Deep-Fried Fun: B+C Fair Day 2017

With the cool breeze of fall fighting its way into our city, a familiar face has risen in the distance. His jovial visage and patented Texas duds stand proudly in the middle of Fair Park. Its Big Tex, and the State Fair of Texas is upon us. Like moths to a greasy plume of fried aromas, we recently donned our custom fair shirts and made our annual trip to this Dallas tradition. There, we indulged in culinary abominations like Deep Fried Froot Loops and Fletcher's Corny Dogs. We rode fist-clinching rides, and played carnival games. We even purchased mattresses! And we did it all with a healthy dose of good old-fashioned cold beer. This is how we do Fair Day, and it's alway deep-fried fun. Check out some of our antics from this year.

– Team Banowetz

Hot Corn Dog and Cold Beer: Banowetz Fair Day fun

Each year at about this time, Banowetz + Company Production Manager Dawn Grimes can be heard roaming throughout the office with her not-so-subtle rallying cry “Corn-Eee-Dawg!” It’s our tip-off that it’s Texas State Fair time (as if we could miss it, being across the street from the fairgrounds) and that the legendary Banowetz Fair Day is soon approaching.

This year, with our staff bigger than ever, we had several rookies who had not yet done the fair “Banowetz-style” and had to be introduced to the rituals of this special event. First stop, Fletcher’s Corny Dogs (hence Dawn’s battle cry); next stop, four-coupon beer (or at least that’s what it was 15 years ago, and we’re still calling it that even though it’s now eight-coupon beer). After that, we eat a smorgasbord of fried items. From there, it’s a toss-up, with a combination of rides, attractions and sampling food finalists’ concoctions, accompanied by general goofiness and tomfoolery. 

We’d like to say “what happens with Big Tex stays with Big Tex...” but we’ve got photos! Enjoy!

— Team Banowetz

Howdy Folks!: Banowetz + Co. Fair Day Fun

Whoo hooooo! It’s Texas State Fair time again! And that of course means Banowetz + Co. Fair Day. Once again, we did it up right with way too much food, a cold beer — or two — and a handful of rides (because nothing goes better with rich, greasy food and alcohol than being tossed upside down a few dozen times). We also made a concerted effort to sample all the 2014 Big Tex Choice Award finalists, and although we had an ambitious plan, we only managed to put a small dent in the list due to being distracted by other food items. But in the end, no one went home hungry. On the contrary, I don’t think any of us ate again until noon the next day, due to the massive culinary intake! Here’s a summary of our day in fair fare and what we thought of it (we’re a tough crowd) and a few fun pics of the day’s events:

Friends in high places.

Dallas’ finest tries to help us locate the cheapest beer.

Dining over a trash can — nice!

A funny flock.

Texas-shaped nachos with squeeze cheese. (Ew!)

✓ corndogs (duh!)
✓ chicken-fried loaded ✓ baked potato
✓ fried biscuit ‘n‘ gravy
✓ fried sriracha balls
✓ BBQ brisket crunchy tacos
✓ fried sweet potato tornados

Peace and butter sculptures.

✓ fried okra
✓ beer (plural)
✓ nachos
✓ Belgian waffle (fully loaded)
✓ tornado taters
✓ fried jambalaya

Dawn one. Tweety zero.

✓ fried brisket
✓ onion rings
✓ fried Texas tacos
✓ Cuban roll
✓ French fries
✓ bratwurst

— Kris Murphy, Senior Designer