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What Happened to Colorado State Fair After Food Paradise? (Pueblo, CO)

Food Paradise, Special Pueblo, Colorado

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Colorado State Fair is an annual fair or festival, featured on Food Paradise (2012) -- a seasonal event, not a year-round restaurant.

What the source shows: Colorado State Fair is an annual state fair in Pueblo, CO, featured on Food Paradise's "State Fair Foods Paradise" episode (2012); it is a seasonal event, not a year-round restaurant. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

In the special 'State Fair Foods Paradise' (2012), the show toured fair-food vendors at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, sampling the kind of classic midway dishes fairgoers associate with the event. According to Wikipedia's Colorado State Fair article, revised 2026-08-30, the fair has run since October 9, 1872, and operates as a division of the Colorado Department of Agriculture; the fairgrounds also host other events throughout the year. According to the fair's official website, checked 2026-09-08, the 2026 Colorado State Fair ran August 28 through September 7, 2026, at the Pueblo fairgrounds. The same site, carrying a 2025 copyright notice, listed current programming including entertainment, competitions, 4-H events, and a beer and wine garden. Google Places lists the fairgrounds at 1001 Beulah Avenue in Pueblo as operational.

The episode Food Paradise, Special

Episode 211
Aired
Title: State Fair Foods Paradise · What was featured: Classic midway fair foods at the Colorado State Fair
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. coloradostatefair.com http://www.coloradostatefair.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_State_Fair
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Record fp-1662 · checked by Cal Marchetti.