OPA! The Annual Fayetteville Greek Festival Returns This Weekend

This weekend you and the family can enjoy a full Mediterranean experience with the return of the 2023 Fayetteville Greek Festival! The fun-filled two day event will be at the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church on Oakridge Ave. All ages are welcome to attend.

The Fayetteville Greek Festival will have much to offer this year. Their official website is even promoting the return of fan-favorite events that were halted due to COVID, including a dance troupe and a live performance from a traditional Greek band.

The event planners will also be conducting church tours for those eager to "...see some of the finest examples of Byzantine iconography in the Sandhills of North Carolina and learn more about the Greek Orthodox Church." You can also go check out the numerous vendors offering things from jewelry, authentic Greek olive oil, and lovely oil paintings.

While you're there you can also enter their raffle to win many cool Greek goodies, including the grand prize: an all expense paid trip for two to Greece! You wanna visit Santorini and see if it's just as beautiful as your computer's default wallpaper makes it look? There's your chance!

But of course it wouldn't be a Greek festival without the food! You'll be eating good this weekend with authentic Greek cuisine, including gyros, Greek fries, and dolmades. You can even satisfy your sweet tooth with a number of satisfying Greek sweets like diples, kataifi, and of course the classic baklava! See the entire mouth-watering menu here.

The 2023 Fayetteville Greek Festival runs all weekend long, starting Saturday at 11 a.m. and running until 8 p.m.. Festivities will resume Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.. Bring your friends, your spouse, your kids, your yaya, whoever you want really. Be a part of all the Fayetteville fun this weekend at the Fayetteville Greek Festival!

If there's one thing I love, it's ending my day with a sweet little treat. So I've been on a mission to find the best cupcakes in Fayetteville, North Carolina!

I haven't made homemade cupcakes in forever because nothing beats a decadent, perfectly flavored, professionally baked cupcake. Regular or bite-size, I will happily try them all!

Did you know that cupcakes weren't "invented" until 1796?! Sure, people were baking cakes long before then, but according to lots of cupcake companies (including Food 52 Blog), the first appearance of the recipe for a "light cake in small cups" came from Amelia Simmons in American Cook.

"American Cookery, or, to give its full title: American Cookery, or the Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry and Vegetables, and the Best Modes of Making Pastes, Puffs, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards and Preserves and All Kinds of Cakes from the Imperial Plumb to Plain Cake. Adapted to This Country, and All Grades of Life (catchy, right?), is considered by food historians to be the first cookbook published in the U.S. by an American."

The name for the cupcake didn't really come around until sometime around 1828 in another cookbook, by a woman named Eliza Leslie.

Today, cupcakes are everywhere, and finding the best ones in Fayetteville is no easy task. But we're happy to keep trying!

Nestled in the heart of downtown Fayetteville, this is my favorite spot to swing by after lunch or dinner. They have a honey lavendar cupcake that I really enjoy!

A coworker actually told me about this place, and as soon as I saw all the different flavors, I knew I had to try it! If you're out towards the Millstone Shopping Center, check them out!

Sweet Tooth offers a little bit of something for everyone! They truly have so many options, and all of them look amazing! Try their carrot cake or ice cream specials!

This shop is so cute! And the cupcakes are a dream.

Not that we want to break your bank or anything, but Kiss Me Cakes is available on DoorDash. You don't even have to leave the house for these!