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1265 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108

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1265 Snelling Ave. St. Paul MN 55108

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  • Greyfest

    Greyfest

    10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. June 8

    With vendors, food, contests, photo opportunities, dogs, info, raffle. More info at www.gpa-mn.org/greyfest.html.

  • St. Paul Summer Beer Fest

    St. Paul Summer Beer Fest

    2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. June 15

    Featuring sampling from 100 breweries, live music, food, educational seminars, a silent auction benefiting the YMCA of St. Paul. More info at www.s...

  • MSRA's 40th Annual Back to the '50s Weekend

    MSRA's 40th Annual Back to the '50s Weekend

    8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. daily from June 21 until June 22 | 6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. June 23

    Featuring over 11,000 street rods, customs, classics, and restored vehicles; arts and crafts fair; live music; swap meet; vendors; more. More info ...

  • Twin Cities Book Fair

    Twin Cities Book Fair

    5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. June 28 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. June 29

    Featuring 60+ booksellers offering antiquarian, rare, and fine books, maps, ephemera, and other paper collectibles. More info at mwaba.com.

  • Car Craft Summer Nationals

    Car Craft Summer Nationals

    10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. July 19 | More Dates & Times >>

    Featuring over 5,200 street machines and muscle cars, competition, family zone, more. More info at www.familyevents.com.

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  • Craftstravaganza

    Craftstravaganza

    Once again, the ever-popular Craftstravaganza will be taking over the Progress Center of the Minnesota Fairgrounds. Here, guests will find an eclectic collection of work from over 90 artists, including gig posters from DIY screenprint groups,... More »

  • 57th Annual GSTA Rod & Custom Spectacular

    57th Annual GSTA Rod & Custom Spectacular

    One of the flashiest signs of spring is when well-maintained classic cars take to the Twin Cities streets. This weekend, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds will be showcasing over 100 hot rods, customs, street machines, and motorcycles at the 57th... More »

  • MN State Fair to host the Walker\'s 2013 Internet Cat Video Festival

    MN State Fair to host the Walker's 2013 Internet Cat Video Festival

    Based on the popularity of cats on the internet, it's no surprise that last summer's Internet Cat Video Film Festival was a massive hit, spawning similar events around the country. The debut event att... More »

  • 12th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival

    12th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival

    The Twin Cities Book Festival aims to please all types of readers — including literary diehards, graphic-novel fans, children, and all manners in between — by striving to be an inclusive and balanced celebration of all things book-related. The... More »

  • Twin Cities Book Festival turns 12, attracts book lovers of all sorts

    Twin Cities Book Festival turns 12, attracts book lovers of all sorts

    Over the past 12 years the Twin Cities Book Festival has had many highlights. Lorrie Moore and Nicholson Baker have had lines going out the door, and Kevin Sorbo drew an eccentric crowd in 2011. Among... More »

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  • 2013 | Best State Fair Food

    Walleye is the state fish of Minnesota. Fish tastes best during the summer. Therefore, walleye should be consumed in large amounts at our Great Minnesota Get-Together. Deep-fried walleye, while delicious, can get a bit heavy, especially on hot, humid days during, oh, let's say the end of August and first few days of September. Chilled walleye, when mixed with celery, wild rice, and dill and loaded onto a slice of thick, buttered brioche, is both delectable and refreshing, a full meal that... More »

  • 2012 | Best Tourist Attraction

    The Minnesota State Fair is often maligned by those who live near it, but for folks not from the Twin Cities, and especially those not from the state, the fair is quite a sight. After a series of territorial fairs, the first Minnesota State Fair was held in 1859 near what would become downtown Minneapolis, and it has now grown to become the second-largest state fair in the country. Its 320 acres include a number of historically significant structures, more than 450 foods from 300... More »

  • 2012 | Best State Fair Food

    Sure, the cheese curds are delightful, and there's always a healthy line for the walleye on a stick, but it's the unusual pairings and unique concepts at the Minnesota State Fair that adventurous attendees get really excited about. Enter the sweet-corn ice cream, a dish that blends a serving of veggies with your dessert. While this may sound like an odd duo, it's a satisfying alternative to the traditional fair gut busters. The cool treat manages to strike a pleasant balance between creamy... More »

  • 2011 | Best State Fair Food

    Okay, you win. Every year we try to find a different winner for this most subjective category, highlighting lesser-known delights such as sunflower-honey ice cream or extolling the virtues of old favorites like roasted corn on the cob. And every year, readers vote in the same champion: the old, faithful, artery-clogging curds of cheese available throughout the fairgrounds. We're willing to concede that the deep-fried cheese curds served at the State Fair are somehow better than those at all... More »

  • 2010 | BEST STATE FAIR FOOD

    The first order of business is to figure out how to get past the cringe-inducing name of this delectable snack. The most Minnesotan option is to ignore it completely. The teenagers behind the counter at Famous Dave's (near the Grandstand) will understand you just fine if you simply ask for a portion of chocolate-covered bacon. Another choice is to embrace your inner redneck (this is the fair, after all). If you can pull off "Gimme a order a them there Pig Lickers" without a hint of shame, go... More »

  • 2010 | BEST NON-FOOD THING ABOUT THE STATE FAIR

    The Great Minnesota Get-Together is something like a crowded subway car--mixed with the comfort of being among a great mass of your fellow man is the sublime realization that things could always be worse for you, no matter who you are. Feeling lousy about your beer gut? Head to the Beer Garden and have the term radically redefined. Feeling guilty about the winter pounds you haven't shaken during the summer months? Head to the line at Sweet Martha's and sigh in relief. There's no sense... More »

  • 2009 | Best State Fair Food

    You've waited all summer for this all-day gorging on the delectable treats and greasy goodness of the Minnesota State Fair: cheese curds, mini donuts, turkey legs the size of your head. But let's face it, there's only so much artery-clogging junk you can eat, and after a while you're going to want something more wholesome, a summer classic that will refresh your palate and make you feel good inside: sweet corn on the cob. Roasted in the husk, the corn is shucked and dunked in a luscious vat... More »

  • 2008 | BEST STATE FAIR FOOD

    Choosing just one favorite state fair food is like asking Hugh Hefner to pick his favorite girlfriend. There are lots of options and no reason to pick just one--you'll probably be eating 20 different things at the fair. That said, when we contemplated the question this year, one item emerged as a clear winner (after we overruled our sweet tooth, which was leaning toward the deep-fried Twinkie): What is a more quintessentially Minnesotan fair food than a fillet of our state fish, the... More »

  • 2005 | BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE-WATCH

    All of Minnesota gets funneled through this section of Dan Patch Avenue during the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The teenage lovebirds-for-a-day head to the Midway with a corndog in one hand and the fingertips of their Magnum P.I.-ride partner in the other. A stream of sweaty concertgoers leaves the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert (this year it's Mötley Crüe) determined to make their way to the Beer Garden through the huddled and glutted masses. Urban-chic parents pushing strollers or... More »

  • 2004 | BEST STATE FAIR FOOD

    It ain't fried and it doesn't come on a stick. Frankly, it's unlikely to build up in your arteries like stucco, or to accelerate the hour of your death. That's a sure turnoff when it comes to State Fair cuisine. And yet these plastic-wrapped tubes of locally pressed cider do kind of behave like a stick. You can carry them around, for one thing. And when you're sweating like a pig in the stanky pens of the swine barn, you can build up a thirst that can't be cured by any punch that's six parts... More »

  • 2004 | BEST STATE FAIR RIDE

    Maybe you're the kind of person who likes to spend $25 to be strapped into a nylon harness, hauled into the air by a discount winch, and then dropped about 75 feet, until the man-corset tightens around your corndog-bloated belly and you bounce a few times like a helpless and drooling toddler--all this while a small crowd sits on the ground in mini-bleachers capturing the whole process on video as if you were a topless hoochie mama at Mardi Gras fishing for beads. Hey, some people swing that... More »

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