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| - Granted, this was the first annual....but if this becomes an annual event....they have ALOT to work on for improvements.
Like the first reviewer said, the will call/pre-purchased/purchase on site was a complete debacle. we bought tickets on-line but had to wait for about 15 minutes at will-call then were told to go stand in another line for 10 minutes....disorganized!
luckily we got in just before 1pm and good thing we did. by 2pm, the lines for the food and drinks were horrendously long. speaking of the drinks....what a complete and utter cluster....we got 8 pours included on our tickets. and they were the absolute measliest, tiniest, weakest pours i have ever had. i mean SIPS! each time i got a pour, i just couldn't believe how sad the pours were. i wasn't the only one...i overheard many, many people complain about how lame the pours were. at Devoured, for 75 bucks, you get all the alcohol you can possibly drink....and you don't have to wait in line for 15 minutes per drink!
now the food.....albeit i'm sure it sufficed for most people, we were under the impression that there would be more options for non-meat eaters....wrong again. this event is great if you love pork. with the unoriginal presentations of numerous pork tacos or sliders....well then, i guess the creative talents of tempe's restaurants have much to be desired if all they can come up with is several versions of pork sliders or pork tacos. but if you don't eat meat....well, you can get your fill of hummus. and poor mellow mushroom "we'll have more pizza in 5 minutes", "we'll have more pizza in 10 minutes"....
truly beautiful venue and all the radio stations hosting were fun. the weather was perfect and the atmosphere was great at first....until people started to realize that by standing in one too many lines for that long, there was no way they were getting their money's worth of 50 bucks.
lot to work on Tempe....
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