text: This Festival will get its fair share of hateful reviews but you know what I like it Not an I Like It and I Want To Go Every Year kind of like but more of an I Like It and Would Go Every Other Year kind of like It is great for people watching so you really do not have to spend a ton of money to have a good time It is to get in and if you do not get wasted or pig out then you can get by with spending only inside Yes almost all of the vendors are over priced and the food can be rather pedestrian too many chain restaurants for my liking but you can find a few tent gems that are offering good food at a reasonable price Yesterday I got a big BBQ plate for two tacos a big order of stromboli for mac n cheese and a oz Coors Light Do not worry I spread that out over about hours with a midday break at Patties for a few beersnnOne big improvement this year is doing away with the tickets and switching over to a debit card for all of your food and drink purchases Much easier One bummer it is the same tents year after year It makes it kind of boringnnTips on making it betternWhy not have a section for new restaurants at the Culinary Festival Like a whole stretch of tents for all the first time restaurants appearing at the GAP I do not know I think this is a great idea if I may say so And I know this sounds lame but some of the prices at these tents are ridiculously high Why set your prices so high at an event like this when you can possibly attract new customers to your actual restaurant Seems like a bad business decision to me nnIt will always crack me up when I see girls dressed in club attire and six inch high heels for this event Why You are walking around a food festival and there is no way you are comfortable in that shit Hysterical Please do not change Scottsdale