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Cathy Wurzer and Tim Nelson
St. Paul, Minn.

Minnesota State Fair opens: What's new

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The Blue Barn is food stand at the State Fair.
The Blue Plate Restaurant Company said Wednesday it is rolling back a controversial fee it charged to waitstaff for tips paid with credit cards. The Blue Plate Restaurant Company said today it is rolling back a controversial fee it charged to waitstaff for tips paid with credit cards. The company has eight full service restaurants and is opening a Minnesota State Fair food stand, the Blue Barn, tomorrow. Tim Nelson/MPR News
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The gates at the Minnesota State Fair opened this morning, as they will for the next 12 days, ending on Labor Day. There's some historic changes at the Fair this year. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Tim Nelson who was at the Fair when the gates opened.

• 2014 fair offers new ways to meet, eat, retreat
 • Meet the new Princess Kay of the Milky Way
 • Appetites: State Fair food for fun -- and science