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New food at the 169th Bloomsburg Fair

The most popular activity is probably trying all the new food, and Newswatch 16's Mackenzie Aucker did just that.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Lines of food vendors fill the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds in Columbia County. 

Choosing where to stop first isn't as easy as it looks, but we landed on the Old Farmer Tea Company. 

Customers can choose from a variety of five different teas from the Sugar Loaf-based business.

"We actually started this business because we were looking for a little bit of a healthier alternative to less sugar than the major brands and just to like have different flavors, you know, give people options," said Samantha Dubesky, volunteer at Old Farmer Tea Company.

Next up is R Bar and Grill. The restaurant located in Nanticoke boasts over 80 wing sauces to choose from. Workers are offering up 15 of those flavors at the fair.

"We're doing wings, we are doing them in small orders of 3, or you could do 6 or 12, again with any of the sauces or dry rubs, we have boneless bites, we're doing buffalo chicken tacos, and chicken wing egg rolls," said Lauren Maga, owner R Bar and Grill.

The Grill Reaper food truck has been dishing out delicious comfort food for two years, but this is the first time it's parked here at the fairgrounds.

"You won't find unique burgers like ours anywhere else; we do cheese steaks, mac n cheese with smoked gouda and cheddar, pulled pork, we do all kinds of delicious things out of here," said Christopher Apfel, The Grill Reaper owner. 

Horr's Hotdogs has been a fair staple for 13 years, but the business is debuting two new items this week for pickle lovers. First is the pickle dog -  a bacon-wrapped hot dog snuggled into a pickle bun.  If you're feeling thirsty, the food truck is also providing a unique twist on classic lemonade.

"We're going through more pickles, we have more pickle juice, so we came up with a recipe with lemon juice, sugar, and pickle juice, and we call it pickle-aid, so we say Horr's Hotdogs. Runs on pickle-aid," said Christa Vinciguerra, co-owner of Horr's Hotdogs. 

You can check out the new food for yourself through Saturday at the fairgrounds.

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