Greek Food Festival in Little Rock

                 Hey everyone! Hope you had a Happy Fourth of July! Today, I'm going to talk about
          the Greek Food Festival. In Little Rock every year, the local Greek Orthodox church
          hosts the Greek Food Festival, which usually has cultural food and dances as well as
          Greek/Russian/Middle Eastern goods. This past year, they had it from May 18-20, but I
           only went on the last day with a friend. (I've been to it in prior years though, so I already
           know the usual goings of the festival.)

                    The festival has musical events of ethnic dances, with the Greek/ Middle Eastern
          dances performed by local girls who go to the church, (which is also the case for some
          of the Russian dancers I believe), and then they also have some Indian dancers, Irish
          dancers, Flamenco, and American Folk music. The dancing is for all three days the
          festival is on, so even if you're there for just a day, you should be able to see something.
                        
                   Transportation is available with city run trolleys, set up just for the festival days, so
            if you're in town next May, (it's in May every year), you can check the trolley's for
            transportation fare and where they run. Now you can also go by car, which is what I
            do every year, but since this is a major event with locals and people out of town, its
            parking is usually very, very crowded. So my advice for car people is to get there early.
            Even an hour or two before the festival opens can save a lot of wasted time looking
            for a spot.

                    Now when you go inside the church, they offer tours if you're interested in the
            history and such, and will offer brochures. The luncheon hall is usually changed to a small
            cafe' inside, offering coffee or tea. The room next to it is the souvenir/gift section of
            the festival, ranging from jewelry and Russian folk items, to Middle Eastern rugs,
            belly dancer clothes, and paintings or toys. A bit in the back they also sell Greek/Middle
            Eastern pastries, in various packages. I never purchased the packages so I can't comment
             on them, but I tried the same sweets in other places.

                       Now the outside booths are, you guessed it, the food. Most of the items are Greek
              items, like the popular gyro, lamb, or pastitsio, falafel, and baklava. (They have a big
              list of items in the linked website above.) Of course it's a little expensive; this year a
              gyro ran for about $7, but it was a decent size, so I'm not complaining. I do recommend
              the kebabs and gyros, and even if it's only once all sweet lovers should give the Baklava
              with ice cream a try. In the photos below the vase is what I bought at the fair this year,
              and the painted egg,(it's wood), is what I got the previous year. (I bought some other
              items from previous years, but wasn't able to find them. The gift area has affordable items,
              just do some digging around!)~