St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church

St. John the Baptist hosts the annual Mid Cities Greek Food Festival.
Saganaki is the bees knees. I just ate it for the first time today because I was feeling brave. oh my. Its Greek cheese they fry golden brown on a skillet and then douse with ouzo and light on fire for a few seconds. Then you eat the greatness on pita bread. mmmmmmmmm Gyro top notch.
Greek festival is fun. If you’re Catholic or Orthodox and need coloring books for kiddoes to learn their sacraments and bible stories, oh yes, they have them. a pop up book of David and Goliath? yep yep, I am the good aunt of a 4 year old and we have a long running family joke nothing says you care like a pop up card *or in this case book*
Need an icon on a key chain because your old key chain broke? Might as well. need painted icon Christmas cards? yeah, I bought two packs.
and Olive oil soap from Greece. and a tin of dolmathes from Greece that the ladies swear are almost as good as homemade (that goes in Dad’s Christmas stocking), homemade Greek salad dressing? yes.
Super friendly volunteers, one of whom was horrified to find out my parents go to a monster of a huge catholic church in Houston. She tracked down her daughter’s laptop and then found me later with an address written on a napkin for a «Good Byzantine church» for my parents to go visit. HA! they will too.
Good for kids. They have a craft tent that costs a dollar to participate and a petting zoo.
Did I mention the gyros are great? I got a second one to take home for dinner. It only lasted in the wrapper 30 minutes before I ate it.
Church cookbooks of Greek recipes are $ 15.
I love Greek festival but its a good thing its only once a year or I’d never fit in my pants.