This review is of their Annual Greek Festival. My friend and I attend this evening for the very first time and what a GREAT experience. I had read that parking was located at an elementary school (West El for the locals) less than a mile away so as we were driving to the location of the festival which is right at the church we saw the signs for parking at West El and pulled right in. As we pulled in, a yellow school bus was pulling up and the line was already about 20 or so people deep waiting for the bus. Many people with families/younger kids. The bus was full heading toward the church which drops you off right at the driveway entrance to the facility. There were bouncy houses for the kids and possibly some games (we didn't walk through that section) along with a tent in the front of the church hall serving Gyro's with some tables inside the tent and a band playing greek tunes and people, both adults and children dancing in front of the band. Inside the church hall were some vendors along with two buffet lines and a dessert line. The buffets were staffed and signage was very clear. All of the traditional greek faire was offered: chicken and beef souvlaki, pastichio. spanikopita, grape leaves with meat, moussaka, stuffed peppers, lamb with rice, greek salad, a cheese pastry, rice, rolls and probably a few more but my friend and I chose to order 4 to share: the beef Souvlaki, pastichio, spanikopita and a stuffed red pepper. The beef was cooked well but was not tough, the spanikopita was made with fresh spinach but was a bit on the salty side, the pastichio was good and not smothered in cream and the stuffed red pepper was just the right amount of rice and meat. We were quite full after sharing those four. We could not resist the desserts though and shared three: a bougatsa that was just fresh out of the oven (our FAVORITE!!), another dessert that had phyllo on the bottom and custard in the "inside" and appeared to be rolled/covered with finely crushed nuts (our 2nd favorite) and a diple which was our least favorite. The people in line around us were raving about the diples which is why we decided to try it. As we sat to enjoy our desserts, a group of women sat across us with a plate of loukoumades. Had we not been so stuffed, we would have loved to try those too! There's always next year!!! read more

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