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Fight your way through traffic as 250,000+ people visit this town (a day) of 50,000 residents. Get your garlic on!
That's right, the best garlic bread, garlic pasta, garlic art, garlic toys, garlic ice cream (a little nasty), hot weather and beer!
A great festival I enjoyed every year.
Best times were when we would volunteer to pour beer. Fun locals and cheesey women (and men) who were always trying to get one free. (I never did, unless she was hot).
Spend the day (with sunscreen) with a beer, listening to music and eating some great food.
Fun for the whole family. Leave a Comment Address: Christmas Hill park
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This is one of the best agricultural festivals around. It has live entertainment, cooking demonstrations, garlic products of all kinds, and of course a lot of garlic dishes at food booths. Beer and wine are also served. Leave a Comment
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Be sure to see Goldsmith Seeds during the blooming season - it is right across the golf course a 9/11 hole course Leave a Comment
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While in Gilroy you are a hop skip from San Juan Bautista, less than 10 miles. Leave a Comment
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When in Gilroy, you absolutely have to try their Garlic Ice Cream. Yes, you heard me right. Garlic Ice Cream. You have to be a bit of a brave soul to try it but once you get over the first taste, it's not so bad. I suggest chocolate garlic ice cream; it tastes like Reese's pieces with a weird aftertase. Make sure you have lots of gum or breath mints afterwards!
That's me having garlic ice cream after a shopping spree. Leave a Comment
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Bonfante Gardens Theme Park is a one-of-a-kind experience combining five unique gardens and amusement rides with the mid-20th century history and agricultural roots of Silicon Valley. Leave a Comment Address: 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy. Gilroy, CA 95020Other Contact: (408) 842-2121 http://www.bonfan
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Hollister is a popular place for bikers. It's also a good place to stay while touring the area. Leave a Comment
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Beverages and More is the name of one of California's best stores selling beer, wine, and hard liquor along with all the associated snacks such as chips, sodas, and fine cheeses. The store is dominated by wines from all over the world, and the hard liquor section takes up more than a quarter of the establishment, but I was most interested in the relatively small, two-aisle beer section. Here the wide variety of about 150 types of beer was separated by nation including America's cheapest beers (Bud, Miller, etc) alongside good small and microbrews such as New Belgium, Lost Coast, Shiner, and numerous others. The European section included French (Kronenbourg 1664), Belgian (Leffe Blonde), and a number of German beers (Bitburger, Hofbrauhouse, etc). They even had a good Asian beer section with Tiger, Tsingtao, and more.
I ended up buying four six packs from all over the world, plus a bottle of Sonoma wine. Prices for six packs range from about $6 to $10 depending on availability. On my last trip I bought German Bitburger ($9 a six pack), Texas' Shiner Bock ($7), Belgian Leffe Blonde ($10), Singapore's Tiger Lager ($7), and a bottle of Sonoma Zinfandel called Blue Monkey ($7). Final prices add sales tax and CRV of course.
BEVMO has some 50 stores located throughout California and they can ship to your home. They have also been named Wine Enthusiast's "Retailer of the Year." Leave a Comment Address: 6855 Camino Arroyo, Gilroy, CA 95020Phone: (408)847.8266Directions: From 101 take Rt 152 east and take the first right on Camino Arroyo. It is in a shopping center called Gilroy Crossing.Website: http://www.bevmo.com/ Other Contact: FAX: (408)847.8268
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