&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/fair2*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;Not only is the State Fair of Texas big business, it&#039;s a great way to spend an afternoon eating fried foods, looking at cool cars and doing a little people watching.

The fair runs through Oct. 23, at Fair Park in Dallas and every year it draws thousands of people to the city and has a yearly economic impact of roughly $350 million. The attendance last year at the fair was 2,618,500 people.

There&#039;s plenty to see, do and eat -- the fair has roughly 200 food service locations that serve everything from the routine hot dog to some of the more exotic fried fare -- fried kraut balls and fried buble gum, for example...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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