notbob wrote:
> Took Mom to a downtown festival, Sat. How utterly depresssing. :|
>
> It was supposed to be the Buena Vista Gold Rush Days Festival. It
> looked more like the BV crap/food vendor rush of ought eight. We are
> all familiar with the downtown festivals of all types that purport to
> be of some social/historical origin, but are primarily to suck the
> funds out of every rube's pocket. This was right on schedule.
>
> I got to thinking about this reading the french fry thread. Well,
> there's a new kid in town! A continous single twist-cut potato chip
> deep fried all at once and piled onto a plate like some grease-twist
> mountain. No doubt tasty for grease fiends and brilliantly easy to
> do. Twist cut, deep fry, and serve.... only FIVE FREAKIN' DOLLARS!!
>
> Sorry, I was a bit shaken, there, but I couldn't believe the prices
> being charged for food at this place. Almost nothing was less than
> $6! Hamburgers, tacos, brats, etc. Howzabout an $8 burrito?!!!! The
> cheapest thing was a simple hotdog for $4.
>
> These prices are more than the prices charged in a typical SFBA
> festival, at least when I left. And don't give me that "gas is
> expensive" crap. Gas is typically $.50gal less here in CO.
>
> AFter walking around for about 3 hrs and going to my van to come back
> and pick up Mom for the ride home, I passed a hot dog stand on the
> opposite corner that was there before the festival and will no doubt
> be there after the festival. All prices were 40-50% less than any
> stand in the festival for the same item. Are those food vendors jes
> plain greedy or are they getting reemed by the town?
>
> I'll not bother to get into the vendors selling plain ol' crap.
>
> nb

A neighbor does roasted almonds. This year his booth cost on the West Coast
is $850 per day. Gotta sell a lot of almonds to cover that.
Janet