Gourmet Alley was a large tented area where a wide variety of full meals were prepared and sold. Some folks bought more expensive fair-entry tickets that included a meal from Gourmet Alley.

Many people arrived at the fair with their own metal water bottles. Unfortunately, the Gilroy Garlic Festival had zero water stations for refilling metal water bottles. This created a huge demand for bottled water to purchase.

Apart from Gourmet Alley, there were many other food booths available to satisfy most any appetite.

Many kinds of food were available, from Coffee & Tea, to Fish & Chips.

The "Olde Tyme Garlic Kettle Korn" booth offered everything from "Plain Olde Popcorn" to "Fresh Roasted Peanuts."

The "Gourmet Tamales" booth offered everything from "Pork" to "Pineapple" tamales for just U.S. $4.00 each.

The "Cajun Lady" booth sold Crawdads, Gator, Kangaroo, Froglegs, Buffalo, and Crawfish Pie.

LBJ Farm and El Roble School presented "Fresh Picked Today, Garlic Corn."

The Tony's Garlic Ice Cream booth featured Garlic Vanilla, Garlic Pistachio, Garlic Almond, Garlic Chocolate, and Garlic Pecan Praline ice cream.

Booth 18 began selling several items, but just after noon had reduced their selection to just Crab Cakes and a Crab Roll.