State fairs are famous for their food, especially when it comes to fried fare. In Texas, an amateur chef figured out how to ...

For years, he wanted a chance to set up a booth at the State Fair of Texas. Fast-forward to today, and he has multiple booths as owner of Tony’s Taco Shop. And it started with the Big Tex ...

"Don't look at me like some kid you took in from foster care. As if they actually gave birth to me," Zykeria told WFAA when ...

making it the longest-running state fair in the country. It’s also easily one of the fun facts about Dallas that all ...

Dallas police officers ride horses near Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas in September 2024.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) The day after the State Fair of Texas ended ...

We're glad you asked. And we're glad Big Tex was keeping track. The State Fair of Texas, which concluded its three-week run in Dallas on Sunday, shared a few dizzying numbers on the scope of the ...

In a now-deleted video, Lee and his family returned to Texas on business last week and made a pit stop to visit the Big Tex-hosted event. According to Eater Dallas, the state fair visit was part ...

But as I paid my respects to the gentle giant, I couldn’t help but miss my guy Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall cowboy, official greeter and icon of the State Fair of Texas. Joe Krathwohl, who’s ...

Nearly 2.4 million people visited the State Fair of Texas this year ... nearly 12,200 calls were answered by the Big Tex Contact Center and the fair’s social media channels gained 55,559 ...