Pretty bummed about the Scottsdale Culinary Festival. I haven't been in 4 years or so but I remember it being so much better. The choices of food options has definitely gone down. I didn't want to wait in the Roka Akor line, Sushi Roku had no sushi, Cian Agaves only had Chips & salsa/guac. The best option IN MY OPINION was Grimaldis, which was a steal, $2-3 a slice. Wow! I looked at the Spinatos pizza place and it looked worse than frozen pizza. The Garcias wasn't great. Next time I will just have to splurge on the $30 and JUST go to the beer garden. Loved the live music though!
Oh and I saw online the festival closed at 9 pm, but like all the tents and beer garden were empty and closed at 7 pm. I must have missed something.