Serving Food, Friends, and the Community

The award-winning International Greek Food Festival is back!

Join us for mouth-watering eats and a great lineup of family-friendly entertainment, rain or shine.

Friday, October 3, 2025 &
Saturday, October 4, 2025

11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Free Admission, Parking and Trolley Service

Authentic, Handmade Greek Food & Pastries

The International Greek Food Festival, the largest ethnic festival in Arkansas, has been serving food, friends and the community for more than 40 years. All the food served at this festival has come about because of our great love of cooking and good food. The wonderful cuisine associated with the many cultures that make up the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is the product of our immigrant forefathers. We boast a long line of cooks from various culinary traditions, making up the best of our Church's culture - Greek, Armenian, Georgian, Romanian, Russian, Indian, Middle Eastern, English and a dash of American. From these cultures has evolved this distinctive collection of foods identified with the Greek Orthodox Church - a style of cooking that not only captures the traditions of our heritage but makes eager eaters call for more.

This vast array of wonderful, savory dishes embodies not only the scents and flavors of our heritage, but a time-honored tradition of faith and family that each of us cherishes. Captured from memory or perhaps from scraps of paper, these recipes represent a priceless gift to the members of the Greek Orthodox Church, for here are contained the foods and traditions of our forefathers passed down for future generations to remember and enjoy.

2025 GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL MENU ITEMS

Main Entrees:

Gyro Sandwich

A generous portion of seasoned lamb and beef gyro meat tucked inside a warm pita topped with diced tomatoes, onion, and a drizzle of tzatziki sauce

Gyro Salad

A healthier take on our famous sandwich with a generous portion of sliced gyro meat on a bed of mixed greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, purple onion, and olives, and served with pita bread

Loaded Greek Fries

Sidewinder-cut potatoes covered in feta, gyro meat, and tzatziki sauce

Lamb Burger

A 1/3 lb. patty of flavorful lamb meat seasoned with Greek spices and topped with tzatziki sauce, feta cheese, and lettuce, all served on a gourmet bun

Chicken Souvlaki Plate

Tender white meat chicken marinated in olive oil and a blend of Greek seasonings, grilled to perfection, and served on a bed of seasoned rice along with a small Greek salad and pita bread

Pastitsio Dinner

Generous portions of pastitsio and spanakopita, served with a small Greek salad and pita bread

Chicken Shawarma Plate

Tender white meat chicken seasoned in Middle Eastern spices, grilled to perfection, and served on a bed of turmeric rice along with hummus, a small Middle Eastern salad and pita bread

Falafel Plate

Spicy fried patties of ground chickpeas and parsley served with turmeric rice, hummus, a small Middle Eastern salad and pita bread

Hot Dogs – For the Kids

All beef hot dog served with your choice of mustard or ketchup on a steamed bun

A La Carte:

Pastitsio

Long macaroni layered with seasoned beef and topped with a thick cheese sauce

Spanakopita

Delicate filo dough brushed with butter and layered with a filling of spinach, feta cheese, and spices

Hummus Dip

Thick and tangy chickpea dip served with pita bread

Large Greek Salad

A bed of mixed greens topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, purple onion, and kalamata olives, dressed with Pete’s Famous Greek Salad Dressing and served with pita bread

Middle Eastern Fattoush Salad

A fresh mix of leafy greens topped with cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, green onions, and parsley, tossed together with pieces of toasted pita bread and a tangy olive oil-based dressing

Fries

Sidewinder-cut potatoes with Greek seasonings and served with tzatziki sauce on the side

Pete's Famous Salad Dressing

A vinegar and oil based dressing handmade and bottled right here in the Annunciation kitchen

Desserts:

Loukoumathes

A shareable portion of lightly fried balls of dough served warm and covered in a honey syrup and cinnamon sugar

Loukoumathes Sundae

Vanilla ice cream topped with loukoumathes

Sundae in Athens

Vanilla ice cream topped with baklava sprinkles

Baklava (6 pc. tray)

A festival favorite! More than 40 layers of filo dough brushed with butter and layered with nuts and spices then drizzled with honey syrup

Butter Cookies (12 pc. tray)

Drinks:

Coke products
Greek coffee
Water

Charities

Past Charities

    • ACCESS Schools
    • Alzheimer’s Arkansas
    • American Diabetes Association
    • American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas
    • Arkansas Children’s Hospital
    • Arkansas Foodbank
    • Arkansas Health Care Access Foundation, Inc.
    • Arkansas Pediatric
    • Arthritis Foundation
    • Bethany Christian Services
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters
    • CareLink
    • CARTI Foundation
    • CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
    • Centers for Youth and Families
    • Children’s Museum of Arkansas
    • Community Connections
    • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    • Easterseals Arkansas
    • Girl Scouts of Ouachita Council
    • Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center
    • Harmony Health Clinic
    • Heifer International
    • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
    • Literacy Action of Central Arkansas
    • Love, Truth, Care Ministries
    • March of Dimes
    • Make-A-Wish Foundation
    • Our House
    • Ronald McDonald House
    • The Arkansas Hospice
    • The Miracle League of Arkansas
    • UAMS Family Home
    • Union Rescue Mission
    • United Way
    • Wolfe Street Foundation
    • Young Life
    • Youth Home, Inc.

Community

Since it began in 1984, the International Greek Food Festival has donated more than $1.5 million dollars to over 30 charities that serve children, families and communities throughout central Arkansas. Proceeds from this year's festival will benefit the Annunciation Scholarship Foundation and the Annunciation Ministries, as well as the following nonprofit organizations:

Community Connections logo
Community Connections
communityconnectionsar.org
Phone: (501) 733-1627

Community Connections is dedicated to providing quality extracurricular activities for children with special needs as well as support for their families. Programs offered include football, soccer, art, music, theatre, cheerleading, basketball, tennis, volleyball, golf, swim, a teen game group, and martial arts. Family resources includes an autism resource center, parent support groups, mental health support, educational workshops/webinars, and respite care events. Programs are offered free of charge to families in multiple cities in central Arkansas.

Youth Home logo
Youth Home
youthhome.org
Phone: (501) 821-5500

Youth Home is one of the largest and most experienced nonprofit mental health providers in Arkansas. Its mission is to equip and empower youth, adults and families to become healthier contributing members of the community by providing compassionate emotional and behavioral health care. Mental illness is illness like diabetes or cancer, and Youth Home is committed to ending the stigma that keeps people from seeking help when they need it.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas
RMHCArkansas.org
Phone: (501) 374-1956

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas provides its services free to children and families through its three core programs: Ronald McDonald House (1981), has provided a "home-away-from-home" for over 40,000 families whose child has been sent to a Little Rock hospital (ACH, Baptist, UAMS) for life-saving medical care. Each night they have a private suite, meals, laundry, friendly faces and more; Ronald McDonald Care Mobile (2009), a 40-foot mobile dental clinic provides free dental care to underserved children; Ronald McDonald Family Room at UAMS (2020), on the hospital's NICU floor, where families can stay together overnight steps from their baby, as well as day services including, snacks, shower, laundry, and a quiet place to relax.

Presenting Sponsors

Cannell & Alex Dillard Gus Vratsinas The Wilcox Family

Media Sponsor

Platinum Plate Sponsor

Gold Fork Sponsors

Silver Spoon Sponsors

Rami & Raja Kassissieh
Patrick & Laura Landfair
Angelo & Dena Parker

Community Supporters

Bill & Bertha Gianulis
The Groat Family
Joyce & Ron Harb
Robert Dismas Steinhauser