Minnesota State Fair food on a stick
Food on a stick is the Minnesota State Fair’s signature format — somewhere between a running joke and a genuine engineering constraint, because a stick is what lets you eat while you walk. These are the stands whose menus I hold that carry at least one item served on one.
The 2026 Minnesota State Fair ended on Monday, September 7, 2026. Everything below describes the 2026 fair, which is the most recent one — stands, buildings and rides carry over year to year, but dates, prices and schedules do not. I update it when the fair publishes for 2027.
- 13 stands with a matching item
- 16 matching items in total
- Matched on items recorded on-a-stick (16)
- Read from the 2026 menus and new-food list I hold
All stands 13
- Big Fat Bacon Big Fat Bacon · South side of Dan Patch Ave. between Nelson & Underwood streets
- Iemochi Japanese Confections Tanghulu · At the International Bazaar, south wall
- Kora & Mila's Cookie Dough Birthday Cake Cookie Dough On-A-Stick, Brandy Old Fashioned Cookie Dough · South side of Dan Patch Ave. between Cooper & Cosgrove streets
- Libby's Ice Cream & Co. Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Banana on a Stick · Located south of the Grandstand Building, under the Grandstand Ramp
- Mancini's al Fresco Steak Sandwich on a Stick · North side of Carnes Ave. between Nelson & Underwood streets
- O'Gara's at the Fair Sligo Slider Bites On-A-Stick · Southwest corner of Dan Patch Ave. & Cosgrove St.
- Peterson's Pork Chop Pork Chop on a Stick · South side of Judson Ave. between Nelson & Underwood streets
- Pronto Pups Pronto Pup · West side of Underwood St. between Dan Patch & Carnes avenues
- Que Viet Concessions Giant Egg Roll on a Stick · East side of Cooper St. outside the Merch Market
- Sausage Sister & Me Puff Daddy, When Pigs Fly · In the Food Building, east wall
- Taulelle's Jurassic Corn Dogs Foot-Long Corn Dog · East side of Underwood St. between Murphy & Lee avenues
- Union Hmong Kitchen Shrimp & Pork Toast On-A-Stick, Hmong Corndog · At the International Bazaar, south wall, west corner
- West End Creamery Grandma Doreen's Dessert Dog · At West End Market, northwest section
How was this on a stick list built?
From the recorded menus, not from the stand names: every stand carrying at least one item tagged on-a-stick, across the 8,143 menu items and the 2026 new-food list I hold. A stand is here for one specific item rather than because its whole menu qualifies, which is why the item that matched is named beside it. It also means the list is only as complete as the menus that have been published — a stand that has never listed its ingredients will not appear, however well it would fit. If you know of one that belongs here, send it over and I will add it.
13 listed. Everything here is in the free app too, where it works offline inside the gates. Spotted something wrong? Tell me and I will fix it. MN Fair Guide is independent and not affiliated with the Minnesota State Fair.