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| - This was our first time going to the festival here in Las Vegas. We absolutely LOVE Greek food, so we were looking forward to the festival. While it was mildly entertaining, more so than sitting in a greek diner somewhere for lunch, it was a bit underwhelming if I'm honest.
The event is held at the Greek Orthodox Church, which is gorgeous and worth taking a peek at, if you get the chance. The grounds are spacious, (like fairgrounds size), and there's plenty of parking in the area, so that was helpful, since there were a TON of people there when we went.
There was plenty of food available, but it wasn't nearly as tasty as some of the local greek joints here in town. AND, the prices were right up there with the restaurants, so no points for eating on the cheap at the festival. I expected a bit more authentic greek-style family gathering food and less steam-table buffet grub.
There were little concession booths scattered around the grounds too, selling goodies, but the variety of items was pretty slim and most of it didn't seem to have much to do with "Greek" culture at all. (i.e. lots of cheap costume jewelry that wasn't so cheap, gypsy garb and russian folk art). Odd, considering there is a pretty large greek population in town and I would have figured there'd be more "greeky" stuff to buy.
Even the pastries were kinda screwy, because you couldn't just walk up and buy a piece of Baklava if you had the urge, you had to buy a whole box of it for $8! Don't know, just seemed all a bit more commercial than I was expecting.
All in all, it was an ok way to spend a Sunday afternoon with the family, but nothing to write home about.
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