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| - A solid four stars. It's a fundraiser for the church so your $6 admission goes towards that. There are food stands (of course), vendors selling Greek wares, and most interestingly, a Verizon sales tent.
I came to eat, so I started with the gyro line. Skip it. That gyro meat came off the Sysco truck, not off the spit. It was perfectly oval-shaped, and not good. I was disappointed but I was pleased with the Greek fries and spanakopita that you can get on the side.
Next we went for dolmathes (a-okay) and saganaki. This is the reason to come to the festival--flaming cheese with lemon and pita. I would eat this every meal if I could.
I also couldn't resist the cookie station and brought home a sample pack. There are a multitude of things the Greeks do right, but they seriously kick ass at desserts. All that almond extract had my mouth excited for a few days afterward too.
There are also tours of the church, which actually just means the Greek Orthodox priests talking about their religion. When anybody tries to talk to me about Jesus, they may as well have inserted a tranquilizer dart into my backside, so I slept, but if you were interested in why the Greek Orthodox Church does what they do, you could definitely learn about it here.
I wish I had stayed into the night for when the music and dancing started but I would definitely recommend coming to the festival and noshing on some goodness and shopping with the cool different vendors.
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