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New Food Showdown

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Vote for your favorite savory, sweets and treats, and beverage from Wednesday, August 12th through Wednesday, August 19th!
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New Food Showdown Location Map

2026 New Food Showdown Contestants


Savory


Birria Pierogi
Babcia's Pierogi
Located on Broadway

Pierogi filled with braised beef, topped with queso fresco and cilantro lime crema. Served with consommé.


Fried Chicken Hot Honey Pizza
New York Style Pizza
Located on Broadway & 42nd Street

Pizza with sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fried chicken with hot honey drizzled on top.

Big G's Bacon Avocado Ranch Smashburger
Big G's
Located on 42nd Street & Trackside

Bacon Avocado Ranch Smashburger features an ultra-crispy, lacy-edged beef patty, creamy avocado, smoky bacon, melted cheese, & zesty ranch.


Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese
Brody's Mac & Cheese
Located 42nd Street

Scratch-made, white cheddar mac & cheese. Topped with bite-sized pieces of breaded all-white-meat chicken. Finished with our signature buffalo sauce and buttermilk ranch.


Dirty Bird Soul Bowl
Dirty Bird Chicken & Waffles LLC
Located Trackside

All the soul food staples in one bowl... cornbread, collard greens, mac & cheese, and fried chicken. All covered in Dirty Bird signature syrup.


Deep Fried Birria Taco
Deep-Fried Tacos
Located Trackside

Mexican shredded beef, Mexican blend cheese, onion, and cilantro. Served with a side of consommé.


S'mores Sweet Potato
Spud-tastic Potato
Located on 42nd Street

Sweet and savory sweet potato with chocolate and graham crackers, topped with marshmallows toasted on top.


Buffa-Loaded Corn Dog Bites
Chester's Gators & Taters LLC
Located on Broadway

Crispy corn dog bites loaded with cheddar cheese sauce, buffalo sauce, bison dip & bacon.


Red, White, & NEW Potato
Carolina Pork BBQ Baked Potato
Located Trackside

Baked potato with chicken tortilla topping and sour cream!


Buffalo Style Chicken Cutlet Sandwich
Salvatores Pizza
Located on 42nd Street

Our delicious chicken cutlet, tossed in our own buffalo sauce, served with mozzarella cheese on crusty Italian bread. Served with a side of blue cheese.


Chiavetta's BBQ Meatball
Chiavetta's
Located on Broadway

A tender meatball, smoked to perfection, served with BBQ sauce.


Junkyard Dog
Mac & Tots/ Colossal Onion
Located on Broadway

An All-Beef frank topped with mac and cheese, bacon, and chili.


Tostada Loco
BoBo's Taco Box
Located Trackside

Tostada with chorizo on top of creamy guac, topped with corn salsa.


St. Louis Style Pork Ribs
The Bacon Bomb
Located Trackside

St. Louis-style pork ribs dry-rubbed, slow-smoked over cherry wood. Finished with our own honey BBQ sauce.


Sweets & Treats

S'mores-Stuffed Cookie
The Cookie Barn
Located on Slade Park

A soft chocolate chip cookie wrapped in graham cracker crumbs, bursting with toasted marshmallow filling and loaded with chocolate pieces for the ultimate campfire-inspired treat.


Sweetie Pie Sundae
Babcia's Pierogi
Located on Broadway

Deep-fried pastry filled with triple chocolate lava filling. Topped with powdered sugar, black raspberry ice cream, whipped cream, raspberry syrup, sprinkles & a cherry on top.


The Bird Bath
Dirty Bird Chicken & Waffles
Located Trackside

Fresh Belgian waffle, chopped up, deep-fried, and tossed in cinnamon sugar, then topped with Hoovers Dairy ice cream, crumbled bacon, and Dirty Bird Signature Syrup.




Biscoff Cookie Butter Fried Dough
Tootsies' Fried Dough
Located on Broadway, near the Clubhouse, & on Entertainment Avenue

Our classic homemade fried dough topped with powdered sugar, Biscoff cookie butter drizzle, and Biscoff cookie crumble.


Sweet Strawberry Pineapple Slush
Moose Joose Slush
Located on the Avenue of Flags

The combo of the pineapple and strawberry slush mixed with and topped with sweetened pineapple chunks and sliced strawberries, infused with sweetened cream, served in a mason jar cup topped with lemon sugar is the very definition of summer!


Tex-Mex Float
Dippin' Dots
Located on Avenue of Flags

Dr. Pepper Dippin' Dots ice cream with horchata.


Dole Soft Serve
Dole Whip
Located on Broadway

Dole soft serve swirled with strawberry and pineapple flavors.


Project L-Berry
The Bubble Lab
Located near the Clubhouse

Bubble waffle topped with vanilla ice cream, loganberry sauce, red raspberries, blackberries, and whipped cream.


Gluten-Free Deep-Fried S'moreos
The Silly Yak
Located Trackside

Deep-fried Oreos, topped with chocolate sauce, marshmallow, and crushed graham crackers.


Red, White, and Blue Pizza
Salvatores Pizza
Located on 42nd Street

Celebrate America's 250 with our star-spangled dessert pizza topped with strawberry cream cheese, blueberries, and strawberries, sprinkled with powdered sugar!


Cinnamon Apple Mini Donuts
Piccolo's Sugar Waffles
Located on Broadway

6 mini donuts served with a warm cinnamon apple topping.


Snicker-ish
Waffle Wagon
Located on 42nd Street

Our Belgian Waffle on a stick, dipped in Hershey's Milk Chocolate, topped with Heath Toffee bits, Rice Krispies, and Jif Peanut Butter & caramel sauces.


Peanut Butter & Jelly Time
Waffle Wagon
Located on 42nd Street

Our Belgian Waffle on a stick, dipped in Hershey's Premier White Chocolate, topped with Heath Toffee Bits, Rice Krispies, and Jif Peanut Butter & strawberry sauces.


Hawaiian Delight
Taylor's Doughboy
Located on Broadway

A lightly fried Hawaiian-style sweet roll stuffed with rich cream cheese. Topped with cinnamon sugar, a drizzle of maple icing, and a sprinkle of crushed pecans to top it off.


Pretzel Donut
Pretzelo
Located near the Clubhouse

Donut-shaped pretzel glazed with sprinkles!


Ying and the Yang
Tanghulu/ Dubai Chocolate
Located on Broadway

A cluster of green globe grapes on the vine, dipped in milk Belgian chocolate, with white chocolate drizzle topped with kataifi.


Dubai Sundae
Polar Bear Homemade Ice Cream
Located on Avenue of Flags

Homemade strawberry ice cream with fresh cut strawberries Belgium milk chocolate pistachio cream and kataifi.


Beverages

Sugar Cookie Iced Cold Brew Latte
Cookie Barn
Located on Slade Park

A refreshing cold brew latte infused with sweet sugar cookie flavor, crowned with creamy cold foam and sprinkles, served alongside a perfectly baked sugar cookie.


Cherry Go Round
Grandma Rose's Birch Beer Emporium on Trackside & Pappa's Filling Station
Located on Broadway

A refreshing twist on any soda (best with Starry), blending bright cherry, zesty lime, and smooth coconut, finished with a creamy sweet topping.


Refreshing Strawberry Acaí Lemonade Refresher
Big G's
Located on Trackside and 42nd Street

This is a sweet and tart iced beverage that combines strawberries and acaí flavor mixed with zesty lemonade.


Creamy Peach Lemonade Slush
Moose Joose Slush
Located on the Avenue of Flags

Creamy lemonade slush drink infused with sweetened peach flavoring and topped with peach slices, with or without some whipped cream, served in a mason jar cup


Fruity Pebbles Boba
Portia's Donuts & Bobas
Located on Broadway

Portia's original Fruity Pebbles Boba is a refreshing strawberry milk tea with a fruity, bursting strawberry boba and the crunchy goodness of Fruity Pebbles cereal. Each sip is a delicious explosion of texture and sweetness. Topped with a Portia's signature snickerdoodle cookie, it is the perfect fair dessert beverage.


Tajin Starry Loganberry Twist
Chester's Gators & Taters
Located on Broadway

A fizzy loganberry and Starry drink topped with Trolli candy and a tangy Tajin rim.


Dragon Fruit Strawberry Lemonade Smoothie
Jungle Juice Smoothies/ Coffee
Located near the Clubhouse

A delicious dragon fruit strawberry lemonade smoothie!
Stars and Stripes Dirty Soda
Dirty Soda
Located near the Clubhouse

Stars and Stripes dirty soda with starry, strawberry boba, blue raspberry cold foam, and topped with popping candy!


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