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What Happened to Eastern States Exposition (The Big E)?

Food Paradise, Season 10 West Springfield, Massachusetts

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) is an annual fair or festival -- a seasonal event, not a year-round restaurant.

What the source shows: Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) is an annual state fair in West Springfield, MA, featured on Food Paradise's "Feasting at the Fair" episode; it is a seasonal event, not a year-round restaurant. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured The Big E, the seventeen-day fair at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, sampling agricultural exhibits, competitions, and fairground food representing all six New England states. The exposition opens on the second Friday after Labor Day and is billed as New England's largest state fair, among the largest agricultural events on the eastern seaboard, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-05-23). It is inclusive of all six New England states — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont — each represented through dedicated state buildings, according to the same source.

The grounds remain active: the exposition's official website, checked 2026-09-08, listed 2026 event programming including Hooplandia and Storrowton Village activities, according to the site. Eastern States Exposition also books the grounds for events outside fair season, according to the site.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 10

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Feasting at the Fair · What was featured: Agricultural exhibits and New England fair food at The Big E
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. easternstatesexposition.com http://www.easternstatesexposition.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_States_Exposition
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