Went between 11 am and 2 pm on Saturday to this fest that I looked sooooo forward to all year. So, let's review this one shall we?\n\nThe Food: Sucks. No need to be any classier in the description than that. It sucks...big time. \nI paid $12 for some spanakopita--my very favorite spinich pie. The pie was soggy, the spinich wasn't fresh and it had no taste. Went into the garbage. Mousaka was bland totally, and also went into the garbate.\nDolmades I ate out of frustration but they weren't good at all being some meat-type thing (for all I know they could have been made of dog food) with some lemon sauce...just not good but edible. I'm fat and I came having had nothing to eat all day yet. And the baklava? That was good, so I suspect it is brought in from somewhere else.\n$12 - the domades = into the garbage. Yum?\n\nThe entertainment: Two guys who were really good playing bouzouki's when you get to sit on the aluminum stadium seats in the hot sun so you can fry your ass I guess. But they were good players definitely. Mmmmm...nice and hot seating tho...does nobody think at this church?\nNow where was the dancing children and adults that I expected to entertain at this hour that I see at every Greek fest I have been to? Oh, not there you say? Nor were they advertised anywhere I could see. But, then again, this is just one of the busiest days and times of the entire fest, so why would they have entertainment at this time? I gather this is the normal pattern of thinking of this church going by the slop they serve the unsuspecting to eat.\n\nThe goods to buy: All the booths but the Village Market and one tiny jewelry booth had crap that looked like it came from Taiwan. I didn't know that many Greeks lived in Taiwan I guess....\n\nOK, I admit that I am waaaaay oversensitive about these Greek places because I R one, but damn! folks, do they have to go out of their way to overcharge for food that is so bad? And try to sell these poor, unsuspecting non-Greeks shit goods and try and pawn them off as \"authentic\" Greek items?\n\nI think I can safely say I was mortified about the quality of this festival.\nI won't ever be back.\n\nBut, if Saint Haralambros has a festival like they did last year with such excellent and superior food and such beautiful artistry in the jewelry as they did in 2010 I will be there....and, trust me, I am no member of any church so don't think I am some kind of ringer here.\n\nI just believe in calling it like it is and not sugarcoating what I see is crap and not calling it crap. And I say \"crap\" on this festival totally! \n\nYou, Holy Trinity, are an embarrassment to the Greek Fests in America....or, if nothing else, you are an embarrassment to some of us in the Greek community for your lousy food and ridiculously high prices for bad quality food, no entertainment at noon and cheaply made trinkets you were trying to sell.\n\n2 stars = Good music despite no dancers, and they did have it organized well and areas divided off decently.\n\n\n\n\n\nLater the next week: I had to add this because I am so astounded at all the non-Greeks who write reviews here about how wonderful the food is at this fest. Ok, so I'm at a Greek-Mid Eastern eatery in Phoenix Friday eating and start talking to one of the owners (who is also Greek) about the horrible food at this fest. She says she is a total souvlaki lover, and the food at this fest was bad last year. My gosh! You mean to tell me that the food is crap EVERY year here and you Yelpers STILL rave about this shit? What is wrong with you guys???
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