St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church

This is a lovely little church on the lake with a surprsingly vibrant and active congregation. For me its like coming home as my grandparents were founding members. It was very nice to see the recently restored stained glass windows that they donated back in the 1950s.

I’m giving three because the pastitsio was surprisingly tasty — though it got a little soggy-​esque when the storm broke again — but hey, act of god as they say
However my concern here is with acts of man … The little cup of rose I was given for $ 5 with tip was not «watered down», oh no – this was like a situation as if ¾ of the bottle had been drunk & then someone back there filled it back up from the tap & forgot to shake … It was like a cup of water with a trace of pink & a trace of wine remnant taste …
This is ridiculous, folks … Your profit on selling tiny plastic cups of super-​cheap wine is already humongous … You could at least give people a cup with some wine content remaining in there … I live on your corner but this’ll be my first & last of these fetes…

Oh. My. God. Erika is reviewing a. .. a…*church*!!!
Yes. It’s true. This church is in my neighborhood, and is utterly gorgeous on the inside. The rest of it reminds me of my grade school with the green tile, tiny water fountains and kid-​size sinks in the bathrooms. A good friend got married here two years ago (yes, it WAS a Big Fat Greek Wedding!), and the Greek Orthodox service was interesting — and I managed to avoid bursting into flames while I was sitting in this, a place of worship. Tempting fate, I even lit a little candle for my pal Paula and her now-​husband The Borkster. Yeah! Look at me, bein’ all holy (*getmeouttahere!!*)
Aaaaaaaaaanyway…
The beauty thing about this church is that they throw the BEST Greek fest every summer. It truly is the Big Fat Greek Fest! There are old Greek ladies in the gymnasium selling «How to be Greek» books, fake designer purses and rummage sale jewelry. Whole lambs barbequing, Retsiki and Greek dancers — yeahhhh, that’s summer Edgewater Beach-​style!