--- description: A Walmart in Plano, Texas will dish out deep-fried snacks like funnel cake fries at the new restaurant, with potential expansion plans. title: Walmart Is Opening a Restaurant to Serve "State Fair Treats" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Walmart's New Restaurant Will Serve Cookie Fries and All Fried Everything  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 15, 2016 9:21 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 15, 2016 9:21 PM CUT **_These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser._** Plano, Texas is about to get a very unusual addition to its culinary scene: a restaurant is opening up inside [the town’s Walmart](http://time.com/3709606/walmart-texas-lawsuit-liquor/?iid=sr-link8 "undefined") to serve deep-fried State-Fair-themed treats all year round. The entrepreneurial chef behind the new food endeavor is one [Isaac Rousso](http://bigtex.com/isaac-rousso-to-open-first-state-fair-treats-location-september-20/ "undefined"), who has been a regular finalist and winner [at the Texas State Fair](http://bigtex.com/ "undefined") over the years for his kitchen creations like Cookie Fries, Smoky Bacon Margaritas, Deep Fried Cuban Rolls, and Fried Pop Tarts, as [the _Dallas Morning News_ reports.](http://www.dallasnews.com/business/restaurants-hotels/20160912-state-fair-of-texas-fixture-isaac-rousso-to-open-restaurant-in-plano-wal-mart-next-week.ece "undefined") Depending on the new restaurant’s success in Plano, [Walmart](https://time.com/coupons/walmart "undefined") will consider opening up outlets of State Fair Treats in other locations across the country, meaning that dangerously caloric dishes like funnel cake fries and deep-fried hash browns stuffed with bacon and cheese might make it to a retail stop near you. In the face of the [national trend for healthy foods,](http://time.com/3724505/healthy-recipes-healthiest-foods/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") this might seem like an unexpected development — but Walmart has been bullish on retro snacks, recently [adding deep-fried Hostess Twinkies](http://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") to their freezer section. State Fair Treats sounds like a natural addition to this nostalgic menu. > [](https://twitter.com/brewhouse/status/771023379948122112) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4496178/walmart-texas-cookie-fries-state-fair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4496178/walmart-texas-cookie-fries-state-fair/"},"headline":"Walmart's New Restaurant Will Serve Cookie Fries and All Fried Everything","datePublished":"2016-09-15T21:21:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:38.054Z","description":"Also, funnel cake fries","url":"https://time.com/4496178/walmart-texas-cookie-fries-state-fair/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4496178/walmart-texas-cookie-fries-state-fair/","name":"Walmart's New Restaurant Will Serve Cookie Fries and All Fried Everything"}}]}] ```