Greek Festival in Portland

A week ago there was a major festival at a local Greek church. This was the 75th year and everyone said it was such a great thing. Since I lived in Greece for a few years and really loved the culture and food, I had to go and see what they offered. I drove out to east Portland on a somewhat rainy Saturday. I was lucky to find a parking spot on the area around the church, it was filled with cars. I parked and walked a few blocks to the church. As I walked up there were people all over sitting and eating. That seemed to be the thing to do. I walked in and found that you had to buy "Talons" or money to use to get anything. Well I kind of was wondering about that, the Greeks used Drachma as currency, I thought Talon were Romam... Well I got $20 worth and walked over to the area where they were selling Gyro and Kabobs. I got two gyro and paid the $10. What I got was a fake peta type bread and one slice of that pressed meat, a big glob of something that I don't know what it was, some kind of sauce though it wasn't Greek. And a few onions slices on to to finish it, it was crap. One bit and I wanted to spit it out. It wasn't Greek at all, it was what the Greek would say Malacca's! Shit. that is what it was, American food with a Greek name. I tossed the other one and went to the beer tent, they only had American beer, what is up with that??? Not even trying to have Greek beer. This is what the Greeks say, American Greeks are not Greek, they are not even worth calling Greek. I have to agree, they know nothing of what Greece is all about. They are tourist who go and look around and are happy to leave. The one thing I thought they couldn't screw up was coffee.the Greek coffee is a strong  boiled brew, but it is easy to make. Unless you are American Greek, it was crap like everything else. I left after 20 minutes, what a waste of time and money.