Rides and games coming to the NY State Fair Food Fest starting this week
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Rides and games from Main Events Amusements will be featured this week at the expanded State Fair Food Fest at the New York state fairgrounds. This photo shows Main Events configuration for food, rides and games during the 2019 Comic Con at the fair. This year the rides will be distanced and there will be no Ferris wheel.
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Central New York’s off-season State Fair Food Fest is growing this week into a full-fledged carnival.
That means the Giant Slide, The Scrambler, a kids’ rollercoaster and more are joining in the offerings of pizze frittes, gyros, deep-fried Oreos and wine slushies Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the State Fairgrounds.
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Posted May 05, 2021
Happy Mother’s Day weekend!
There are many ways you can celebrate the day this year as things finally begin to appear to be returning to normal.
You can take your mom to Beak & Skiff’s for a lunchtime picnic, buy her some flowers at a sale at the Sangertown Mall, purchase her a virtual ticket for the new streaming Syracuse Stage play, “I and You,” or treat her with a State Fair snack at the Fairgrounds.
And baseball is back in Syracuse! The Mets are back in action at NBT Stadium all week against Scranton after a season away.
State Fair Food Fest is back for the next two weeks. Stay tuned for added features
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
The State Fair Food Fest takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the New York State Fairgrounds. (2020 photo).Don Cazentre
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Pizze frittes, sausage sandwiches, wine slushies and more return to the New York State Fairgrounds this weekend and next, and plans are in the works for an extended run with added features.
There is a change in the schedule for the event known as the State Fair Food Fest: The event runs 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week and next (for the past two weeks it was Thursday to Saturday).
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NYS Fair vendors, visitors get a taste of normalcy at offseason food fest
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer People stood on line for 20 minutes to have a taste of Big Kahuna’s gyros, corn dogs and cheese fries.
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Despite the 40-degree weather, residents stood in line for 20 minutes on Saturday to get Big Kahuna’s Fair Foods as its neighboring vendor Villa Pizze Fritte blasted classic rock music. This was the first glimpse of an in-person New York State Fair atmosphere that residents had seen since before the pandemic.
The Zazzara family, operators of the Villa Pizze Fritte stand, hosted an off-season State Fair Food Fest at the New York State Fairgrounds for the second time during the pandemic. This year’s event ran April 15-17 and will continue April 22-24. Vendors included Villa Pizze Fritte, Big Kahuna, Ashley Lynn Winery and Carnival Eats Syracuse.