The fate of Mango Jack’s, a restaurant and bar on the Missouri State Fairgrounds, may be decided at next week’s Missouri State Fair Commission meeting.
Despite rumors on Facebook that spread this week that the decades-old building will be torn down, Fair Director Mark Wolfe said the demolition hasn’t been approved yet.
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