Renaissance Festival War Stories: The Lost Scrolls - Food Edition ...Part 2

The Minnesota Renaissance Festival offers some great tastes and foods. While some people get their kicks at the Minnesota State Fair with fried foods, foods on a stick, and fried foods on a stick; I'm filling my stomach and my soul at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Here are a few more foods that did not make the first cut.

I will fully admit, as a review, this list is written as a bias. You will NOT find turkey legs or beer on this list - I am simply not a fan of either. There is nothing inherently wrong with these things, they are just not for my palate. Those booths you will find on this list are ones that have filled my stomach and my heart.

Crepes & Bacon booth - soul

The Crepe & Bacon booth is, "Located 100 steps to the left on the inside of the King's Gate." This family-owned booth has the motto: Feed a Festie, Make a Friend. You will know their booth by the thick Scottish-accented purveyor of crepes donning a leather top hat covered in various PRIDE flags. Their joyous outlook is matched only by their quality foods. For the cast and vendors, they are one of the few booths that is open before opening cannon to feed us. And feed us they do! Savory breakfast crepes with white sausage gravy and eggs. Sweet crepes that is basically an excuse to have dessert for breakfast with berries, Nutella, and whipped cream. For lunch, the BLT with choices of spreads and bacon flavors is a go-to for making me go from hangry to happy.

Pho booth - stomach

In 2021, I spent the morning of Labor Day doing volunteer work for the GPS Information Booth away from The Riddle Masters. This included collecting some information from 20-25 different vendors. About half way through my task, I was realizing how tired and parched I was, then came this beacon: the pho booth. You might be thinking, how is pho going to help? It wasn't the pho, it was the cold, refreshing coconut water. It might have been water from the heavens. I pounded the first and bought another. It wasn't cheap, but it was worth it; filling, refreshing, cold, and available quickly. I don't often make it to that part of the village, but it is worth the trip when I do.

The Pho booth is located in 'The Ups and Downs' and faces the Pavilion.

Mead - soul

While working at the festival, I can not and do not drink. I would be incapable of performing if I did. When I was a patron in 2018 and prior, this was my choice alcoholic beverage. This Minnesota-maker of mead, J. Bird wines makes a wide variety of flavors of mead. They will do half and half pours of different flavors if you want to mix, cottage-apple is a personal favorite. In later weekends of the season, they serve some of them hot. At their facility in Cambridge Minnesota, they have seasonal flavors like mango and pineapple. This is a sweet treat I can experience at one of their weekend events in the spring and early summer before the renaissance season begins.

Mead is located in various locations including the Mead pub and the Mead tent.

Pierogis - stomach

When the days of the festival start getting a little cooler, a warm plate of potato and cheese pierogis with sour cream is another good meal. I like to say my favorite food is 'food with food inside it.' This is carbs stuffed with carbs. Mid-day during a busy afternoon, this a quick meal that can give me that quick boost to get me to the end of the day. This booth is within eye-shot of the Riddle Masters and if I need to, I can finish it before I get back to the booth.

Pierogis are located in 'Cartwheel Cove' across from the Treetop Stage.