The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kicks off Feb. 23, and that means a plethora of unique food creations, candy treats and savory bites will be available for the 2019 season. For those unsure of where to start, check out the HLSR's 2018 Foodie Winners. The HLSR released a list of dining options for the 2019 season, and it features a new dining vendor: Float Saloon, which will offer drinks and ice cream floats from a stand resembling a vintage Coca-Cola can. Additionally, several carnival vendors at the HLSR will debut new treats this year.

2018 Foodie Winners

Best dessert: Buckeye Sundae from Fried What! Classic fair food: Spicy Turkey Leg from Biggy's Best value food: Bacon Blast Croissant from Yoakum Packing Most creative food: Fried Bacon-Wrapped Cinnamon Rolls or Fried Cinnamon Rolls from Fried What! Best new flavor: Harlon's Stuffed Turkey Leg from Harlon's BBQ Best food-on-a-stick: Fried Bread Pudding on-a-Stick from Sudie's Catfish House Best fried food: Minnepumpkin Pie from The Original Minneapple Pie Best specialty food: Chocolate Cobbler from All of Us

2019 dining options

American NRG Center Burton Sausage Holmes Smokehouse Saltgrass Steak House Texas Skillet 2 NRG Park Holmes Steakhouse Blue Ribbon Grill The Finer Diner Fletch Jack's Fries Paradise Burgers Ranch House Burger Barn Spring's Country Kitchen and Kettle Korn Texas Pride Grill Texas Sized Pizza and Burger & Chili Shack Texas Skillet
Barbecue NRG Center New Braunfels Smokehouse Oakridge Smokehouse Gifts Yoakum Packing Company NRG Park Goode Company Bar-B-Que Harlon's BBQ New Braunfels Smokehouse Oakridge Smokehouse Pappas Bar-B-Q Ranch House Meat Company #2 Triple J's Smokehouse Yoakum Packing Company
International NRG Park Greek Grill Polonia Restaurant
Mexican NRG Center Alamo Tamale & Taco NRG Park Cadillac Bar Freebirds World Burrito Fruteria Cano Go Tejano Diner Laredo Taco Company Pappasito's Cantina Tad's Bodacious Burrito
Pizza NRG Center Texas Sized Pizza By The Slice NRG Park Stump's Wood-Fired Pizza Swain's Pizza On A Stick Texas Sized Pizza By The Giant Slice
Seafood NRG Park Cajun's Unlimited Sudie's Catfish House
Snacks NRG Center Fields of Corn Go Nuts and More NRG Park Fields of Corn
Sweets NRG Arena Marble Slab Creamery Stubby's Cinnamon Rolls NRG Center Cobbler Cafe Granny's Cheesecake & More Marble Slab Creamery Stubby's Cinnamon Rolls Sweet Feed-Cinammon Roasted Nuts NRG Park Aunt Edmoe's Homemade Cookies Crown Cinnamon Rolls II Fried What! Frios Gourmet Pops Granny's Cheesecake Kona Ice Marble Slab Creamery Once Upon a Cone The Original Minneapple Pie Piche's Beignets Sills Funnel Cakes

New carnival items

Nitro Treats Nitro Sour Bomb Cowboy Kettle Corn Sour Patch Popcorn Candy Factory Mermaid Float, Orange Dream and the Unicorn Float Biggy's 2 The Caramel Crack Fries Big Bubba's Bad BBQ Puffy Tacos and various speciality fries Texas Steak Out 1 and 2 Texas Waguy Beef Tacos and the Waguy Beef Cattle Baron Burger Get Fried Fruity Pebbles Shrimp Po' Boy and All American Steak Fries Texas Tater Twister Brisket Deep Fried Nachos Spud Ranch Colossal Waffled Tater BBQ sandwich Sweet Cheeks Deep Fried Fanta Totally Baked Cookie Joint Smore'ookie Dutchmen's Funnel Cake Banana Cream Funnel Cake Big Dogs The Sonoran Hot Dog Corn Junction Taki Corn on Cob or Taki In Cup