State fairs are famous for their food, especially when it comes to fried fare. In Texas, an amateur chef figured out how to ...

For years, he wanted a chance to set up a booth at the State Fair of Texas. Fast-forward to today, and he has multiple booths as owner of Tony’s Taco Shop. And it started with the Big Tex ...

Last week we got sucked into a Reddit thread about the cost of taking a family of four to the State Fair ... a Big Tex Choice Award finalist, cost $20 for three and are served in a cup with ...

Ian Macharia, 17, was injured when he was trampled by a Dallas police horse at the State Fair of Texas, according to ... pose for photos with the iconic Big Tex statue on Oct. 8 when the ...

We're glad you asked. And we're glad Big Tex was keeping track. The State Fair of Texas, which concluded its three-week run in Dallas on Sunday, shared a few dizzying numbers on the scope of the ...

After three weeks of fun, the State Fair of Texas is already entering its final days. Big Tex will say his final "howdy" when the fair wraps up its 2024 season at 9 p.m. on Sunday. While the ...

View Gallery Big Tex is slumbering and the State Fair of Texas is finishing hauling away its hundreds of vendor tents, breaking down dozens of rides, and putting Fair Park back the way it was.

Dallas police officers ride horses near Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas in September 2024.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) The day after the State Fair of Texas ended ...

DALLAS — The State Fair of Texas has come to an end after 24 days ... His company is the creator of this year's Big Tex Choice Award-winning "Dominican Fritura Dog." You could say he was born ...

Nearly 2.4 million people visited the State Fair ... Texas and Oklahoma, which the Longhorns won 34-3. Over 549,000 visitor guides were handed out, nearly 12,200 calls were answered by the Big Tex ...

including the State Fair of Texas, Fair Park First and Oak View Group LLC, responsible for the decision to use mounted police. “It was unreasonably dangerous to have mounted police officers at the ...

But as I paid my respects to the gentle giant, I couldn’t help but miss my guy Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall cowboy, official greeter and icon of the State Fair of Texas. Joe Krathwohl, who’s ...