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

Fun Folks, Fried Food & Six-ticket beer: Fair Day 2016

It’s that time of year again, when our patron saint of fried edibles (Big Tex) is hoisted onto his soap box and beckons the citizens of the metroplex to indulge in fair-going delights. As is tradition, we made the pilgrimage (across the street) to pay our respects to the deep fryer, make donations to the carnival games, and take a seat in various high-velocity spinning chairs of adrenaline (and nausea). There was much laughter, and possibly some excellently executed dance moves. We enjoyed the bounty of fried innovation with the likes of fried Jell-O®, deep-fried pulled pork “FUNYUN®” dings, and State Fair Cookie Fries. Cookie fries! What a time to be alive! We also visited the baby animals of the petting zoo, and felt a bit sad we couldn’t cuddle each and every one. (Sans the porcupines.) Fair Day was a success, as usual. Take a look at some of our musings below, and rest assured that many Corny Dogs were harmed in the making of this adventure. 

– 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