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Minnesota State Fair's new foods for 2026: Photos
Predicting the Winners and Losers Among 36 New Minnesota State Fair Foods for 2026
A humorous, in-depth preview and critical analysis of the 36 new food items and 9 new vendors debuting at the 2026 Minnesota State Fair. The article channels a sports draft-style approach ("Mel Kiper-style") to predict which new fair foods will be winners and which will flop, drawing on years of local fair food reviewing tradition from legacy publications like MinnPost and City Pages, now continued by Racket.
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We decided to scout the 36 new fair food items and nine new vendors for 2026, which were revealed this morning to standard local
For years, MinnPost aggregated critical reactions to new Minnesota State Fair food offerings.
CP's own pandemic demise sidelined us for a couple years, but we came chompin' back here at Racket in '22, '23, '24, and '25 with the only new fair food reviews you can trust.
Let's get all Mel Kiper on the fair's 36 new food concoctions.
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Let's get all Mel Kiper on the fair's 36 new food concoctions.
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