Cocary Bar-B-Q Restaurant

Jeanette Vieira’s family has been selling corn at fairs for generations. Her contribution to the dynasty is the spud. “I’m going to lean into the potato,” she said. The Street Corn Baked Potato combines butter, fresh corn cut from the cob, chipotle mayo, bacon, jalapeños, fried corn ribs, cotija and Bob’s special seasoning blend, while Tot-Zilla piles white-cheddar mac and cheese, Hot Cheetos, bacon and jalapeños over tater tots. For a relative palate cleanser, the vegetarian Broc-Star Potato comes with extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, sour cream, broccoli and onion-chili crisp. Lose the sour cream and it goes vegan. The stand is also adding a Chili Mac ’n’ Cheese Baked Potato and Street Corn Fries to its lineup. Other notable food dishes coming to the oc Fair this year, which will be exclusive, are as follows

July 7, 2026 at 10:32 a.m. Get an authentic New York slice at this San Fernando Valley Pizza shop

Swirl Ice Cream will bring two new Dot Cake trends to Costa Mesa, according to operator Kelly Villarreal (part of Palmieri’s roster of fair spots). One combines strawberries with marshmallow topping and enough nonpareils — or “hundreds and thousands,” according to Villarreal — to qualify as structural support. The other layers sprinkles, cake, vanilla ice cream and still more sprinkles. After seeing people line up for , Villarreal’s response was entrepreneurial logic: “Why aren’t we going to do it? Why not?” she asked