2016 Fair

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2016 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR

LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 29 - August 6, 2016

Foodie goes to the fair

We’re sending our favorite

‘Foodie’ out this week

to enjoy one of the best

aspects of going to the

Logan County Fair, to

chow down on fair festival

foods. With more than a

dozen vendors offering

all the traditional festival

delectable’s from corn

dogs to cotton candy,

and even healthy fruit

smoothie concoctions, we

think he’ll do alright.

We hope you will be

reminded of some good

tastes found at the fair,

and maybe even be

tempted to venture out

and treat yourself.

Day 1 of the Foodie trek

Here it is;

the time is now for the Logan County Fair

to return to Lincoln, Illinois. Every year as a child I looked

forward to the fair, when my family and I would visit a

few times.

Now that I’m older and I live on my own, I don’t visit the

fair as often. But if there is one constant in this universe,

one simple thing that is always true, it’s this; fair food is

still great. I still look forward to that annual opportunity to

stuff my face with flavor and raise my cholesterol levels to

their highest point just short of Thanksgiving.

One of the first places to open at the fair is a stand called

Taft’s. The front of the stand is decorated with pictures of

the items on their menu; burgers, hot dogs, French fries.

As it was early and it was one of only two places ready for

business, I was surprised to find only an elderly couple and

a young girl waiting in line. The little girl ordered a hot

dog; of course she did. Hot dogs are a perpetual staple in

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By Derek Hurley