Comments on: The Beast Feast!

By: MOSS PLACE DARNELL MOSS AND STAFF

MOSS PLACE DARNELL MOSS AND STAFF — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:06:31 +0000

We were one of the competitors this year, we would like to thank the Chattanooga Market for putting this together. We would also like to thank everyone who waited in the very long lines to sample MOSS PLACE,it was our pleasure to serve each and everyone of you,seeing old friends and meeting new ones.Thanks again…..

By: George & Angela Foster HillbillyWillys Bar-B-Q

George & Angela Foster HillbillyWillys Bar-B-Q — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:56:33 +0000

We were one of the competitors this year in the Beast Feast and we would just like to thank everyone at the Chattanooga Market for putting this together. We too hope everyone had a great time & hope this continues for years to come. We’d like to thank everyone who stood in line to sample HillbillyWillys we were very excited to serve each and everyone of you. Thanks again to Chris, Beth and the rest at Chattanooga Market. This was a fabulous idea!

By: alison

alison — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:45:49 +0000

I thought it was great that you managed to create another event that people were excited about, had free admission & people showed up for to support in droves! You couldn’t have predicted that number for a first year but it means next year will be fantastic.

Would be nice to know which vendor was voted best though! Can someone post this somewhere please??

By: chris

chris — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:41:46 +0000

The crowds were the largest in the history of the Market, indeed the history of the entire complex — with approximately 15,000 people present, the amount of interest simply overwhelmed every aspect of the facility. With ease, we could have occupied twice the space, twice the parking – everything. The same layout has been used for years by other large events/festivals, and we assumed it would be fine for this weekend. Realistically, I believe The Beast Feast will evolve into a multi-day event occupying a much larger area in future years — the demand is clearly present.

I’m glad that you got your refund – we certainly want for everyone to have a good time. The challenge of how to comfortably support larger crowds on key weekends is one of our top priorities.

By: John Shaver

John Shaver — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:21:15 +0000

We did not have a good time today at the Beast Feast.
Me, my wife and daughter came down today expecting to enjoy our selves as we did last year at the wing tasting. After buying $20 worth of samples and standing in line for almost 30 minutes and never getting our first sample. We became frustrated and asked for our money back. The problem we had was it was unorganized and you could not tell which line was going which way. It would have been much much better if they were spread out more.
we wanted to sample each of the vendors, but at the rate we were standing in line it would have taking us 2 1/2 to 4 hours to stand thru all the lines to get just the samples.
We will be back at a later time for other events but we will survey the set-up before we spend money just to stand in line.
I look forward to your responce

By: Sally Sieg

Sally Sieg — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:00:40 +0000

Once again, the Chattanooga Market has outdone itself! What an enjoyable afternoon! Please let me know the name of the popcorn people who also did the pig roast, or how I can contact them. I know of a group that would like to have a similar pig roast and would like to see if they would be interested in “doing the pig”. Again, thanks for a wonderful day! What a crowd!!!

Sally Sieg

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Sat, 23 May 2009 16:44:26 +0000

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