If you thought the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was just about bulls and boots, think again—this year’s food lineup is stealing the show.
The Houston Rodeo runs from March 4 through March 23, 2025, bringing weeks of rodeo action, live entertainment, and exciting new carnival foods.
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With over-the-top eats like ice cream nachos, spicy pickle roll-ups, and mango hatch chile sausage, the Midway is serving up bold flavors you won’t want to miss.
New Carnival Midway Foods
Mustards Café
- Chili and Cheese Jumbo Corn Dog
Fried A Fair 2
- Ice Cream Nachos: Waffle cone chips topped with ice cream swirls and chocolate sauce
Cowboy Kettle Corn
A variety of Dirty Sodas including:
- The Cowboy Cooler: Coca-Cola with cherry, lime and vanilla
- The Coconut Cowboy: Mr. Pibb with coconut and lime
- The Dirty Cowboy: Cherry Coca-Cola, pina colada cream, and lime
- Dolphin Breeze: Sprite with coconut and blue raspberry topped with gummy shark candy
- Sour Gummy Refresher: Sprite with sour cherry topped off with Sour Patch Kids
Biggy’s
- Mike’s Hot Honey Turkey Leg
- Mike’s Hot Honey Big Daddy Corn Dog
- Mike’s Hot Honey Colossal Curly Fry
- Mike’s Hot Honey Tater Tots
- Mike’s Hot Honey Bacon Wrapped Pork Belly
- All items drizzled in Original Mike’s Hot Honey
Enzo’s Pizzeria
- Italian Espresso Drinks (hot or iced)
- Coke-a-Latte Fizz
- Mike’s Hot Honey pizza slice
- Mike’s Hot Honey hot wings
Wild Card Pizza
Texas Triple Slice: Pepperoni, sausage and bacon topped with your choice of ranch or BBQ sauce
Totally Baked Cookie Joint
- Cowboy Cookie Crumble: Features Scoops of ice cream smothered with delicious oatmeal cookie crumble and drizzled with caramel
Candy Factory
- Chocolate Strawberry Cup: This is a viral food sensation in Dubai and London. It is an endless stream of super gourmet European chocolate melted over strawberries
New Food Vendors
- Drizzle Cheesecakes
- Mamacita’s
- Mia Bella’s Coffee
- Once Upon a Cone
- Palmer’s Hot Chicken, Catfish and Shrimp
- Richie’s Cheese Curd Tacos
- Taco Love
New Foods
- Waffle Chix: Chicken Bacon Ranch Waffle Stick
- Asian Streetness: Crab Rangoon, Snack Pack Combo and Brisket Fried Rice
- Casa de Yummy: Spicy Pickle Roll-Up, Fruit & Vegetable Tajin Cup and Churro Ice Cream Cup Sundae
- Fields of Corn: Tex Mex Breakfast Bowl, Fried Corn On-A-Stick and Creamy Corn Cheesecake
- Cajun Cowboy: Rousso’s Pickle Juice Lemonade, Gator Basket and Gator Burger
- Rousso’s Fat Bacon: Rousso’s Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick, Bacon Jam Cheesy Pickle Fries and Bacon Jammy Jam Wagyu Sliders
- Alamo Tamales: Barbacoa Bowl
- Taco Love: Elotes Munchies Nachos and Hippie Cowboy Street Tacos
- Stubby’s Cinnamon Rolls: Caramel Apple Bacon Cinnamon Roll
- CornDog with No Name: The Midnight Cowboy Corn Dog
- Paradise Burgers: Fried Mexican Street Corn and Smokin Tater Bombs on a Stick
- Drizzle Cheesecakes: Caramel Crunch Cheesecake
- FRIED WHAT!?: Red Velvet Twinkie • Sills Funnel Cakes & More: Strawberry Dragonfruit Drink, Fried Apple Pie and Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
- Darlin’s Fried Chicken: Coconut Shrimp and Chicken & Waffle Sliders
- Finer Diner: Ground Ribeye Burger
- Santa Lucia Greek Grill: Greek Gyro Fries
- Richies Cheese Curd Tacos: Hot Chick
- MiaBellas Wood Fired Pizza: Elotes Mexican Street Corn Pizza
- Mamacita’s: The Drowning Taquitos
- Once Upon a Cone: Gluten Free Cones available
- Tad’s Bodacious Burrito: Cool Ranch Chicken Taco
- Holmes Smokehouse: Mango Hatch Chile Sausage in a Bun
- Harlon’s BBQ: Bacon Wrapped Boudin • Saltgrass: Flaming Hot Chili Mac Dog
- Teahouse Tapioca and Tea: Dragon Fruit Lemonade
- Texas Pride Grill: Honey-Bourbon Glazed Pork Shots