The LA County Fair, the mega-midway-esque, competition-quirky, critter-cute spectacular, is celebrating its centennial in 2022, and its first springtime affair.
True, the Pomona festival has long been a staple of late summer, but the event, "one of the largest county fairs in the country," opened on May 5, a date change prompted in part by cancellations in 2020 and 2021 (when a smaller fall food fest took place).
So you can bet appetite-focused adventurers, those fairgoers who seek out the fantastical foodstuffs first, are ready for the newest culinary creations, the whimsical, picture-worthy, on-a-stick, in-your-tummy treats the 2022 fair has to offer.
Take a look below at some of the temptations, including, you bet, the headline snack of the springtime celebration: Chicken Charlie's new Cherry Kool-Aid Chicken Sandwich.
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