Fair food worth the calories
Thoreson
While the 2026 Street Fair, Art on the Green and the Taste of Coeur d’Alene are in the rear-view mirror, nothing signals the home stretch of summer like the North Idaho State Fair and Gem State Stampede, which opens Aug. 21 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 30. This year’s theme is Fun is in the Mix.
At nisfair.fun I perused the food vendors for this year and vow to find and experience sweet crunch tanghulu. Then there’s a variety of corn on the cob flavors … Hawaiian, southern roasted and my favorite, Mexican street corn. Since no fair experience is complete without an elephant ear, corn dog or cotton candy, I need to start now conserving calories and carbs in preparation.
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