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What Happened to Texas State Fair After Food Paradise? (Dallas, TX)

Food Paradise, Special Dallas, Texas

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Texas 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: Texas State Fair is an annual state fair in Dallas, TX, 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 sampled fairground foods at the State Fair of Texas, held each fall at historic Fair Park in Dallas. According to Wikipedia's State Fair of Texas article, revised 2026-08-18, the fair has run at Fair Park nearly every year since 1886, pausing only for stretches of World War I, World War II, and 2020, and reports annual attendance above two million visitors through ticket scanning, making it one of the largest state fairs in the country. Visit Dallas and Fair Park's own event listing, both checked 2026-09-08, give the 2026 State Fair of Texas as running September 25 through October 18, 2026, a 24-day run at Fair Park, 1300 Robert B. Cullum Boulevard. Google Places lists the Dallas fairgrounds at ZIP code 75210 as operational.

The episode Food Paradise, Special

Episode 211
Aired
Title: State Fair Foods Paradise · What was featured: Fairground foods at the State Fair of Texas
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. fairparkdallas.com https://www.fairparkdallas.com/events/detail/2026-state-fair-of-texas
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Fair_of_Texas
  3. visitdallas.com https://www.visitdallas.com/events/annual-events/state-fair-of-texas/
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