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This one is an absolute no brainer. I am a software programmer and fortunate enough to work for a company that allows me to work from home, I try my best to make a point of living in a different city every year, I pack light and go. I've gone from southern cali, mid-west to the east coast and NOTHING compares to the mexican food in San Diego! Travel just 60 miles up the coast to Los Angeles and the difference is night and day, doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same category. San Diego is on the border of Mexico, and the mexican food gets exponentially worse the farther you get from it. Ask anyone who has actually tried mexican food in mulitple cities, I will guarantee the same response, San Diego hands down. Anyone who calls them nachos instead of carne asada chips, or taquitos instead of rolled tacos can automatically be discredited in this discussion. Those of you who have lived in San Diego will know what I mean.

I just came back from Calif. with my Mother's Cookies. They taste exactly the same! I just wish that all of the cookies would come back! Especially the Sugar Waffers and the little Flaky Sticks. No one elses' cookies can compare with Mothers'!!!!!! Please bring all of the cookies back!!!!!

Aloha from Hawaii. As a kid in Oregon, Mother's iced Animal Cookies had 3 iced cookies. Pink, white AND chocolate.

Funny story... When Mother's announced their 75th anniversary some years ago, I called the company. I suggested that for their 75th anniversary they put back in the chocolate iced animal cookies. The woman at Mother's said to me, "How old are you?" I said old enough to remember pink, white AND chocolate Animal Cookies. We both had a good laugh. I was in my early 40's when Mother's had their 75th anniversary.

To this day, iced Animal Cookies are still my favorite cookie. I still want to see iced chocolate Animal Cookies... then again, I remember licorice popcicles too - they were white in color and tasted like black licorice.

And please bring back Gauchos! Most of us love peanut butter type cookies. Aloha everyone!

Mother's, please come to Kansas City. I'm a relocated CA girl. And pretty please bring back Choc Chip Shortbread and Flaky Flix. Thanks!!

There is nothing walking distance from LMU, but if you walk to the edge of campus (Lincoln Blvd) you can catch the #3 Big Blue Bus, which will take you either north towards Marina del Rey/Venice along Lincoln, where you can get pretty much anything (including Antica Pizza, recently reviewed on SE and rated top 10 in the US), or south towards LAX, where you can get some in'n'out as a previous poster mentioned. If you take the bus North and get off at Rose, you can walk west to 4th st, where there is a taco truck (weekdays only) that serves EXCELLENT and FRESH ceviche tostadas.

Unfortunately, LMU is parked in a total suburban neighborhood, but if you head due west to Lincoln Blvd, there are several restaurants on Lincoln between 83rd and Manchester: Italy's Little Kitchen, Chicago for Ribs, Tower Pizza, and a Bristol Farms grocery. If you head north on Lincoln, there's a Pinkberry in the Playa Vista neighborhood, at the base of the LMU bluffs. And on Sepulveda, just north of LAX, is the closest In-N-Out in the area.

For more L.A. burgers, if you have access to a car, head a little further north on Lincoln and you can get to The Counter in Marina del Rey, Father's Office in Santa Monica, or The Apple Pan in West L.A.

I'm hoping for the return of Flaky Flix, Choc. Chip Angel, and those heavenly peanut butter Gouchos

I was there; I echo the comments below:
"It was a disaster. There was no organization, and after only 1 and 1/2 hours of the gates being open, vendors had ran out of food. "

I arrived after 3PM; was there until almost 8PM.

It was a train wreck the entire time.

If you are in another city where this event is scheduled to occur avoid it LIKE THE PLAGUE

Ok, so I called Livenation and got my refund. I also emailed info@greatamericanfoodandmusicfest.com. This is the response I received:

Thank you so much for taking the time to write. I am so incredibly
sorry about what you went through.

We certainly had every intention of making everything perfect. The fact
is, the problems were not anyone's fault by ours. Not the building's,
not Live Nation. We wanted to keep lines down so we invested all this
money (upfront...not too smart) for the "cashless system" that would do
just that... according to the company that was running it. This company
had a resume that included NASCAR races (200,000 +) so when we heard
that every transaction could be made in 3-seconds or less, we were in.
We had them come in a week early and start testing...making sure
everything worked...then as we opened the doors, the system failed.

The Fest did have an emergency system in place and cash banks and credit
card machines were distributed prior to the show, but it took us nearly
45-minutes to switch over and by that point, we had very large lines.
Added to that, it was our first year and we had no way to really judge
attendance. We looked at "pre-sales" and doubled them thinking that was
safe...and we would be over. We were wrong...and very sorry.

It is important to us as producers for you to understand that we do care
and put years of hard work into this just to have one company take us
down.

If you would like a refund, it isn't the easiest process, but it does
work.

PLEASE SEND A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR TICKETS BACK TO

Shoreline Amphitheatre
One Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
ATTN: BOX OFFICE REFUNDS

Again, we are all so sorry this happened...but at the same time are not
giving up. We will come back next year on our tour and will have
something special for those who were put out this year.

Thank you again for writing.

Jim

So I would try to call the ticket processor first. If that doesn't work then follow the instruction on sending the copies to Shoreline.

Checkout the comments here. Some people seem to be successful in getting refunds by contacting Live Nation or the Shoreline Amphitheatre. I've called, but either the lines were busy or the offices closed. I may not be able to get back the afternoon I wasted here, but hopefully I'll at least get a refund for the ticket.

just wanted to make sure you are well aware that the event was poorly organized and that many, many hopes were dashed today. it could have been a wonderful and delicious day. but instead, i burned more calories that i was able to ingest.

Diet, Schmiet.

ed levine is winging it once again.... (only kidding, looking very svelt)