minnesota state fair
Doin’ Minnesota State Fair Beers 2026: The Best and Worst of the Year’s New Beers
The return of Racket's Slurp!, Shrug, Skip beer rating system.
The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair
The return of our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system.
State Fair Boots the Big Pepper, a Family-Run Biz for Nearly 50 Years
They even had to hire someone to demolish the Pepper, which was a permanent structure on the fairgrounds until this year.
New 2026 Minnesota State Fair Food Revealed: Predicting the Winners and Losers
Let's get all Mel Kiper on the fair's 36 new food concoctions.
See Some of the Fair’s Best Crop Art Inside MN’s Biggest Museum
'Cream of the Crop: A Minnesota Folk Art Showcase' comes to Mia later this week.
MN Street Style: Minnesota State Fair
Practicality and fashion interplay in these end-of-summer looks.
Doin’ Minnesota State Fair Beers 2025: The Best and Worst of the Year’s New Beers
Including this year’s big talker—Pryes’ Royal Raspberry soft serve.
RacketCast, Ep. 33: Emergency MN State Fair New Food Roundtable!
We're so stuffed.
The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2025 Minnesota State Fair
Enjoy 7,000 words of reviews set to our proprietary Scarf!, Shrug, Skip rating system.
Dudes (and Ladies!) Rock at the MN State Fair’s Midway Men’s Club
Cheapest and arguably coldest beer. Cheapest and arguably best burgers. Decades of giving back to the community.
