What to eat at the 2025 Illinois State Fair

News Source : Bloomington Pantagraph
News Summary
- Reporters from The Pantagraph, Herald & Review and Journal Gazette & Times-Courier returned for a fifth year in a row to test out the new and interesting foods available at this year’s fair.
- Of the 137 food vendors serving fairgoers this year, two dozen are new.
- Many offer unique items that offer a changeup to the traditional fair fare.
- One of the first finds was a quintessential fair cuisine: fried food, including cheese underneath sauces and maybe a bit of bacon.
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois State Fair is synonymous with tradition. Yet the annual celebration of the states robust agriculture industry is constantly reinventing itself a concept fair organizers are l [+14484 chars]