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