The month of August passed without a single funnel cake — or corn dog, elephant ear, caramel apple or any of the other foods people flock to the Clark County Fair to consume.
Downtown Camas, however, aims to put that right with Fair Food Week, Friday through Sept. 11. As a balm to the taste buds of nostalgic fair food-lovers, many restaurants in downtown Camas will offer close approximations and tasty twists on traditional fair food.
“We’re wanting to bring some fun and unique dining options to downtown and add a little extra zest to late summer,” said Carrie Schulstad, executive director of the Downtown Camas Association, in an email. “We have amazing restaurants and coffee houses that are working so hard to serve the community during these challenging times. We want to take advantage of the good dining weather and we truly hope people enjoy all the food options and have fun with it.”
A variety of fair-food options will be available within a few blocks of each other: caramel apples at Cake Happy and elephant ear-inspired malasadas (Hawaiian doughnuts with similar cinnamon-y flavors) at Tommy O’s at the Camas Hotel. Sip a cotton candy margarita from Grains of Wrath or grab a cookies-and-cream milkshake from Squeeze and Grind. Sample the peach hand pies and lemonade from Cedar Street Bagel Co. or slather some beer cheese onto A Beer at a Time’s giant pretzels. Natalia’s Cafe is offering candied bacon on a stick and Hidden River Coffee Roasters is serving up frothy root beer floats. Maybe you can’t get a churro, but you can get churro fried ice cream at Nuestra Mesa.
