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seafood festival....anyone going  javaandjazz Jul 31, 2010 04:03
PM  An option for next weekend, we are thinking about going to
this? Has anyone been in the past?     1. javaandjazz Aug 9,
2010 06:16 AM      I never made it to this on saturday but some
friends of mine did and they said it was awful(they used a
different word) and couldn't figure out how it's been going on
for 26 years! He had one dish that said it was made with crab
and it turned out to be fake crab and the person working it that
booth had a heavy southern accent and wasn't from Rhode Island.
2 Replies     1. re: javaandjazz       Gin n Tonic Aug 10, 2010
02:05 PM        I went on Sunday, the last day, and while I know
that my impressions won't help anyone decide anything this year,
maybe next year somebody will scan the archives.        I'm not
sure I'd use the word awful, but I don't have any plans to go
back next year. Think carnival, county fair, that sort of
atmosphere, with