Food Paradise - Season 9 / Year 2016

"Food Paradise" travels to the Twin Cities and says "you betcha" to the fabulous food found at the Minnesota State Fair. The annual event is a celebration of creative comfort food like meatloaf on a stick and beer gelato.

America's most rare steaks featuring -- a smoky center-cut sirloin in Malibu, Calif., a mouthwatering rib-eye topped with spicy chimichurri sauce in Miami and a tender flank steak stuffed with gooey cheese and hard boiled eggs in Austin, Texas.

French fry and gravy dog, alligator dog, and a cream cheesy dream dog.

A 4-pound meat fortress stacked with deli delights; a French bun filled with beef brisket; fried tobacco onion rings.

Here's pork's best, from plump shoulder to a fall-off-the-bone whole hog.

Eat your way through the Wisconsin State Fair and the State Fair of Texas.

Tacos take their rightful place beside sandwiches as the tastiest, most convenient way to convey mex-ceptional food to your hungry stomach. Food Paradise travels the 50 states to bring you the best of the best in a tortilla.

What's better than breakfast or lunch? Well, brunch of course! It's the best of both worlds, and in this episode of Food Paradise, we bring to the table the best dishes and drinks from the most relaxed meal of the week.

We travel around the country in search of the eight greatest places to find super sandwiches.

For pizza that goes beyond pepperoni, check out the Great 8 pizzerias from all over the country where they're slinging pies that defy expectations.

You don't have to be from the South to enjoy down-home country cookin', you just have to be hungry! We leave no biscuit unturned in our country-wide search for the eight best Southern comfort food places.

Finding eight great places for midnight munchies since bar food has made great leaps forward in recent years.

Finding the eight greatest chicken dishes from California to Virginia.

Count down the eight great places to get authentic Italian food in America. From fresh ingredients to innovative twists on classic dishes, everything these Italian joints serve up.

Food Paradise grills the usual suspects, and a few unusual ones, in hopes of smoking out the 8 greatest places for BBQ bliss.

Counting down the top eight places serving up the extra-cheesiest delights in the nation.