Calais WineryTo oak or not to oak? That is the question for chardonnay makers. For many years, American winemakers tended to follow the example Kendall-Jackson set with its flagship chard, suffusing their wines with so much oak that it was sometimes hard to taste anything but tree. Then, ab ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Ice Carvers Think Beyond the Buffet Line
Mastermind, the forthcoming animated 3-D movie from DreamWorks, is presumably a technologically sophisticated bit of filmmaking. So why's the studio promoting it via a medium associated with buffet lines and cruise ships? Lugedoctor.comAn eight-foot tall ice sculpture of the movie's villain ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Cuban Sandwich Crisis: Taste of Cuba vs. Caribbean Cafe
Photos by Steven DoyleTaste of Cuba was the fairest of them all. Many people, when they consider Cuba, think of Fidel, Guantanamo Bay, the Bay of Pigs and cigars. City of Ate thinks sandwiches. Taking their cue from Caribbean, African and Spanish cuisine, Cubans have developed a flavor of t ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Great Deep-Frying Minds Think Alike: Twisted Root Debuts Fried Pop Tarts
Sara KerensThis is how Isaac Rousso fries Pop-TartsDeep-fried Pop-Tarts are now available to eaters who don't want to splurge on a State Fair of Texas ticket -- if they're willing to settle for Chef Jason Boso's version of the treat. Boso, executive chef of Twisted Root Burger Co. and Cowboy ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Texoma Winery Punches Humble Ruby Cab's Dance Card
texomawinery.comPeople aren't the only ones who suffer through hot Texas summers. Grapes feel the scorch as well, which means the state's not the place to produce varietals that wither in the heat. After years of stubborn experimentation with Pinot Noir and other delicate grapes, the Texas wi ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Sampling the Fair Foods, Part 3
Stephen MaskerAt the State Fair, you can win pigs...and eat them! The Observer this week set out to sample all the new fair foods that didn't make the Big Tex competition finals. Here, part three of our deep-fried review:
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September 30, 2010
Puzzle + Games = Fun
Stephen MaskerAt the State Fair, you can win pigs...and eat them! The Observer this week set out to sample all the new fair foods that didn't make the Big Tex competition finals. Here, part three of our deep-fried review:
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September 29, 2010
When the Fair Ends, the Texas Food Sampling Continues at Farmers Market
For folks who get in the habit of wandering around the Food & Fiber Pavilion and tasting Texas-made snacks during State Fair season, the Dallas Farmers Market Friends group is again offering a way to keep that sampling lifestyle going. The organization is sponsoring its 16th annual Hoedown o ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Salute The Hat
For folks who get in the habit of wandering around the Food & Fiber Pavilion and tasting Texas-made snacks during State Fair season, the Dallas Farmers Market Friends group is again offering a way to keep that sampling lifestyle going. The organization is sponsoring its 16th annual Hoedown o ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2010
Fried Beer Takes the Prize at State Fair
Photo by Hanna RaskinFried beer"You can't go wrong with chocolate!," a satisfied volunteer crowed upon exiting the Big Tex Choice Awards. Except, it seems, at the State Fair of Texas, where savory resoundingly trumped sweet at this morning's awards ceremony. Fried beer claimed the "most crea ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
A Look Back at a Time When State Fair-Goers Wore Ties to the Midway and Shot the Chute
Back in June, upon the occasion of the release of City Archivist John Slate's Historic Dallas Parks, I mentioned yet another history book was forthcoming from Arcadia Publishing: Willis Winters's Fair Park. At the time there was no release date set, only "closer to the State Fair of Texas," but a ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Rachel Ray About to Get Fried by Abel Gonzales Jr.
The Friar of Fried, Abel Gonzales Jr., might have already gone national with coverage of his blessed artery-clogging concoctions at the State Fair of Texas, but he's about to steal the hearts of housewives everywhere with an appearance on the Rachael Ray Show. On July 28, four-time winner of a ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Corn Dogs Aren't Considered Healthy Eats? Who Knew?
Corn dogs are lightweights compared with other state's fatty foods."No state is completely guilt-free when it comes to dishes with sky-high fat content," scolds the intro to Health.com's new state-by-state compilation of the nation's fattiest foods. Problem is, the fat content for the corn d ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Fair Park to Get a Classic Car Museum! Now, The Trick Will Be Making It Permanent.
While we're on the subject of Fair Park (and when are we not this week?), I'll assume you missed this when we first mentioned it on Christmas Eve: Fair Park's getting a car museum. Or, to be more precise, the Texas Museum of Automotive History.Stephen PageJust this morning, matter of fact, the ci ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Free Fair Park!
I swear -- swearswearswear -- this is our last item about Fair Park. At least, for today -- I'm headed over to the George Allen, so. But, seriously, I highly recommend attending Park and Rec board meetings, mostly because Park and Rec's the only city entity I'm aware of that uses the Texas Discov ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Our Deep-Fried Decade: Ten Years Of Gluttony And Progress At The State Fair
Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter 10 years, this is where we ended up: four deep-fried butter balls topped with garlic and grape sauce. How did we get to the point where we'd actually eat this?In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We'd get a ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Texas-OU at Night? Doesn't Sound Like It.
Danny FulgencioMaybe you saw Michael Lindenberger's story in The News this morning about the Dallas Area Rapid Transit board meeting yesterday, during which DART officials found that DART officials didn't do anything wrong during the Fair Park eff-up that resulted in folks missing a big hunk o' T ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
One Last "Howdy, Folks" Till Next Year
Justin TerveenFiguring that the glorious weather (at last!) would indeed inspire record turnouts and copious photo ops during the final weekend of the State Fair of Texas, we dispatched the great Justin Terveen to Fair Park. Here's but a taste of what he came back with; he's said he's sending mor ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2009
Today's Sign of the Times: Where You Can Park for the Red River Shootout on Saturday
Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall sends word for those heading to the Red River Shootout on Saturday: Take the Green Line or at least park on Fair Park property, where spots are $10. But if you insist on parking off-site, in one of the privately owned lots where spots run upwards of $15, just one ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
Today's Quality of Life Update: How to Report Dead Street Lights, and TX-OU Tow Warnings
ZazzleAmazing the things you learn from city council briefings. Like this: Oncor has a Web site that allows you to report street-light outages by address or pole numbers. It's been operational since August, but the council's Quality of Life Committee is getting a briefing on the subject today. Th ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
If You're Not an Oprah Winfrey Fan, You May Want to Skip the State Fair of Texas Monday
Specifically, you'll want to stay away from the Chevrolet Main Stage at 10 a.m., when Oprah Winfrey will begin taping her State Fair of Texas special that'll also include a performance by Martina McBride. Winfrey's production company just sent the details for her appearance, if you have further q ... More >>
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October 5, 2009
Weekend Roundup: The Dodos, En Vogue
The Dodos, House of Blues, Friday, Oct. 2ndThe San Francisco psychedelic folk trio is having a charmed year. They scored a Miller Chill commercial song placement, and in November they'll head off on a European tour. But they were cool enough to stop at House of Blues in Dallas first.
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October 1, 2009
Shutter Stars
The Dodos, House of Blues, Friday, Oct. 2ndThe San Francisco psychedelic folk trio is having a charmed year. They scored a Miller Chill commercial song placement, and in November they'll head off on a European tour. But they were cool enough to stop at House of Blues in Dallas first.
Blogs
September 11, 2009
Up on the Fair Park Line
Speaking of Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Fair Park ...I was looking for something entirely unrelated on YouTube when I came across this vintage footage posted by DART a couple of weeks ago. Says the description of the footage that was kindly provided by one Johnnie J. Myers:Fair Park saw its last r ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Kelly Clarkson Tours State Fairs, People Still Get Pissed
It's headache-inducing, I know.More headaches for Kelly Clarkson today, as fans of the original American Idol are pretty pissed that the Burleson native canceled her Minnesota State Fair performance just two hours prior to her scheduled performance time, leaving fans who'd paid to enter the fair ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2009
Pairing Off: Corn Dogs
Patrick MichelsEach week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this. Then again, writing a corn dog piece around state fair time seems far too cliche.So what the hell--it's summer, the season of food on a stick, and our own ... More >>
Dining
September 25, 2008
Blackjack Pizza
Patrick MichelsEach week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this. Then again, writing a corn dog piece around state fair time seems far too cliche.So what the hell--it's summer, the season of food on a stick, and our own ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
Tour Speed
See Big D on the run
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April 5, 2007
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Are you going to Scarborough?
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February 15, 2007
Fair Is Fair
History about more than corn dogs
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September 28, 2006
Fried Magic
Bring on the State Fair
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October 2, 2003
We are Corny
Plus: Rejected!
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November 9, 2000
Life's Not Fair
Where can you get funnel cakes now that the State Fair is over?
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September 26, 1996
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Where can you get funnel cakes now that the State Fair is over?
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