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    LA County Fair 2023: Hot Cheetos Cheese Pickle Pizza, dining discounts, much s’more
    • April 28, 2023

    Pizza covered with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and dill pickle chips, massive deep-fried s’mores and the usual array of snacks and sweets will be tempting guests at the LA County Fair in Pomona.

    The fair will open at 5 p.m. Friday, May 5 with a discount admission of $5. It will run through Memorial Day, May 29 at the 487-acre Fairplex.

    This will be the second time that the fair is in the spring. The event moved from September to May in 2022 after taking place in the fall for nearly a century.

    Chicken Charlie’s will be serving Deep-Fried Hot Cheetos Pot Stickers at the 2023 LA County Fair. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Boghosian)

    Chicken Charlie’s will be serving a deep-fried s’more that weighs about 1 pound at the 2023 LA County Fair. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Boghosian)

    Hot Cheetos Cheese Pickle Pizza will be served at Enzo’s Pizzeria during the LA County Fair. (Photo courtesy of Dominic Palmieri)

    Biggy’s will be serving Cap’n Crunch Chicken Sandwiches at the 2023 LA County Fair. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    People ride the chair lift during the opening day of the 2022 LA County Fair at the Fairplex in Pomona. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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    Attendance dipped to 635,421 paying visitors in 2022 from 731,817 in 2019, the last year the festival was held before the novel coronavirus pandemic shut it down in 2020 and 2021. But fair organizers said they were pleased with the attendance.

    In 2022, people were eager to get out of the house after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. Dominic Palmieri, also known as the Midway Gourmet, thinks a similar urge could drive up numbers in 2023.

    “Weather is great in the month of May, and people are ready to get back out again because you guys have had so much rain and wintery weather that people have a little bit of cabin fever,” he said in a phone interview.

    Palmieri runs several concessions at the fair, including Biggy’s, which serves attention-grabbing items such as a Cap’n Crunch Chicken Sandwich, which he is bringing to Pomona after serving it at the OC Fair last year.

    This year, he’s excited about his Hot Cheetos Cheese Pickle Pizza, made with mozzarella cheese and a white dill sauce. It will be available at Enzo’s Pizzeria.

    “It will be the game-changer. It will be one of the media darlings and customer social media darlings of the year because it’s flat-out delicious.”

    Palmieri’s concessions will also be serving such items as a Loco Elote Ramen Noodle Cup, made with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and Michelaguas, agua frescas served in barrel-shaped cups with Chamoy on the rim and sliced mango on top.

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    Chicken Charlie’s, a concession owned by San Diego native Charlie Boghosian, will be bringing back some of its chicken sandwiches from last year. And he will be bringing back Kool-Aid served in souvenir cups shaped like baby bottles.

    But Boghosian said in a phone interview that he is making room on his menu for new items.

    They include Deep-Fried Hot Cheetos Pot Stickers and a Deep-Fried S’More.

    “We take jumbo marshmallows, put them on a stick, baste them with chocolate fudge and crushed graham crackers, then we dip it in a sweet batter and top it off with more graham crackers,” he said. “It’s about 7 inches long, and it weighs about a pound.”

    Fairgoers will have more than 1,200 menu items to choose from this year at dozens of concessions, according to a news release from the fair. Most will be offering value meals for $7.70. The selection covers a range of fair favorites, from hot dogs, pizza and sliders to funnel cake, kettle corn and ice cream. Many of the deals come with 16-ounce beverages.

    Also, there will be a Mother’s Day brunch served 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 14. The menu includes a breakfast scramble, chicken piccata, seasonal fruit, brownies and lemon bars. The cost is $40 per person, which includes fair admission.

    LA County Fair

    Where: Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona.

    When: Friday, May 5 through May 29.

    Hours: 5-11 p.m. opening day. After that 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, plus Memorial Day, May 29.

    Tickets: $15-$25 for adults; $5-$12 for children 6-12 years and seniors 60-plus. Parking is $17-$22.

    Payment: Parking, admission and concert box office payments are cashless. Advance online purchases are cheaper than gate prices.

    Information: lacountyfair.com

    ​ Orange County Register 

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