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			"label" :  "1919 Root Beer",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Go ahead, it's the fair. Indulge in a big, frosty float, brimming with foamy, richly flavored root beer brewed in New Ulm, Minn.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Frosty, foamy, richly flavored root beer.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5475",
			"label" :  "All-You-Can-Drink Milk for $1",
			"venue_address" :  "NE corner of Judson Avenue and Clough Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Just how wholesome is the fair? The fairgrounds' busiest bar has been serving milk - almost 300,000 glasses of Minnesota-made 2 percent (and 1 percent chocolate) annually - since 1955. It's all you can guzzle, for a buck. Most visitors average three 12-ounce chugs.",
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			"venue_id" :  "6307",
			"label" :  "Apple Lil's",
			"venue_address" :  "Heritage Square",
			"venue_desc" :  "Fried dough is perennially popular and often disappointing. Witness the the greasy funnel cake-shaped fries (, $5) at Apple Lils.",
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			"venue_id" :  "6308",
			"label" :  "Arctic Island Slushies",
			"venue_address" :  "Mighty Midway",
			"venue_desc" :  "Its a do-it-yourself situation at Arctic Island Slushies (, $5 to $7), where customers can mix-and-match their own fairgrounds Mister Misty from nearly a dozen comics-colored choices.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5496",
			"label" :  "Axel's",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Crossroads Bldg.",
			"venue_desc" :  "Top dog in the 2009 competition is definitely Axels Nacho Mama Dog (1\/2, $4). Heres how it works: Dip a greasy taco sausage (who knew such a thing existed?) in corn tortilla batter, drop it in the deep fryer until it crunches like a corn dog, slather it in molten cheese sauce and dress it in pico de gallo. Its a trashy guilty pleasure that tastes a bit like a sloppy deep-fried Frito.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Tator tots, blackened chicken bites with horseradish.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.980069,-93.170071",
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			"venue_id" :  "6309",
			"label" :  "Ball Park Cafe",
			"venue_address" :  "Food Building Exterior",
			"venue_desc" :  "The BratBurger ($4.50) at the Ball Park Cafe isn't much more than a patty-shaped ground bratwurst wedged inside a pretzel-topped bun.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5498",
			"label" :  "Big Fat Bacon",
			"venue_address" :  "Carnes near DRN Bldg.",
			"venue_desc" :  "1\/3 slice of bacon fried and caramelized with maple syrup, served on a stick with dipping sauces.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5499",
			"label" :  "Blue Moon Drive-In",
			"venue_address" :  "Carnes and Chambers",
			"venue_desc" :  "Picture a few seasoned waffle fries wrapped around a hot dog and youve got the Fry Dog.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Wood-fired pizza.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.98016,-93.174319",
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			"venue_id" :  "5490",
			"label" :  "Carousel BBQ",
			"venue_address" :  "Liggett Street and Dan Patch Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "Don't miss the hugely popular Pork Chop on a Stick, a sizzling, smoky hunk of meat.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5487",
			"label" :  "Corn Roast",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Nelson Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Commemorate Minnesota's status as the nation's second-largest corn-producing state by standing in line at this perennially popular stand, where sweet corn (hand-picked daily at a Monticello, Minn., farm) is roasted in the husk before being shucked and then dunked in butter. Truly, it doesn't get much better than that. In a banner year, owner Brad Ribar will sell 170,000 cobs, so it's hard to believe that his stand has only been around since 1985.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Roasted and dunked in butter.",
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			"venue_id" :  "6310",
			"label" :  "Countryside Market",
			"venue_address" :  "Eco Experience entrance",
			"venue_desc" :  "Locavores will be all over Countryside Market (and will no doubt snap up the stand's chic $20 \"Local Foods\" T-shirts), which is putting the spotlight on locally produced foods.",
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			"venue_id" :  "5479",
			"label" :  "Dairy Goodness Bar",
			"venue_address" :  "Dairy building, southeast corner",
			"venue_desc" :  "The wait-weary might freak when first witnessing the inevitable long lines at this ice cream behemoth, but not to worry: The hard-working crew keeps things moving at a gallop. Be on the lookout for malts and sundaes topped with fresh-picked strawberries from White Bear Lake's Pine Tree Orchard.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.978126,-93.170972",
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			"venue_id" :  "5501",
			"label" :  "Famous Dave's State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "SW corner of Grandstand",
			"venue_desc" :  "Famous Dave's  love that intoxicating smokehouse scent  loves its provocative names. This year's \"Peach-Glazed Pig Cheeks\" is no exception, a kind of short ribs (complete with a spicy slow-burn heat and a sticky-sweet finish) somehow stuck on a stick.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.981132,-93.173761",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5501"
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			"venue_id" :  "6311",
			"label" :  "Fiesta in America - State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "International Bazaar",
			"venue_desc" :  "Cool yourself off with one of a dozen refreshing paletas, Mexican-style ice pops, or try their colorful collection of Mexican candies.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Meixan-style ice pops",
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			"latLng" :  "44.978248,-93.171401",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6311"
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			"venue_id" :  "6312",
			"label" :  "French Meadow Bakery & Cafe - State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "Carnes Av. between Nelson and Underwood Sts.",
			"venue_desc" :  "The fair's best new-old stand? After spending years baking in the equivalent of a walk-in closet in the Food Building, French Meadow Bakery & Cafe has gone on a major growth spurt, converting the former Schumacher's space into a breezy beauty and adding a bevy of new products. The swell scones and croissants have returned, supplemented by fabulous stuffed pretzels (watching them being made in the fancy exhibition kitchen is a show that rivals anything on the Midway).",
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			"venue_id" :  "5485",
			"label" :  "Fresh French Fries\/Adventure Park",
			"venue_address" :  "East of Liggett Street in Adventure Park",
			"venue_desc" :  "Fresh, sure, but they might want to add \"plentiful\" and \"piping hot\" to the big yellow sign at this fair favorite, a fixture since 1972.",
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			"venue_filter" :  "Fresh French Fries\/Adventure Park",
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			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5485"
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			"venue_id" :  "5486",
			"label" :  "Fresh French Fries\/Judson",
			"venue_address" :  "North of Judson Avenue, east of Nelson Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Fresh, sure, but they might want to add \"plentiful\" and \"piping hot\" to the big yellow sign at this fair favorite, a fixture since 1972.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.978855,-93.171401",
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			"venue_id" :  "5470",
			"label" :  "Giggles' Campfire Grill",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Lee Avenue and Cooper Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Lightly breaded and fried sunfish filets ($7) are this year's newcomer at the ever-innovative Giggles' Campfire Grill. When paired with an order of the stand's thick-cut fries ($2) the combo becomes a classic Wisconsin fish-fry moment.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Elk-wild rice meatballs, walleye-trout-wild rice cakes, venison-boar-elk bratwurst.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.985381,-93.168697",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5470"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5502",
			"label" :  "Green Mill State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "NW corner of Baldwin Park, Randall and Cooper",
			"venue_desc" :  "With the \"Mouthful\" ($4) Green Mill is using its pizza dough to sort of replicate an apple pie  on a stick, naturally. A big bump in apples and cinnamon could turn this wallflower into the belle of the ball.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Apple Pie on a stick",
			"venue_filter" :  "Green Mill State Fair: Apple Pie on a stick",
			"latLng" :  "44.984137,-93.168783",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5502"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6313",
			"label" :  "Harry Singh's Caribbean Restaurant - State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "Food Building",
			"venue_desc" :  "It's great to see Harry Singh's Caribbean Restaurant in a Food Building berth. The Minneapolis restaurant lives up to its Oh God, it's hot motto with a doughy crepe wrapped around fiery jerk-style chicken ($5), but what really hits the hot spot is the zingy ginger beer ($3).",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Jerk chicken and ginger beer",
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			"latLng" :  "44.982801,-93.169942",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6313"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5480",
			"label" :  "Lingonberry Ice Cream",
			"venue_address" :  "East of Underwood Street and just south of Carnes",
			"venue_desc" :  "The sign says it all: \"You don't have to be Scandinavian to love lingonberries.\" Indeed, especially when the tangy taste of this far-northern cousin to the cranberry is blended into a locally made small-batch ice cream. Hot enough for you? Get a heat-busting soda, a tall cup filled with the lovely lilac-tinted ice cream and lingonberry juice and topped with fizzy water.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Lingonberry Ice Cream",
			"latLng" :  "44.979614,-93.170242",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5480"
		},
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			"venue_id" :  "5483",
			"label" :  "Lynn's Potato Lefse",
			"venue_address" :  "Food building, south wall",
			"venue_desc" :  "Several vendors are embracing the comfort foods that we retreat to in our distressed economy. Lynn's Potato Lefse is reliving Sunday dinner at grandma's with mini Swedish pork-and-beef meatballs on a stick, dressed with a creamy gravy, tangy lingonberries and lefse.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Swedish meatballs on a stick",
			"venue_filter" :  "Lynn's Potato Lefse: Swedish meatballs on a stick",
			"latLng" :  "44.980221,-93.170028",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5483"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6314",
			"label" :  "Main Street Butcher Block",
			"venue_address" :  "Dan Patch and Liggett St.",
			"venue_desc" :  "Heavy mashed potato-pot roast-gravy sundae ($8) at Main Street Butcher Block.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Pot roast sundae",
			"venue_filter" :  "Main Street Butcher Block: Pot roast sundae",
			"latLng" :  "44.981132,-93.174963",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6314"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5474",
			"label" :  "Minnesota Apples",
			"venue_address" :  "Agriculture-Horticulture Building, south end",
			"venue_desc" :  "Stop by for cool, sweetly refreshing cider, pressed from Beacons, Paula Reds and other poetically named Gopher State apples. Then stay for a Cider Freeze, an icy cider shard squeezed into a plastic sleeve that should really be renamed Air Conditioner Not on a Stick.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Cider Freeze.",
			"venue_filter" :  "Minnesota Apples: Cider Freeze.",
			"latLng" :  "44.978885,-93.169813",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5474"
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			"venue_id" :  "5493",
			"label" :  "Minnesota Farmer's Union Coffee Shop",
			"venue_address" :  "In Farmers Union bldg., on Dan Patch Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "The fair boasts more than 50 speared taste sensations. One standout is the Mocha on a Stick, a Ph.D-level Fudgsicle that blends ice cream, chocolate and espresso, crafted especially for the fair by St. Paul's Grand Ole Creamery.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Mocha on a Stick.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.981435,-93.168612",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5493"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5488",
			"label" :  "Minnesota Honey Producers",
			"venue_address" :  "Agriculture-Horticulture Building",
			"venue_desc" :  "Nothing quenches a thirst quite like honey-laced lemonade, and honey-sunflower and honey-nut-fudge ice creams are fairly effective at dropping the dewpoint a few notches on a steaming late-summer afternoon.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Honey lemonade; honey-sunflower, honey-nut-fudge ice cream.",
			"venue_filter" :  "Minnesota Honey Producers: Honey lemonade; honey-sunflower, honey-nut-fudge ice cream.",
			"latLng" :  "44.978794,-93.169727",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5488"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5468",
			"label" :  "MY Sausage Sister and Me",
			"venue_address" :  "Cooper Street, between Dan Patch and Judson Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "My Sausage Sister & Me is splitting a tender buttermilk biscuit and smothering it in rich gravy peppered with a Tex-Mex pork sausage ($5) and serving this stick-to-your-ribs breakfast all day.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "All day breakfast",
			"venue_filter" :  "MY Sausage Sister and Me: All day breakfast",
			"latLng" :  "44.979432,-93.169556",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5468"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5469",
			"label" :  "Nitro Ice Cream",
			"venue_address" :  "Cooper Street, between Dan Patch and Judson Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "Don't hold their Iowa roots against chemical engineers Will Schroeder and T.J. Paskach. Their patented flash-freeze process - which doubles as a trippy \"Young Frankenstein\"-ish side show - transforms milk into rich, silky vanilla ice cream in a split-second. Have it scooped into a pretzel cone.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Nitro Ice Cream",
			"latLng" :  "44.979158,-93.169599",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5469"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6316",
			"label" :  "Ole and Lena's",
			"venue_address" :  "Liggett St. between Carnes and Judson Avs.",
			"venue_desc" :  "\"Norwegian banana splits\" ($5) at Ole and Lena's are so-so, but kudos to the stand's elegant krumkake dessert ($5), a pair of thin waffle cookies rolled into cones, filled with whipped cream and dressed in a berry sauce. Nice.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Krumkake",
			"venue_filter" :  "Ole and Lena's: Krumkake",
			"latLng" :  "44.979341,-93.174748",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6316"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5492",
			"label" :  "Original Key Lime Pie Bar",
			"venue_address" :  "West of Cooper, between Food bldg and Skyride",
			"venue_desc" :  "A standout: The self-explanatory Key Lime Pie on a Stick, which doesn't sound terribly Minnesotan, except that it's frozen. And chocolate-covered. And fabulous.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Original Key Lime Pie Bar",
			"latLng" :  "44.979341,-93.169641",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5492"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6315",
			"label" :  "Patinella's Chicken Grill",
			"venue_address" :  "Carousel Park",
			"venue_desc" :  "Friendly Patinella's Chicken Grill offers up a half-dozen overstuffed chicken-and-rice bowls ($6.50 to $7.50) that are filling but not terribly thrilling.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Chicken-and-rice bowls",
			"venue_filter" :  "Patinella's Chicken Grill: Chicken-and-rice bowls",
			"latLng" :  "44.981587,-93.173633",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6315"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5491",
			"label" :  "Peterson's Chicken and Chops",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Judson Avenue and Nelson Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Try the hugely popular Pork Chop on a Stick, a sizzling, smoky hunk of meat.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Pork chop on a stick.",
			"venue_filter" :  "Peterson's Chicken and Chops: Pork chop on a stick.",
			"latLng" :  "44.978126,-93.171873",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5491"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6317",
			"label" :  "Pizza Shoppe",
			"venue_address" :  "Food Building",
			"venue_desc" :  "Stuffed is an understatement when it comes to the vegetarian double-crust stuffed pizza ($4) at the Pizza Shoppe. The crust may be a bit soggy, but each slice is jammed with spinach and artichokes.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Vegetarian stuffed pizza",
			"venue_filter" :  "Pizza Shoppe: Vegetarian stuffed pizza",
			"latLng" :  "44.982467,-93.169856",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6317"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6318",
			"label" :  "Ragin Cajun",
			"venue_address" :  "the Garden",
			"venue_desc" :  "Fried dough is perennially popular and often disappointing. Witness the ponderous beignets ($3).",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Beignets",
			"venue_filter" :  "Ragin Cajun: Beignets",
			"latLng" :  "44.980828,-93.169856",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6318"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "4644",
			"label" :  "Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Dining Hall",
			"venue_address" :  "North of Randall Avenue, near Progress Center",
			"venue_desc" :  "This Minneapolis congregation's 56-year-old dining hall is memorable for its sweet bible-camp surroundings, friendly table service, fast breakfasts and hearty lunches and dinners: Swedish meatballs or Swiss steak with all the fixings, sandwiches and chili, all washed down with Swedish egg coffee.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Breakfast, Swedish meatballs, Swiss steak, egg coffee.",
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			"latLng" :  "44.984744,-93.167796",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=4644"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6319",
			"label" :  "Salty Tart - State Fair",
			"venue_address" :  "Judson Av. between Underwood and Cooper St.",
			"venue_desc" :  "While strolling near the south end of the Agriculture\/Horticulture building, you can't miss the tiny Salty Tart outpost. \"You guys like coconut?\" barked owner Michelle Gayer to some poor, unsuspecting fairgoers. \"Then youll love my coconut macaroons.\" At Gayer's south Minneapolis bakery, these highly addictive beauties ($2 or 3 for $5) aren't called Crackaroons for nothing.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Coconut macaroons",
			"venue_filter" :  "Salty Tart - State Fair: Coconut macaroons",
			"latLng" :  "44.979067,-93.169727",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6319"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6320",
			"label" :  "Sonny's Spiral Chips",
			"venue_address" :  "Food Building",
			"venue_desc" :  "Sonny's Spiral Chips spiral cuts, deep-fries and skewers potatoes, and it's a sculptural eye-catcher.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Spiral chips",
			"venue_filter" :  "Sonny's Spiral Chips: Spiral chips",
			"latLng" :  "44.991767,-93.176943",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6320"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6321",
			"label" :  "Spam Burgers",
			"venue_address" :  "Cosgrove St. between Wright and Dan Patch Avs.",
			"venue_desc" :  "Spam Burgers is shaping Minnesota's favorite canned meat product into hot dogs ($3), and if you're a Spam fan you'll enjoy them  and if you're not, you won't.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Hot dog shaped Spam",
			"venue_filter" :  "Spam Burgers: Hot dog shaped Spam",
			"latLng" :  "44.982498,-93.168526",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6321"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5473",
			"label" :  "Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar",
			"venue_address" :  "SE corner of Nelson Street and Carnes Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "Silver-dollar-size chocolate-chip cookies, warm from the oven and stacked, perilously high, in cups and buckets. What's not to like? And talk about truth in advertising: Owner Martha Rossini Olson, the fair's version of Mrs. Fields, really is a sweetie.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar",
			"latLng" :  "44.979401,-93.17183",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5473"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5495",
			"label" :  "Sweet Martha's\/Dan Patch",
			"venue_address" :  "Corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Chambers Street",
			"venue_desc" :  "Silver-dollar-size chocolate-chip cookies, warm from the oven and stacked, perilously high, in cups and buckets. What's not to like? And talk about truth in advertising: Owner Martha Rossini Olson, the fair's version of Mrs. Fields, really is a sweetie.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Sweet Martha's\/Dan Patch",
			"latLng" :  "44.98095,-93.174706",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5495"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "3010",
			"label" :  "Tejas\/The Garden",
			"venue_address" :  "Inside the Garden, north wall",
			"venue_desc" :  "Breakfast at Tejas boasts a major winner  a steak-peppers-onions-scrambled eggs burrito ($5)  as well as a bit of a carb-fest loser in the form of a mushy cinnamon bread pudding burrito ($4.25).",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Breakfast burrito",
			"venue_filter" :  "Tejas\/The Garden: Breakfast burrito",
			"latLng" :  "44.980798,-93.170199",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=3010"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6322",
			"label" :  "Texas Tater Twisters",
			"venue_address" :  "Underwood St. between Murphy and Randall Avs.",
			"venue_desc" :  "Spiral-cut, deep-fried and skewered potatoes.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Spiral potatoes",
			"venue_filter" :  "Texas Tater Twisters: Spiral potatoes",
			"latLng" :  "44.985078,-93.170028",
			"value_choice_text" :  "New",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6322"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5478",
			"label" :  "The Mouth Trap",
			"venue_address" :  "Food building, north wall",
			"venue_desc" :  "Referring, unkindly, to Wisconsin as \"Curdland\" doesn't stop xenophobic fairgoers from swallowing their feelings for America's Dairyland for a shot at its unofficial dish, the cheese curd. It's a Cheetos-size hunk of squeaky, rubbery, straight-from-the-factory Cheddar that has been subjected, like any self-respecting fair food, to batter and a deep fryer.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Cheese curds.",
			"venue_filter" :  "The Mouth Trap: Cheese curds.",
			"latLng" :  "44.980737,-93.170156",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5478"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "6323",
			"label" :  "Thomasina's Cashew Brittle",
			"venue_address" :  "Creative Activities Annex",
			"venue_desc" :  "Co-owners Thomasina Petrus and Leslie Wilson have made two exceedingly smart moves. One, they put their out-of-this-world candy into convenient on-a-stick form ($1.50), and they sell two quarter-size brittle bites for a quarter. A delicious taste treat for 25 cents? That almost never happens at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  "Cashew Brittle",
			"venue_filter" :  "Thomasina's Cashew Brittle: Cashew Brittle",
			"latLng" :  "44.981587,-93.167624",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Both",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=6323"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5476",
			"label" :  "Tom Thumb Donuts",
			"venue_address" :  "Corner of Underwood Street and Carnes Avenue",
			"venue_desc" :  "Among the fair's deep-fried house of horrors (deep-fried Snickers bars and Twinkies), a few naturally rise to the top, the summit belonging to the beloved mini-doughnut. Sure, a small bag is a diet-busting 500 calories, but these bite-size, melt-in-your-mouth, sugar-coated carb bombs are pure, unadulterated joy. No wonder an average of 300,000 dozen are sold at Tom Thumb and other stands each year. That's a bag for one out of every five fairgoers.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Tom Thumb Donuts",
			"latLng" :  "44.979614,-93.171058",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5476"
		},
		{
			"venue_id" :  "5482",
			"label" :  "Tom Thumb Donuts\/Kidway",
			"venue_address" :  "On Cooper Street, in the Kidway",
			"venue_desc" :  "Among the fair's deep-fried house of horrors (deep-fried Snickers bars and Twinkies), a few naturally rise to the top, the summit belonging to the beloved mini-doughnut. Sure, a small bag is a diet-busting 500 calories, but these bite-size, melt-in-your-mouth, sugar-coated carb bombs are pure, unadulterated joy. No wonder an average of 300,000 dozen are sold at Tom Thumb and other stands each year. That's a bag for one out of every five fairgoers.",
			"venue_short_desc" :  null,
			"venue_filter" :  "Tom Thumb Donuts\/Kidway",
			"latLng" :  "44.982255,-93.169856",
			"value_choice_text" :  "Recommended",
			"venue_url" :  "http:\/\/www.vita.mn\/venue_detail.php?venue_id=5482"
		}
	]
}