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mikeyHustle t1_j6dj9kv wrote

We went in February 2020 at Rivers Casino, before we knew what COVID would become, and I'll tell you what -- if I had gotten deathly ill at a festival that mediocre, I would have been pissed.

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kaitb1103 t1_j6djtg1 wrote

Tasteusa is a well known scam around here. Their taco festival was terrible! Will always skip their events.

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Username89054 t1_j6dn4yv wrote

Well shit, of course I see this a day after I bought tickets.

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CasualFriday11 t1_j6dnz9w wrote

$55 as a base fee for this garbage? I'll pair you a few chocolate bars and a bottle of wine for free!

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mrsrtz t1_j6dq29v wrote

Why hasn't someone come up with an immersive art thing and food festival combination yet?

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schnichaels t1_j6dv8ks wrote

That's sad. We went the first year it was here and really enjoyed it! There were plenty of food samples along with the wine and whiskey, water was available, wasn't too crowded. There were some places that sold out before we arrived but we chalked that up to first year jitters. Definitely seems that's not the case.

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Local_Penalty2078 t1_j6dyu3p wrote

We went in 2020 (as another has commented, was before we really knew how COVID would go), we actually had a very good time. We got plenty of free samples, and I really enjoyed the vendors that were there.

It was pretty busy, but it wasn't like we were packed in sardine cans- probably too close for COVID, but luckily we were all good (group of about 8 of us).

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[deleted] t1_j6e0exs wrote

This thing will still be a big success in terms of ticket sales I mean have you met the general public?

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mikeyHustle t1_j6e4muy wrote

It was a few days before Valentine's Day and we enjoy whiskey, wine and chocolate, man

It's not that serious

Anyway, it wasn't fantastic. Music was OK. But somehow almost all of the vendors were kinda second-rate.

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BureauOfBureaucrats t1_j6eboxe wrote

Hello from Richmond, VA. They’re putting on this identical festival here too. 🤣🤣🤣

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Itsjustataco t1_j6edv4n wrote

There's been a bunch of these festival type events lately that bank on marketing and fall short of what they promised. They really take away from the well run and enjoyable events for people.

We should start a list of these that's pinned or something.

Van Gogh event Pittsburgh Taco festival

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Spicercakes t1_j6eey3t wrote

I went to the Mimosa Festival hosted by this company. It was absolute trash. When I looked up the company out of curiosity and saw it's reviews for other events, I was surprised that it was still in business.

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Her0zify t1_j6fw768 wrote

Anyone know when the next good Pierogi festival will be?

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kate479 t1_j6ixndm wrote

We went back in 2020 and it was AWFUL - I even went in for the “VIP” passes and it was just ridiculous. Huge crowds of people, hot, disorganized. If I had known it was basically a vendor fair, I wouldn’t have paid what I did.

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SmellView42069 t1_j6kn14x wrote

I thought it was just alright when I went. It was hot and there was a lot of standing in line. You are basically paying to buy tacos that you could have otherwise bought outside of the festival throughout the city. If you really want to try a bunch of different taco places without having to drive all over the place then it isn’t that bad.

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