Gourmet Alley / Food / Beverage

“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 presented by Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria.


Gourmet Alley Item

2008 Servings

Garlic Bread

15,245

Garlic Fries

10,836

Calamari

5,384

Garlic Italian Sausage Sandwich

5,315

Combo Plate I

7,794

Combo Plate II

5,515

Stuffed Mushrooms

12,391

Pepper Steak Sandwich

12,252

Pasta con Pesto

4,994

Scampi

7,097

Garlic Chicken Stir Fry

5,819

  

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 lumpia laced with garlic, you can find it here along with a few vampire-friendly (garlic-free) edibles.

Click here to download the 2010 Food Vendor Application.

We’ve left the 2009 Vendor List here to give you an idea of what we offer.                                               

Booth  Vendor Name Product
1 Lyman’s Smoothies, Shakes & Sundaes Waffle cones with ice cream, sundaes, shakes, smoothies, root beer floats 
2 Castro’s BBQ Shack Pansit bowl, adobo bowl, lumpia w/ meet, w/ veggies, Filipino chicken BBQ
3 Maldan Ent. Garlic grater sets 
4 Thai Stick Garlic chicken, pork, shrimp, teriyaki chicken wrap, rice
5 Gilroy Garlic Festival Pepsi Pepsi soft drinks, various, bottled water
6 Sweet Delights Garlic salmon, hot wings, rosemary chicken sandwich, herb potato chips, hand dipped corn dogs, Spanish garlic shrimp, rice 
7 Gilroy Foundation Wine, wine cooler, sangria, mimosa, virgin sangria
8 Christopher Ranch Garlic braids, bulk fresh garlic, individual bulbs, jarred garlic products, peeled and roasted, organic, and elephant garlic
9 Enchanted Escargot Escargot, marinated mushrooms
10 Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme Paella
11 Gavilan College Football Boosters Wine margaritas
12 Gilroy Rainbow Assembly #125 Pepsi soft drinks, various
13 Rapazzini Winery/Garlic Shoppe Garlic mayonnaise, aioli, jelly, bleu cheese butter, mustard, BBQ sauce, balsamic bread dipper, dude plush toy, extra virgin olive oil, salsa, horse radish, pesto, dude dust, and chocolate peanut butter cups, raspberry and jalapeno mustard, habanero stuffed olives, pickled garlic, hot garlic Dijon 
14 Gary Steinmetz Garlic themed children and adult T’s, caps, specialty T’s: “1979″ Garlic Festival, alphabet, GSI, garlic wars, official festival logo
15 Twin Berry Farms Strawberry: shortcake, parfait, and brownie, chocolate dipped strawberries
16 Holy Guaca-Moly Guacamole and chips, regular and to-go
17 Gilroy Police Wives Association Garlic almonds and pistachios, caramel corn nuggets
18 Hawaii BBQ Chicken or pork kebob, BBQ chicken or pork, rice
19 Artesian Beverages Lipton teas - various, Country Time lemonade
20 Surf City Santa Cruz Kiwanis Calamari, Jalapeno poppers
21 Lockeford Meat & Sausage Russian German sausage, sauerkraut
22 Sandy Vessel Gyro’s, chicken wrap, gyro salad, breakfast burrito 
23 Moon River Corn Co. Corn on the cob, baked potato, plain and super nachos
24 Thai Cuisine Concessions Beef, chicken teriyaki stick, egg roll, fried rice, pan fried noodles, shrimp tempura, teriyaki bowl 
25 Maui Wowi Smoothies (strawberry, banana, mango, and orange, etc.), blended mocha and cappuccino chills 
26 ConAgra Food Ingredients Garlic ice cream
27 Michael & Constance Savko Adult and youth T’s and tanks: Gilroy Garlic Festival Logo, Renaissance, “I like it”, grape motif, ladies rhinestone, and teddy bear, caps
28 Congregation Emeth Souvenir photo, cardboard and wood frames, photo magnet, key chain photo, photo pen
29 Solari Family Pepsi soft drinks, various, refills 
30 Rosies Posies Dried garlic and floral head garlands, decorated hats, parasols, hair barrettes, straw hats, garlic potpourri, hair florals, plain and decorated paper fans
31 Kurlander Soft Serve Frozen yogurt, cup, regular and waffle cones
32 Hydration Station Deluxe and polar misty mate, patio and pet misters, cooling neck ties and head bandanas, hand held fan, misting cooler stand, twist and mist misting attachment
33 Straw Hat Pizza Cheese, pepperoni, and gourmet chicken pizza, garlic twist 
34 Olde Tyme Kettle Korn Kettle and garlic buttered popcorn, roasted in shell peanuts
35 Mediterranean Corner Falafel wrap, Greek salad, lemon and garlic chicken kabob, chicken gyros, vegetarian falafel platter, lemon and garlic chicken platter
36 Theater Angels Art League Wine, wine coolers
37 Lane Enterprises Garlic braids, elephant, crisp roast, and plain garlic, garlic wreath, 30lbs whole bulb garlic
38 Fruit Friz Fresh fruit smoothies
39 Pedemonte & Co. Italian garlic chicken sandwich, veggie and chicken wrap, Philly garlic cheese steak, fried sweet potato
40 El Camino Club - C.H.P. Pepsi soft drinks, various
41 Gourmet Faire Key lime calamari, beer battered garlic fries, crab fries, turkey, veggie, or Cajun corn dogs 
42 Frozen Fantasies, Inc. Frozen chocolate dipped fruit kabobs, dipped ice cream bars
43 New Orleans Catering Blackened shrimp, chicken and sausage jambalaya, seafood gumbo, Cajun fried garlic catfish and shrimp, crawfish etouffee
44 GHS Cross Country & Track Garlic bread, slice and loaf
45 Bethany Community Church BBQ ribs, hot links, BBQ chicken, pork loin, sweet potato pie, garlic watermelon, hot dog, potato salad
46 Gilroy Gators Swim Team Pepsi soft drinks, various, flavored iced tea
47 Willow St. Woodfired Pizza Garlic steak taco, roasted corn w/ garlic butter, garlic fries, Italian, Polish, Linguica sausage sandwich 
48 Louisiana Cajun Lady Cajun crawdads, garlic gator on a stick, buffalo, wild boar, kangaroo, frog legs, venison, fried green tomatoes 
49 Mainstreet Food Concessions BBQ and half shell oysters, Cajun fried and coconut calamari
50 Tante’s Mexican garlic shrimp, fried chicken breast strips, fried garlic, quesadillas: shrimp and garlic, chicken and garlic, plain 
51 Funnel Cake Express, Inc. Funnel cake w/ sugar, fruit, and / or cream, coffee
52 Sandi’s Shave Ice Regular and rainbow shaved ice
53 Artichoke Enterprises Fried and / or steamed artichoke hearts, plain or with crab and / or shrimp sauce, fried artichoke heart nachos 
54 El Roble Elementary School Corn on the cob
55 Moreno, JoAnn Garlic and plain ice cream, scoop or in cantaloupe
56 Gilroy High School ASB Pepsi soft drinks, various
57 California Silkscreening  Official Garlic Festival Logo T’s, Tanks, baby bibs, infant (little stinker) and children T’s, baseball and cowboy hats, women’s  T’s, tanks, and zipper sweatshirts w/ rhinestones
58 Garlic Festival Foods Garlic seasonings, dip mixes, rubs, sauces, mustard, mayonnaise, salsa, cooking wine/vinegar, grill sauces, glaze, BBQ sauce, and stuffed olives, organic garlic pieces, garlic and rosemary soaps, pickled garlic, gift packs
59 Smokehouse Specialties Smoked turkey drum or turkey wings, ribs, BBQ pork, BBQ pork sandwich, rice, potato salad, cole slaw, beans
60 Pie for the people Cheese, pepperoni, life by garlic, Ma Bell, Baba Bing pizza 
Ranch Side Wine Tent Gilroy Rotary Club Wine, mimosa
Park & Ranch Side Mobile Rock Inc. Rock climbing, mobile spider zone