by Don Cazendre

Anna's has been serving Sicilian pizza, meatball subs, chicken parm and other Italian favorites on the West End of the New York State Fair for 40 years. Now, it looks like 2014 is Anna's final fair. Co-owner Anna Desiderio passed away last year, just before the fair began. But her sons say that's not the reason Anna's is ending its run. "We wanted to stay," said Paul Desiderio, one of the brothers. "But the fair is saying we can't stay here."

State Fair officials, in the midst of a $7 million capital improvement project, have decided the Anna's stand, one of the "permanent" buildings along Restaurant Row, is in poor condition and beyond repair. They plan to tear it down and do something else with the space, although exactly what has not been decided, said Joe Morrissey, spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, which oversees the fair.

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Source: http://www.syracuse.com/