Queen Creek Garlic Festival

Went on a late saturday afternoon 9/23/23. This festival takes place at Queen Creek Olive Mill over a couple of weekends. This is a decent family friendly event since there are plenty of activities to do. Things like classes on how to grow and cook garlic, garlic vendors, face painting, raffles, corn hole competitions, and live music. I came here mainly for the food. They have several food trucks and the olive mill building itself has several eating establishments inside of there.Got in line for Del Piero Kitchen and ordered a Drunken Garlic Pulled Pork Sandwich. For $15 it came with a side of Sicilian slaw and del piero olive mix. The sandwich itself had olive wood smoked pork shoulder, carmelized pineapple and prickly pear agrodolce made with prickly pear white balsamic reduction, house Sicilian slaw, on a Noble brioche bun. Was a bit disappointed. Seemed to lack flavor. I ended up pouring some drunken garlic bbq sauce from the $9 bottle that I just purchased in which it gave it somewhat flavor. I could only eat half of the sandwich and didnt want to force myself to finish it even though I was still hungry.Since I was not satisfied I wanted to go check out the two food trucks that were there which were It's Seoul Good and Chef on the Go. Both were closed up already and getting ready to leave which I found disappointing as well since the time was only 6:30 pm and the place closed at 9. Ended up going to McDonald's after to get a McDouble just to satisfy my hunger.Some useful info: Place is located on the corner of W Combs Rd and S Meridian Rd with the entrance on the west side of S Meridian Rd. Parking is free and is on a dirt lot so wear the appropriate footwear. Admission is free. This event is in it's 10th year so it's been going on since 2013. There are several port o potties if you need to go to the bathroom. Make sure to grab a free informational guide at the entrance which gives you an overall map of the place and schedules of events. They have misters where the outdoor dining tables are for your convenience. For the Garlic Fest there is a separate garlic menu just for this event. The olive mill itself has it's own normal daily operations in which you can check on their website at www.queencreekolivemill.comOverall, my visit was just ok. If you have been to the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, this does not compare for that one was bigger and you had more food options. So if you come to this event, don't set your expectations too high.Yelp 2023 Review #29922 overall