mmm-yoso!!! is primarily a food blog. This post (written by Cathy) does have many mentions of food with photos of menus, but no criticism because nothing to be sold at the Fair has yet been tasted.
The front gate is ready!
The 2022 San Diego County Fair Officially opened yesterday. It's been a long time since I wrote the 2019 San Diego County Fair initial post, the 'during the Fair' second post and wrap up post, because 2020 happened.
The planned Theme was "Heroes Unite"; that Fair never happened.
This year, the Theme is "Heroes Reunite".
The Midway was still being set up earlier this week. (You can see the Ferris Wheel way down there at the West end).
There are quite a few areas around exhibits where you can take photos with Superheroes.
Some things have changed. At the far West end of the Vendors Halls (next to Bing Crosby Hall), the new location of the Adult as well as Youth crafting, cooking and hobby exhibits has a new name- Home Made.
The "Heart of the Fair" -reasons we have State and County Fairs- has returned!
Of course, Preserved Foods
as well as Baked Foods
and Decorated Foods had to be judged.
There are some amazing collections.
The Quilt display is original.
There were so many needle art items entered this year- Sewing, spinning and weaving, knitting, crochet and more. The displays are great.
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Of course, the Food Booths have returned. Some photos for now; menus and things to note...
An "Express Line" if you are purchasing a turkey leg only!
The slices of 'Ten Pound Buns' are very large-the amount of avocado on that piece of toast...
Lemon mini donuts- we will definitely try those!
A 'themed' sandwich choice!
There are many other food booths and all areas have something interesting. See you at the Fair!
2022 San Diego County Fair 2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard Del Mar. Open Wednesday-Sunday until July 3 plus Monday July 4. Gates open 11 a.m. daily, close at 10 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Fair entrance and parking tickets MUST be purchased online in advance. There is free parking at Torrey Pines High School. Website
Thanks for the fair preview! The Texas bbq and lemon donuts are calling to me. That's great you get to taste some award winning food from local entrants.
Posted by: Soo | Thursday, 09 June 2022 at 10:15 AM
behind the scenes, cool!
Posted by: kat | Thursday, 09 June 2022 at 03:21 PM
Happy to help, Soo. The Fair is smaller, the events are different/limited but they are hoping to still have more than one million attendees this year, keeping it one of the top five in the USA. Hopefully a step back to 'normal'.
Because the LA County Fair was changed to May (instead of September), the booths and rides, etc all had to travel to San Diego right after finishing the run there, Kat. That delay-making the setup here rapid- made my usual 'first' post of the County Fair a little different. Then again, everything has been different since Covid-19.
Posted by: Cathy | Friday, 10 June 2022 at 05:22 AM