FOR STARTERS TRY…
FANCY FRIED GREEN BEANS
TEXAS TOOTHPICKS
Tasty & unique! Breaded green beans
served crispy & hot. Mama always did
say, “Eat your green beans!”
$3.00
Hot & spicy! Shoestring fried
onions & jalapeno peppers.
Goes great with a cold one! $3.00
WITH YOUR MEAL ENJOY...
BLUE RIBBON BERRIES
SEASONED FRIES
A fresh picked bunch of red raspberries,
blueberries and blackberries topped with
a cool dollop of vanilla yogurt. The most
refreshing treat at the State Fair.
It’s the Berries!
$3.50
Crisp and golden. Taste great
with every meal.
$2.50
A rowdy round-up of different beans and
smoky sauces creates a stampede of
flavor that goes great with any sandwich.
A chuck wagon special and a cowpoke
favorite out on the trail.
$2.00
HAMBURGER
Delicious one-third pound of beef, grilled
and served with slices of tomato, dill
pickle and onion on the side.
$5.00
(Add Cheese for an additional .50)
SMOKED PORK CHOP
MAC’N CHEESE
A blue ribbon with kids every time!
Great with a hot dog.
$2.00
COWBOY BEANS
STOCKMAN’S INN SANDWICHES
Creamy and cool. The perfect
summertime side dish.
$2.00
COOL, REFRESHING DRINKS
STOCKMAN’S FAMOUS FAVORITE
Genuine pit cooked, pulled BBQ pork.
A meal in itself.
$6.00
PORK ON-A-STICK
PORK TENDERLOIN
Succulent pork, with a handle to
hold, makes this the Fair’s tastiest
food “on a stick”. Flavor to your liking
with BBQ or honey mustard sauce.
TRY’EM, THEY’RE FUNTASTIC! $4.50
Large, half-pound non-breaded,
charbroiled to perfection, served
on a fresh bun, with slices of tomato,
pickle, and onion.
$6.00
SMALL
LARGE
DOG-BITES
$6.00
$7.00
Sink your teeth into these tasty mini
Corn dogs! A litter of bite sized nuggets
so delicious the kids will be barking for
more. These puppies are GOOOD! $3.00
Specialty Beers:
Guinness, Fat Tire, Bud Lime, Blue Moon,
MGD 64, Select 55, Corona……...………...……..………….. $6.00
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DINO-BITES
Boulevard Wheat……………………………………………….…………
$7.00
$8.00
Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonade…………………………………
$6.00
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Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Root Beer
Mt. Dew, Diet Mt. Dew……………………………………….
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$3.00
Iced Tea or Lemonade…………………………………………………
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$3.00
ALL BEEF HOT DOG
Milk, Chocolate Milk, Grape or Apple Juice Box…………………
$1.00
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Ice Water…………………………………………………………………
POPCORN……………………………………………...…………..
$1.00
$1.00
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(Black Angus Beef)
With relish and onions on the side. The
traditional favorite of every kid.
$3.50
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Sliced, pure Angus beef brisket
stacked high on a fresh bun. This is
the sandwich you will tell your
friends about!
$6.50
BARBECUED PORK
FUNTASTIC
COLE SLAW
Beer (Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite) ……………………..
Smoked, cured, thick center cut chop,
served on a fresh bun. Try it...it’s a
special State Fair experience.
$6.00
SMOKED ANGUS BEEF
BRISKET SANDWICH
KIDS will love these golden nuggets of
chicken shaped like Dinosaurs! Dip them
in a side of ranch dressing, ketchup or…
a tar pit...no just kidding!
They’ll be extinct in no time!
$3.00
PRIME SIRLOIN STEAK
Charbroiled prime Sirloin steak.
Half pound fresh cut, served on a
Hoagie bun. A traditional favorite
of STOCKMAN’S.
$8.00
CHICKEN BREAST
Fresh breast of chicken marinated
in our own seasoning. Served on a
Hoagie with lettuce, tomato and onion.
$6.00
JOHNSONVILLE BRATS
Plump, juicy bratwurst steamed in
beer and nestled in a bun.
$4.50
(Add Sauerkraut for an additional .50)
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THE HISTORY OF STOCKMAN’S INN AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR
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The year was 1969. Ken Fulk was
the Iowa State Fair Manager. He was
acquainted with Marv Walter and Bud
Nichols who owned and operated Carriage House Meats and Provisions in
Ames.
Ken knew the Carriage House
reputation for quality meats and
asked Marv and Bud if they would be
interested in selling quality beef and
pork sandwiches at the Fair. They
agreed and decided to sell sandwiches, pop and beer (some farmers
were known to drink an occasional
beer in 1969) from the original Carcass Display Building. They enlisted
the help of Mr. Shie Foudree who operated the concession at the State
Fair Grandstand at that time.
Stockman’s Inn was thus established in 1969 by Marv, Bud and
Shie. They operated only inside the
Carcass Display Building and became
the 6th establishment on the Fairgrounds to serve beer, featuring Pabst
Blue Ribbon, for many years. Beef,
pork, and lamb carcasses continued
to be displayed throughout the glass
windows of the large walk-in cooler
inside the restaurant. The cooler still
exists and serves as a food and beer
keg storage area today. The original
building is currently the kitchen,
storage and air-conditioned dining
room of Stockman’s Inn.
In early 1972, Lyle Kreps took over
Mr. Foudree’s interest in Stockman’s.
A bar was constructed outside on the
south side of the building and was
protected by an awning.
In 1973 the concrete floor adjoining Stockman’s on the west side was
discontinued as a display area by
Fawn Engineering and was added to
Stockman’s as a patio with umbrella
tables.
In 1974 Lyle purchased Marv and
Bud’s interest in the business. He
and his wife, Sharon, and children
Brian, Jason and Jennifer, and their
families, have since operated Stockman’s Inn.
In 1976 a permanent roof was constructed over the outside patio and
bar. In addition, the exterior of the
building was covered with wood paneling.
Then, in 1985, a separate building
was constructed around the large
sycamore tree to the west, and umbrella tables were added between the
two buildings. The Stockman’s Inn
“Treehouse”, as it is affectionately
called, gave a much needed presence
to the west and the outdoor seating
has become very popular.
In late 1999 and early 2000, the
State Fair restored the cattle barn. In
the process, it was necessary to tear
down and rebuild much of the original Stockman’s Inn building. Additional improvements were made to the
remaining part of the building and a
new “Treehouse” was built with
“Iowa’s Largest Cowboy Hat” as its
roof.
In 42 years, Stockman’s Inn has
grown from being able to seat about
80 people to about 350, expanded
from 5 employees to about 70, and
has served Governors, Senators,
Presidential candidates and nationally known entertainers.
But our favorite customers will
always be the farm families, our
friends and acquaintances, and everyone in a cowboy hat! We still love
to hear people say, “I’ll meet ya’ at
Stockman’s”. And to all those who
have come and gone over the past 42
years and to all who return each year,
we say,
“THANK YOU”!
STOCKMAN’S
2011
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