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    Alaska Greek Festival - $25 sampler.  Decent value I guess, but nothing was excellent.  It was all just ok, I've had much better Greek pastries

    Alaska Greek Festival

    3.7(3 reviews)
    7.1 mi

    Wife says " let's go to a Greek festival"? Shoot me…read morenow...stab me.. aaanything... is that like the renaissance fair ? The fur rendezvous ? The medieval festival..kids dressed up like Frodo Baggins? I'm thinking ...shit shit shit. , why doesn't a car break when I want it to , so I can stay home And work on a crisis instead Me, " I'd love to go" ( liar) Beer, got me started A good Greek gyro , got me walking Some baklava , and the second beer, got me into s fuzzy sugar high fuzzy zone. It was only 1.5 hr tour of the food, jewelry, books, raffles, and silent auction. All day( not worth it)( but 1.5 hrs....yrs sir!) But it was an easy 1.5 hr beer induced tipsy stroll past some good lunch and people watching..... and good live tunes. Show early.... parkings packed.

    I'll admit that I have a bias in favor of church and charity fundraisers... I totally want to give…read morethem 5 stars. So it pains me to be so negative. I honestly feel bad; but man, it is what it is. Not great. There was a big buildup and a lot of anticipation for me since I've been wanting to go to this festival for years because it falls on a busy weekend. We finally made it and... well... MEH. To call it a festival is a huge overstatement. There's no activities (religious, cultural, carnival or otherwise) other than one tiny TINY bouncy house and sporadic live Greek music and dancing. This event really is all about food. Which ok, I'm down with food. I love me some fucking Greek food. But the food was, in a word, MEH. I mean if you plan an event based around food, you'd expect it would kill. But nope. Dry lamb, dry pastisio, dry moussaka, dry pita. Tzaziki that had so much garlic even I, lover of garlic, was reeling. The dolmathes were 3 for a dollar and tasted like they were the kind out of a can. Good, but damn, I coulda bought the can at Sam's myself for a much better value. The souvlaki and gyro portions were really small and the line was a half hour long- totally not worth it. The desserts were just ok. And the prices on ALL the food, except the spanakopita, were way out of line. Again, since it's a fundraiser, I was expecting that, but I was also expecting the food to be memorable. But 60 bucks for a mediocre meal just pisses me off. Parking and traffic was a huge hassle, waiting in seperate lines for each food item was a hassle. I'd like two hours of my life back, please. Defintely won't go back. I'm super bummed.

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    Alaska Greek Festival - This is the extent of the "festival" ... a tent full of people eating

    This is the extent of the "festival" ... a tent full of people eating

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    4.8(5 reviews)
    1.6 mi

    I took an alcohol ink class here and really enjoyed myself. It is a small studio tucked away in…read moreSpenard. There was four of us so it was nice and intimate and a lot of interaction with our teacher unlike other painting companies in town. Alcohol ink was new to me, but I'm fairly pleased with my outcome! The host was vibrant, talkative and engaging. She let us play and test the waters with the inks before diving right in to create our masterpiece. She offers so many different classes; alcohol ink, wood burning, water color, acrylics, terrarium building, succulent classes. I really look forward to joining in on another class. The wood burning in particular sounds fun! Price range is $50-60 which is about average. It's totally worth it to me because of the smaller class size and intimate atmosphere about it. Did I mention it was a sip and paint?! Yep! She provides snacks and wine! I divulged in the Moscato :)

    I am giving this company another review as the owner contacted me on Sept 4th and apologized…read moreprofusely about the Alaska State painting. She indicated that the instructor was new and she was hesitant to utilize her again after that event. She did give me a full reimbursement and extended the invitation to give the studio another try. I have not yet went back as I have recently returned from vacation, but I will. Honestly, just having the owner make contact and offer as well as comply with a full reimbursement speaks volumes. There could be a lot of other ways this was handled but I think the owner did it right.

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