We tried all the new Minnesota State Fair foods this year

From pickle everything to lutefisk to limeade and lemonade, our food writers spent Day One of the Minnesota State Fair trying all the new foods.

People line up for breakfast inside Hamline Church Dining Hall Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at The State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. ]
People lined up for breakfast inside Hamline Church Dining Hall on Thursday, the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

From a dill pickle cheese curd taco to birthday cake doughnuts and even a little lutefisk, this year's new Minnesota State Fair foods has it all.

In total, there are 34 new foods and seven new vendors supplying fairgoers with morning-to-night treats.

And those are just the "official" options. The Taste team scouted the fair for even more (unofficial) new foods on Day One.

Relive the day as our food writers tried all the new offerings this year.

(Don't forget to check out all the new drinks and stop by the Star Tribune booth to get your own Crop Art-flavored lip balm.)

about the writers

Sharyn Jackson

Reporter

Sharyn Jackson is a features reporter covering the Twin Cities' vibrant food and drink scene.

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Joy Summers

Food and Drink Reporter

Joy Summers is a St. Paul-based food reporter who has been covering Twin Cities restaurants since 2010. She joined the Star Tribune in 2021. 

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Nicole Hvidsten

Taste Editor

Nicole Ploumen Hvidsten is the Star Tribune's senior Taste editor. In past journalistic lives she was a reporter, copy editor and designer — sometimes all at once — and has yet to find a cookbook she doesn't like.

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