Queen Creek Olive Mill hosted its first-ever “Grill in the Grove” Sunday.
For $9, you could get an Italian sausage, a choice of three tapenades and a choice of two sides.
The sausages, mild or spicy, were provided by The Pork Shop in Queen Creek.
I got a spicy sausage — half covered with the caramelized red onion and fig tapenade, the other half with the sweet red pepper olive tapenade — with the Tuscan bean salad.
Tempe’s Four Peaks offered three of its beers: 8th Street Ale, Kilt Lifter and Sunbru.
Vince Parrott of Valley of the Sun Fine Wines was offering free wine tastings all day.
These were some of the wines available. All are sold at the mill’s retail shop.
The covered patio was a popular hangout on the warm and sunny afternoon.
The retail shop sells an amazing variety of olive oils, tapenades and other products …
… such as chocolate-stuffed olives.
The mill’s small restaurant, del Piero, was packed by those who preferred sandwiches or salads instead of sausages.
The retail store has an entire room devoted to fresh olive oils.
Almost time to go home.
Overall, it was a great day at Queen Creek Olive Mill. If you missed it, they’re doing it again on April 19.
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