Category: Food & Beverage

“Fair Food Four Pack” Promotion – Limited Quantities available online May 12, 2017!

On: By: karen

LOVE this new promotion for the 2017 Great NYS Fair!  

With Just Over 100 Days until Opening Day at the Fair, Special Promotion Highlights Some of the Most Popular Food and Drinks Found at the Fair

The Great New York State Fair today announced the launch of the first-ever “Fair Food Four Pack” sale.  With just over 100 days until opening day at the Fair, this special promotion highlights some of the Fair’s most popular food and drinks while providing fairgoers who love eating at the Great New York State Fair a chance to save money on some of their favorite items.  The Fair “Fair Food Four Pack” sale starts at 6 a.m. Friday, May 12 via the Fair’s online ticket seller, etix.com.

The Fair is offering four $5 vouchers, worth $20, that can be redeemed for delicious eats at select Fair restaurants.  The four pack also includes four coupons good for cups of perfectly chilled white or chocolate milk at the Milk Bar in the Dairy Products Building and four coupons good for $1 baked potatoes with all the toppings at the Fair’s signature Great Potato Booth in the Horticulture Building.  The package’s value is $25 and will be sold for $15, plus credit card and etix fees of 34 cents per four pack.  There are only 3,000 four packs available, with a limit of two four packs per customer.

“The number one reason people give us for coming to the Fair is to enjoy the food.  This new sale celebrates that and helps make some of the Fair favorites more affordable for people.  With just over 100 days to go to opening day and excitement building for the 2017 Great New York State Fair, I think these four packs will go quickly, so I wouldn’t wait to buy one,” said Troy Waffner, Acting Fair Director.

Four packs are only available online, at https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3010817/fair-food-four-pack-syracuse-new-york-state-fair.  Buyers will receive a voucher that they can print at home.  Buyers then bring the voucher to the new Guest Relations center inside the Main Gate to receive their food, milk and potato coupons.

The $5 food vouchers are good at the following restaurants:

  • Big Villa Lemonade Stands – five locations
  • Cahoots Ale House – Restaurant Row
  • Catering by The Oaks – Horticulture Building
  • Charlie’s – the Colonnade
  • Daniella’s – near Gate 4
  • Doug’s Fish Fry – Horticulture Building
  • Grandma’s Kitchen – International Building
  • Gianelli Sausage and the Dinosaur BBQ – Chevy Court
  • Haddock’s Paddock – Restaurant Row
  • Hofbrauhaus – International Building
  • Horan’s – Restaurant Row
  • International Spiedies – International Building
  • Jimmy B’s – between Poultry & Dairy Cattle Buildings
  • JJ’s – Restaurant Row
  • King Tut’s – International Building
  • Large Villa Ice Cream Cones – two locations
  • New York Deli – International Building
  • Papa’s Pizza – International Building
  • Pig & The Potato – International Building
  • P-Z-O’s Restaurant – Restaurant Row
  • Seafood Tavern – between the Poultry & Dairy Cattle buildings
  • Tommy C’s – near Gate 4
  • Tiki Turtle – the Colonnade
  • Twin Trees Restaurant – between the Poultry & Dairy Cattle buildings
  • Tully’s – outside the International Building
  • Villa Pizze Fritte – outside the International Building
  • West End Bar & Grill – across from the FFA Barn
  • Ye Old Ox Roast – between the Poultry & Dairy Cattle buildings

The list of participating restaurants is subject to change.  A current list can be found at https://nysfair.ny.gov/4pack/.

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The Great New York State Fair to have first ever Kosher Food Booth – a step towards more diverse offerings

On: By: karen
The more diverse the Fair food is, the better in my opinion!
The Great New York State Fair’s first-ever kosher food booth will debut at the 2016 Fair, offering traditional kosher dishes with a Fair theme, Acting Fair Director Troy Waffner announced today.
 
“Food is consistently one of the Fair’s greatest attractions. People come to get their Fair favorites and to try something new and fun. Every year, we dedicate ourselves to providing both delicious Fair classics and new, exciting foods for people to enjoy. We are the coming together of New Yorkers, and the best way for us to show that is through a diversity of food representing the diversity of our great state,” said Waffner.
 
Catering by The Oaks has prospered at Menorah Park in Dewitt for four years, and is the only kosher restaurant in Upstate New York between Buffalo and Albany. At the Fair, Catering by The Oaks will be located in the Horticulture building next to Doug’s Fish Fry. The Fair and the Director of Kosher Law Enforcement for the Department of Agriculture and Markets have been working together for several years to bring kosher food to the fairgrounds. The menu will include a mix of traditional kosher dishes such as potato knishes, bagel and lox sandwiches, gluten-free citrus salmon lettuce wraps and chopped salads as well as kosher dishes given a Fair twist-deep-fried apple blintzes coated with cinnamon and brown sugar, deep-fried cheese blintzes served with sour cream and fried matzo balls.
 
“We are ecstatic to bring our one-of-a-kind menu to the Fair. You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy these tasty delights. We had a taste panel with people who ate strictly kosher and people who did not; both groups absolutely loved them,” said The Oaks Catering General Manager, Jarrod Charsky.
 
Catering by The Oaks and all other vendors on the fairgrounds can be located by downloading the Fair Food Finder application for smartphones and using the app’s interactive map of the Fair. For fairgoers without smartphones, the application may also be found on the Fair’s website, here.
 
In recent years, the New York State Fair has increased its diversity of food offerings. In 2015, the first ever vegan vendor, Strong Hearts Café, was introduced and plans to return in 2016. 
 
The New York State Fair,operated by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, runs from August 25 to September 5, 2016.  The Fair’s mission, reflected in its theme, “Find Your GREAT!,” is to showcase the best of New York agriculture while providing top-quality entertainment.
The 375-acre New York State Fairgrounds is undergoing the most significant transformation since it first opened its gates in 1890. The $50 million plan, announced by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, revitalizes the grounds in many ways, improving the quality of the fairgoer’s experience and providing greater economic benefits for the region. Improvements include the dramatic new Main Gate- the arches of which recall the carriage gate that greeted fairgoers in 1900, a larger, 15-acre Wade Shows Midway that will hold more rides than ever, and the brand new 315-site Empire RV Park with underground water, sewer and electrical service. The plan will better position the New York State Fairgrounds as a premier year-round, multi-use facility that can attract more events and visitors from across the nation.  More information on the revitalization is available here and renderings can be viewed here.
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NYS Fair Fried Specialties Stand’s latest offering – have they gone too far?

On: By: karen

New for 2015:  The latest in “Food found only at the Fair”

Here is the description:

Take a burger patty and deep fry it (well, duh); Top it with deep-fried bacon and then garnish it with some cheddar cheese and deep-fried pickles.  If you’re in Fair mode, so far it’s not TOO over the top. But here’s the kicker:  Put all of that between two grilled cheese sandwiches.  Whaaaa?  I know it’s the Fair and anything goes but I cannot even imagine attempting to eat this colossal cardiologist’s nightmare.

Deep fried oreos, snickers or twix – I say bring it!  Deep fried butter – not a chance.  And the burger described above?  Well, from the suburbs of Syracuse in July, I say NO. WAY.  However, come late August/early September when I’m strolling the foodie aisles of the Fair, I will perhaps feel obligated to try it.  How else will I be able to describe the experience accurately on my blog?  So, I suppose I might be willing to take one for the team 🙂

Here’s a preview of the latest Fried Fair Food!  
Friend? or Foe?
FriedBurger2015

(photo courtesy of www.syracuse.com)

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