IN HONOR OF THE STATE’S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION THIS YEAR…WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OLDEST VENDORS ON THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND CLASSIC FAIR FOOD FAVORITES. 

 

CULLER’S FRIES SITS IN THE SAME SPOT ON GRANDSTAND AVENUE WHERE IT OPENED 73 YEARS AGO. THEY SELL ONE, VERY POPULAR PRODUCT: FRIES IN A CONE WITH PLENTY OF SALT AND VINEGAR FOR CUSTOMERS TO ADD SAYS JIM CULLERS.

 

 

 

ANOTHER MAINSTAY AT THE FAIR IS VOSE’S CORNDOGS…WHICH ALWAYS HAS A LONG LINE. BOB VOSE HAS BEEN ON THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR MANY YEARS…STARTING ON AN ICE TRUCK IN THE 1940’S.