What’s on the Menu
Indulge in the rich flavors of Greece, where each bite of traditional moussaka, tender souvlaki, and tangy tzatziki transports your taste buds to the sun-kissed shores of the Mediterranean.
Meatless Treats Booth
- Dolmathes – Grape leaves stuffed with rice
- Spanakopita – Spinach and feta pies in flaky filo dough
- Tyropitas Greek Dinners – Greek cheese pies in flaky filo dough
- Feta and Olives
- Pita Bread
Desserts
- Baklava – Layer upon layer of filo, chopped nuts, butter, and honey syrup
- Galaktoboureko – Layers of golden brown crispy filo filled with creamy custard and bathed in scented syrup
- Bougatsa – Greek pastry made with thin layers of phyllo dough, filled with various fillings. The pastry is then folded into a triangle or rolled into a cylinder shape
- Koulourakia – Traditional twisted butter cookies
- Pasta Flora – Greek jam tarts
- Karithopita – Walnut cake spiced with cinnamon and ground cloves
- Loukoumades – Greek donut treats drizzled with honey and sprinkled with nuts and cinnamon
Taverna Booth
- Grilled Octopus
- Lamb Chops – Our famous lamb chops marinated with Greek seasoning and served with fries
- Souvlaki (pork) – Seasoned pork skewers served on the stick with bread and lemon
- Souvlaki (chicken)– Seasoned chicken skewers served on the stick with bread and lemon
- Fries and Feta Fries – Our delicious fries — with feta!
Gyro Booth
Inside Dining Hall
- Lamb Dinner – Our famous lamb chops marinated with Greek seasoning and served with fries
- Fasolakia – Greek-style green beans
- Pastichio – Layers of pasta and ground beef topped with béchamel sauce
- Famous Greek 1/2 chicken
- Dolmathes – Grape leaves stuffed with rice and beef
- Spanakopita – Spinach and feta pies in flaky filo dough
- Tyropitas Greek Dinners – Greek cheese pies in flaky filo dough
Beverages
- Frappé – Foam-covered iced coffee made from instant coffee
- Kafé – Greek coffee
- Krasi – Greek wine; the festival features a variety of hard-to-find imported wines
- Beer – Popular Greek beer
- Ouzo – Anise-flavored aperitif that is a symbol of Greek culture
Back again by popular demand, is our Signature Dish – Greek Rotisserie chicken/s with lemon juice, olive oil, and Greek oregano; Gyros (thinly sliced lamb in a pita with a spicy Tzatziki yogurt sauce served with Greek seasoned fries; feta cheese and Kalamata olives in a refreshing Greek Salad; and roasted leg of lamb, as only the Greeks can make.
To fulfill your appetite, we are serving Mezedes (appetizers) like those found at sidewalk café’s on the islands of Greece: Pastitsio (seasoned ground beef and macaroni topped with a tasty Bechamel sauce), Spanakopita (filo pastry with spinach and Greek Feta cheese filing), Tyropita (Greek Feta Cheese wrapped in Filo dough), Dolmades (marinated grape leaves stuffed with rice and seasoned ground beef), Greek seasoned chicken, lamb, chicken and vegetarian shish kabobs (Souvlakia).
For your sweet tooth, the ladies of the church bake a wide variety of delicate pastries and deserts including the world known famous Baklava, Koulourakia (traditional Greek cookies), Kourabeithes (melt in your mouth butter cookies dusted in powdered sugar) and Galatobouriko (Greek custard wrapped in filo pastry, sweetened with light honey syrup), Diples (delicately rolled pastry dough, crisped & drenched in honey and sprinkled with cinnamon and walnuts). Last but not least, Loukoumathes. Long Beach is known for their Loukoumathes.
All of the above are excellent and go very well with a hot cup of fresh brewed Greek coffee (Kafe) or Greek iced coffee (Frappe).