I'm surprised and not surprised at the same time at the slew of negative reviews and comments about this event.\n\nI went on Friday afternoon. It was the first time I had been to the event, and I missed the turn for the unpaved parking lot and almost drove back out to Dean Martin Drive before making a U-turn of questionable legality. I parked in a section of paved parking that seemed relatively close to the event. There were only about 15 people in line at the nearest gate, and I got my free wristband courtesy of Yelp (thanks!) in relatively short order after asking.\n\nHere's what I had:\n\n- The Maine Lobster Lady: a small bite of lobster mac and cheese from my friend (terribly overpriced entree, food just okay)\n- Seoul Sausage: Part of both the kalbi and spicy pork sausages from Seoul Sausage (both good, spicy pork great)\n- Tornado Potato: truffle oil (lacking salt) and sweet potato (too much added sugar). The visual is impressive. Flavor? Not so much.\n- Nonna's Kitchenette: P.L.T. sliders (nice crispy proscuitto, but I would've liked the tomato to be sliced more thinly)\n- Super Q Food Truck: Super Q Brisket Melt, which does indeed have mac and cheese in the sandwich itself (great overall flavor, filling compared to other stuff)\n\nWhite Castle, which I intentionally avoided even though I haven't tried it yet, may have actually helped draw people away from all the other lines, so I can't hate them. I did see that it got more crowded at night, with maybe hundreds in line just at the entrance gate, so I would recommend that people trying this event in the future go during the daytime and, if possible, on the first day. I will certainly consider going back in future years if there are different, good out-of-town food trucks to try.
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