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Gourmet Alley  //  Gilroy Garlic Festival

Gourmet Alley

"It's All About the Food"

Thirty plus years ago the inspiration behind the first Garlic Festival was the desire to share extraordinary garlic-enhanced recipes with visitors from across the globe. Gourmet Alley and its pyro chefs have thus become the heart of America's premier summertime food event.

A trip to the Festival is not validated until you've visited Gourmet Alley and enjoyed an array of delicacies that include stuffed mushrooms, peppersteak sandwiches, pasta con pesto, calamari, scampi, Italian sausage sandwiches, garlic bread and garlic fries. Gourmet Alley's chefs share their preparation secrets in hourly cooking seminars on the Demonstration Stage.

Gourmet Alley's new item - the Surf & Turf Wrap. Huge hit!  Steak, shrimp, rice, cilantro and garlic aioli wrapped in a garlic-infused lavash. It's fantastic!!  

Gourmet Alley Item

2011 Servings

Calamari

4,987

Combo I

11,129

Combo II

7,300

Garlic Bread

16,377

Garlic Chicken Stir Fry

4,550

Garlic Fries

13,633

Italian Sausage Sandwich

5,939

Pasta con Pesto

5,826

Pepper Steak Sandwich

12,217

Scampi

6,729

Stuffed Mushrooms

9,882

Surf & Turf Wrap

5,828

 

Food and beverages for everyone...

Booths at the Gilroy Garlic Festival are a hot commodity among vendors. We carefully screen all vendors to offer the best variety available at any festival. Whether you like your mushrooms, ice cream or pancit laced with garlic, you can find it here along with a few vampire-friendly (garlic-free) edibles.

Click here to download the 2012 Booth Vendor Application.

Take a look back at the 2011 vendors.

Booth  Name Products 
1 Artisan Candies Handmade candy, chocolate fondue
2 Gilroy Garlic Festival Pepsi Booth Pepsi soft drinks
3 Thai Stick Garlic chicken/pork/shrimp over rice
4 Sweet Delights LLC Garlic salmon, hot wings
5 Little Thief Mustard Company Garlic mustards 
6 Gilroy Foundation  Wine, wine coolers, Mimosas
7 Olam International Free garlic ice cream 
8 Christopher Ranch Fresh garlic, garlic products
9 Enchanted Escargot Escargot, mushrooms
10 Gavilan College Football Boosters Wine Margaritas
11 Gilroy Rainbow Girls Pepsi soft drinks
12 Rapazzini's / The Garlic Shoppe Garlic seasonings, sauces
13 Gary Steinmetz T-shirts, hats
14 Twin Berry Farm Strawberry shortcake, parfait
15 Gilroy Police Wives Association Garlic almonds, pistachios
16 Jerky Hut California Jerky
17 Artesian Beverages Assorted teas, lemonade
18 Powder Keg Pub and Seafood Cafe Garlic sauteed mussels
19 Castro's Barbeque Shack Filipino chicken bbq, Pancit, Adobo 
20 Lockeford Meat and Sausage German sausage sandwiches
21 Sandy's Catering Philly cheese steak, breakfast burritos
22 Moon River Corn Company Corn on the cob, baked potatoes
23 Hawaii BBQ BBQ Chicken, pork kebobs
24 Big Eds Buzzard BBQ Smoked beef brisket, pulled pork sandwiches
25 Bamboo Hut Beef/chicken teriyaki stick, fried rice
26 Maui Wowi Smoothies, coffees
27 Sauce Goddess Gourmet Sauces, spices, caramel corn 
28 Gilroy Garlic Grater Ceramic garlic graters
29 Tamale Factory Tamales, rice, beans 
30 Michael and Constance Savko T-shirts, tanks, hats 
31 Congregation Emeth Souvenir pictures 
32 Solari Family Pepsi fountain drinks 
33 Rosies Posies Dried garlic/floral head garlands, parasols
34 Kurlander soft serve Frozen yogurt
35 Household Designs The roasted garlic spade, garlic roaster
36 Straw Hat Pizza Cheese, pepperoni, chicken pizza 
37 Olde Tyme Kettle Korn Kettle popcorn, garlic popcorn
38 Mediterranean Corner Chicken gyros, Falafel, Greek salad
39 Theater Angels dba Gilroy Arts Alliance Wine, wine coolers 
40 Lane Enterprises Garlic braids
41 Pump Bottle Misters Misting bottles
42 California Silkscreening  T-shirts, tanks
43 Fruit Friz Smoothies Fresh fruit smoothies
44 Pedemonte and Company Garlic chicken sandwiches, veggie wraps
45 CHP- El Camino Club Pepsi soft drinks
46 Gourmet Faire Calamari, corn dogs
47 Frozen Fantasies Frozen chocolate dipped fruit kebobs
48 New Orleans Catering Blackened shrimp with rice, Jambalaya
49 Gilroy High Cross Country & Track Garlic Bread
50 Bethany Community Church BBQ ribs, chicken, pork loin
51 Gilroy Gators Swim Team Pepsi soft drinks
52 Willow St. Wood fired Pizza Steak tacos, roasted corn, sausage sandwich
53 Lousiana Cajun Lady Cajun crawdads, garlic fried green tomatoes
54 SmoQe BBQ + Wood Fired Pizza Roasted garlic and clam pizza
55 Tante's Fried garlic, shrimp/chicken quesadillas
56 Funnel Cake Express, Inc. Funnel cakes, coffee
57 Sandi's Shave Ice Shaved ice
58 Artichoke Connection French fried/steamed artichokes
59 El Roble Elementary School Corn on the cob
60 JoAnn Moreno  Garlic ice cream with cantaloupe
61 Gilroy HIgh School ASB Pepsi soft drinks
62 Garlic Festival Foods Garlic seasonings, sauces
63 Smokehouse Specialties Smoked turkey drums, BBQ ribs/pork
  Gilroy Rotary Wine Pavilion Wine, Mimosas 
  Mobile Rock Inc. Rock Climbing, Spider Zone

Sponsors

Raley's, Bel Air and Nob Hill Foods Scope Christopher Ranch  Foster Farms KSBW Pepsi  The Gilroy Dispatch Lucero California Olive Groves  Gilroy Foods 95.3 KRTY  Monterey Mushrooms