The Menger, that's it!
I'm glad to hear NIOSA's still fun. When my son and I lived in Dallas the first time we used to go to the State Fair every year. Several years later when we were living there again we didn't go because it wasn't nearly as safe. When the nightly news is talking up the increased police presence and all of the new safety measures in effect, then in the next breath talking about the latest brawl, stabbing or shooting there, you kind of decide it might be in your best interest to stay home.
Oh no! One of my most treasured possessions is a small oil painting of blue bonnets my father bought my grandmother from the State Fair in 1936.
I am glad to tell you NIOSA is still fun and still safe to attend. Your fiance has a treat instore for him if he has never seen the Riverwalk or the hill country. Such treasures they are. And of course, the mexican food.