Worth $10?

Cheapskate foodies, garlic paste addicts, festival fans and carnivores alike: Saturday has come and gone. Did you make it out to the Summit this weekend for the inaugural Korean BBQ Festival & Cookoff? Did you suffer 90-minute lines for such booths as “Flip’s Beach BBQ” (one of the only vendors with a clear, discernable sign posted) or, as did my party, did you stumble upon one of the unmarked vendors in the corner catering primarily to staff, and purchase a (mostly passable) plate for $10 or $15? Did you wait patiently for Sprinkles to set up shop, just for the chance to wait in a line that appeared at surface to be less than than a 75-minute commitment? Did you get sunburned? Stuffed? Bored? Cooled by a paper-and-wood fan that inexplicably reminded of you “Yelp”? Did you partake of the Coors Light and Blue Moon suds? What were the highs and lows? The ins and outs? The Bar-B’s, and the Q’s? The Kims? The Chis? Please grade the festival. Lay it on us, won’t you now, please. My festival grade after the jump.
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As it turns out most people just want coffee, without a side of smaller coffee. Prime square footage on Western, spitting distance from both the Wiltern and the city’s kookiest KFC. Still available at press time! What should the next business call itself? Choose from the list below or throw your choice into the comments…

• Coffee & Coffee (& Coffee)
• Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee
• Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee, & Coffee & Coffee
• Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee & Coffee
• Just Fucking Coffee
• Sears
• AutoZone
• 1 and 2
• 1, 2 and 3
• All of the above
• None of the above