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  • I understand that with a first year event there are always kinks to work out. I certainly don't expect everything to run smoothly. But REALLY!?!?! This event was a disaster from start to finish. The parking was ridiculous. Attendees were directed to a dirt lot but if you were approaching from the west (as we were), getting into the lot was via green yield. Which meant that things backed up. At some point, we turned around and approached from the other direction which was slightly better. While waiting in the hellish line, one person went on ahead (on foot) to grab the will-call tickets. Eventually, we gave up and parked on 1st street. Wish we'd done this from the beginning as there was tons of space and it was just a short walk. In general, I avoid will-call because it's just one more line to stand in. But, this event gave us no other option. The will call lines were crazy long and I was thankful that we had the foresight to send someone ahead. Upon getting our bracelets, we learned that there is a limit on alcohol samples - we had eight tickets with our bracelets. This was never disclosed pre-event. Unlimited should mean unlimited. The lines for samples were ridiculously long. To add insult to injury, some of the samples were just downright sad. And waiting in a very long line for two swallows of wine is just not my idea of a good time. We happened to note that one restaurant (I forget which one) literally brought a small Weber grill. Did the organizers not give the restaurants a heads-up on expected attendance or were these guys strangely optimistic? We'll never know. When all was said and done, the part that bothered us most of all was that we really didn't feel like we got the value out of our tickets. If we'd each gone to a restaurant and spent $60, we would have had a really nice meal, a cocktail or two and not been cooking for two hours in the Arizona sun. The event itself was only three hours long and if you "wasted" any event time on signing up for one of many giveaways, watching the band or the cooking demonstrations, or going to the bathroom, that's time you're not standing in line for the next morsel of food. The Taste in Tempe is literally just that... a taste.
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