Are food and beer available early at State Fair?

[Wiler77 1576]

Going to first TX/OU game in close to 20 years on Saturday.  I generally dislike crowds and planned to get to Fair Park no later than 9am.

I see the grounds open at 7am, but the website makes it sounds like most rides and food aren't available until 10am.  Is that true?  I assumed for TX/OU the vendors know people get there early and have things ready to go earlier than that.  I really don't remember what time I arrived back in the 90's.

[LTtxfan 49358]

I've had beer and Fletcher's at 8:30am in the past.... 😀

[Skipper 6202]

1 minute ago, LTtxfan said:

I've had beer and Fletcher's at 8:30am in the past.... 😀

I've usually had 3 beers by then.

[ousux 5602]

Vendors know thousands of extra people will be at fair park earlier than usual that day...have no fear. (I'll be there Saturday and havent missed one the past 5 years)

Having said that, a good ice chest in your trunk/hatch/bed means you can have whatever you want as early as you want no matter what.

[SubliminalHorn 6811]

You’ll be fine. But why are you getting there so late?

[mdmost 43052]

Never had an issue getting my Breakfast of Champions every year (Fletcher's and a wax cup beer). We get there around 8:30. 

[Red Five 40895]

I’m imagining 100,000 people milling around the fair before the game with everything closed and it’s pretty funny.

[bigcigar 1165]

9am is late for a 11am kick. Get there at 7:30 and setup shop in the beer garden by the entrance. Easy access to corndogs, good beer, nice trees.

[Horn80 6131]

Cowboys D is clueless.

[Wiler77 1576]

OK 8am it is.  Planning to use DART and not worry about parking and traffic.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21922]

So you’re saying the Cowboy’s D won’t be open early at the State Fair on OU game day?

[Domedriver 655]

I am mor worried about Lincoln R’s reaction to us having 3 Johnson’s on the field!  And you are worried about concession? 

[BERT 4381]

I’ll be staying at the Cambria hotel. What’s the easier way to get to the fair? Uber? Taxi? Bus? DART train? 

[TankedBevo 2485]

DART is the way to go. The wife (No pics) and I will be down there by 8am for corny dogs and beers. There’s a fried burnt end burrito this year that has my name on it

[Ignatius 4028]

Yeah not every single place will be set up by 8 but you can bank on getting your first beer then and a Fletchers no later than 8:20-8:30...

[ChickenSandwich 9853]

Check the hedge/bush in front of the entrance gate. 
 

When the Nazis search us and find a handle we usually stash it in the bushes right out front in the median for the walk home. 
 

you’re welcome. 

[Lat22 4017]

October 6, 2018. 7:52 am

[MirrOlure 14844]

There are already long lines by 9:00 AM:

[Irwin F Fletcher 3550]

October 6, 2018. 7:52 am

And ou still sucks!

[Ignatius 4028]

1 minute ago, MirrOlure said:

There are already long lines by 9:00 AM:

 

That’s the worst possible Fletchers stand with respect to crowds...

[TankedBevo 2485]

State fair guide to the cheap spots: https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/state-fair/2015/09/28/state-fair-hacks-find-cheap-drinks-food-parking/

 

[SubliminalHorn 6811]

20 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

October 6, 2018. 7:52 am

This week is gonna draaaaaaag

[Zavala 1384]

2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Check the hedge/bush in front of the entrance gate. 
 

When the Nazis search us and find a handle we usually stash it in the bushes right out front in the median for the walk home. 
 

you’re welcome. 

[Tex Pete 20491]

2 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

This week is gonna draaaaaaag

Not nearly as bad as the Thursday before the game dragged as a student. (After my freshman year, I skipped OU Friday classes altogether)

[NeverMarryAStripper 21922]

2 hours ago, Lat22 said:

October 6, 2018. 7:52 am

Why is your corn dog giving big Tex the finger?

Edited October 7, 2019 by NeverMarryAStripper

[MotownHorn 1795]

18 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

Not nearly as bad as the Thursday before the game dragged as a student. (After my freshman year, I skipped OU Friday classes altogether)

When I was earning my PhD we canceled Friday classes when I was both a TA and an instructor.

No reason to teach to a half empty classroom.

[InkaUtexas 26116]

wear boots, carry flask. 

[TKthunder2 4997]

4 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

You’ll be fine. But why are you getting there so late?

This.

4 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’m imagining 100,000 people milling around the fair before the game with everything closed and it’s pretty funny.

And this.

[DDD Dad 14351]

Lots more six ticket beers than in recent years.  There's a bit of a price war going on.  Beer barn right outside the main entrance is always a good cheap beer option, but there are probably a half dozen other places in the main plaza that also have 6 ticket beer (Jack's Fries now has 6 ticket beer, e.g.).

[IDIOTsavant 8502]

16 hours ago, Lat22 said:

October 6, 2018. 7:52 am

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

I've always been curious how the okies handled real beer when all they have access to is that bullshit up there.

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

I heard there wasn't going to be any food or beverages this year? At the Fair or in the stadium.

[chitwood 155]

22 hours ago, BERT said:

I’ll be staying at the Cambria hotel. What’s the easier way to get to the fair? Uber? Taxi? Bus? DART train? 

My son and I are staying at the Cambria as well.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

I’m expecting the responses in this thread to be epic. 
 

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by Doc Reeves

[The Golden Hat 302]

23 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

I generally dislike crowds 

hahahahahaha

[BabaYaga 15320]

We're all gonna' die!!!!!!!

[Machinator 32099]

 

[6th Street 6508]

Not only do the lines suck but the food and beer vendors are the slowest people ever, which makes the clusterfuck even worse.

[TXSooner518 2438]

Yeah, the best thing about the 11am kick is all the vendors are open by 8am. When we had the afternoon kick a while back, lots of them didn't open til 10, and then there were lots of lines and rabble. 

Our plan every year: Park at the fair by 7am. Drink in the parking lot til 745 to create a solid base.

Corny dog at 8am. Fried butter with cinnamon and honey at 820am. Food court at 830am, assorted foods and beers.

Enter stadium at 1030am.

Leave stadium at 3pm, head to the far corners of the fair away from the shitshow on Nimitz.

Hang until 10pm, consuming a minimum of 5000 calories and a hunnerd dollars worth of coopins.

[Longhorn Al 440]

My arteries are ready.

[6th Street 6508]

6 hours ago, TXSooner518 said:

Yeah, the best thing about the 11am kick is all the vendors are open by 8am. When we had the afternoon kick a while back, lots of them didn't open til 10, and then there were lots of lines and rabble. 

Our plan every year: Park at the fair by 7am. Drink in the parking lot til 745 to create a solid base.

Corny dog at 8am. Fried butter with cinnamon and honey at 820am. Food court at 830am, assorted foods and beers.

Enter stadium at 1030am.

Leave stadium at 3pm, head to the far corners of the fair away from the shitshow on Nimitz.

Hang until 10pm, consuming a minimum of 5000 calories and a hunnerd dollars worth of coopins.

Username checks out 

[Lerka Lerka 1094]

On 10/6/2019 at 4:51 PM, ChickenSandwich said:

Check the hedge/bush in front of the entrance gate. 
 

When the Nazis search us and find a handle we usually stash it in the bushes right out front in the median for the walk home. 
 

you’re welcome. 

Brother?

[Lerka Lerka 1094]

8 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Not only do the lines suck but the food and beer vendors are the slowest people ever, which makes the clusterfuck even worse.

Post content checks out

[MrPhlegm 3413]

I heard there wasn't going to be any food or beverages this year? At the Fair or in the stadium.

man you aggy are stoopid

[Shaddie 1651]

On 10/6/2019 at 4:39 PM, TankedBevo said:

There’s a fried burnt end burrito this year that has my name on it

FYI. 30 tickets. I passed since I already had some artery closed cloggers. 

[Iceman 2725]

19 hours ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

I've always been curious how the okies handled real beer when all they have access to is that bullshit up there.

The real question is how there's not a tsunami type run when they see the weiners on a stick.

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

27 minutes ago, Iceman said:

The real question is how there's not a tsunami type run when they see the weiners on a stick.

Because they prefer real cocks to imitation

[Longhorn Al 440]

1 hour ago, Shaddie said:

FYI. 30 tickets. I passed since I already had some artery closed cloggers. 

30? Seriously? 

Out.

[TXSooner518 2438]

30? Seriously? 
Out.

Nah man you gotta treat fair food like bad players treat poker hands. Do I want to see the flop with this hand/eat this item? If yes - how much to see the flop/purchase this item? Then pay that amount. It’s just coopins! Not even money! Wheee!

[utee94 15863]

14 minutes ago, TXSooner518 said:

Nah man you gotta treat fair food like bad players treat poker hands. Do I want to see the flop with this hand/eat this item? If yes - how much to see the flop/purchase this item? Then pay that amount. It’s just coopins! Not even money! Wheee!

 

I think of it as really expensive club prices for drinks, and fine dining prices for food.  I mean, would you rather have that aged beef tartare with bone marrow alongside the blue crab fundido?  Or a fried burnt end burrito and a Fletcher's corny dog?  

I know MY answer!