Reviewing the State Fair is difficult because there are so many different contributors to the overall experience. I will just lump everything into a single category for the sake of being simple. \n\nParking in the fair lot is expensive, between 15-20 bucks. I recommend finding an off lot that looks safe, they usually charge between 5-15 bucks for this, or you can park at the capitol and take the free shuttle. \n\nAdmission is ten bucks, but they have specials all the time. The puffin and I went on Wednesday and got in for free with three cans of food each. Good deal! \n\nTickets for rides are always really expensive. I've never paid full price for this sort of thing. On certain days they offer $2 rides and games, and other days they have an all day ride pass. Take advantage of these deals if you want to ride anything. Be advised, all the thrill rides feel really, really sketchy! If you get anxious or nervous take caution, otherwise enjoy cheating death.\n\nThe food is where I based the majority of this two star rating. I am a huge fan of fair food in theory. What's not to like about big onion rings, fry bread tacos, ice cream, and all that good shit? Turns out there's a lot not to like. I can't recall a fair item I've ever eaten that is memorable or particularly delicious. Everything there tastes like shit, and if you factor in the price you paid, it makes it even more unappetizing. For example, I went to Piggly Wiggly's and got a 1/2 lb hamburger with big onion rings and a large lemonade. This was $27. $27 for a glorified value meal!! What the fuck is wrong with me, and with the vendors for charging this much? At least offer some sort of price break or value meal, christ. I felt like a real turd sandwich wasting that much on crappy ass pig slop. The burger was not freshly made but sitting in a pile of old looking meat on a grill. The onion rings were cold and the onions themselves were cut paper thin. The boo got a fry bread taco with red chile and she hardly touched it. I tried it and thought it was bland and small, and that cost $9.50! Jesus, if you're gonna charge that much, make the portions bigger and make the food taste good!\n\nI don't enjoy the thought of fried dog shit, so I skipped all the nasty deep fried snacks. Eating something like that is like going to a jack shack in a seedy neighborhood.  Every year they come up with some other perverted creation, this year it was deep fried pop tarts, I think. The ice cream all tastes like the shit you get at a crappy all you can eat asian buffet. It's grainy, it's watered down, and it tastes like ass. \n\nAside from the nasty food, there are other cool things to see and do. There is a free petting zoo that is awesome, and all the animal displays are awesome. \n\nI just can't stand the lousy food, and I'm no food snob. I always hear about these awesome new items they have and can never find them. This year they were supposed to have poutin, which is fries with cheese curds and gravy. I couldn't find that stand anywhere, all I could find was the stand with the Viking Balls. Yeah, that sounds appetizing, give me frozen meatballs fried on a stick, big fucking woop. \n\nI'll review again next year and see how it fares. As far as I'm concerned we will always go to the fair, but it doesn't deserve a high rating for the lousy quality of their food.