N4T Investigators: Former customers nationwide feel “cheated” after festivals organized by Tucson company | News

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TUCSON (KVOA) – A local event planning company called AZ Food Festivals LLC is the focus of outrage on several former customers who visited Taco and Margarita Festivals theorganized by the company.

The News 4 Tucson Investigators for over two months took a look at the company and its owner Adam Double.

The festivals were billed as “the biggest taco festival”. offers many providers, but several people who attended festivals across the country saying that this is nowhere near what they experienced.

Jessica Furco attended the buffalo, New York Festival in September. she bought VIP tickets for her and a friend to celebrate her birthday, around $100 Total with taxes and containD. two Tacos, two Margaritas and a t-shirt. Furco said it was a bad experience.

“The tacos were just awful,” said Furco. “I had to wait in line for about an hour and it was literally just a taco bowl and ground beef.”

Dana Huisgen also attended the same festival and also bought a VIP ticket but said they ran out of t-shirts even though she paid for them. The food didn’t offer a better experience either.

“I’m not going to eat this, it’s gross, I can’t eat this.” Huisgen said about the tacos.

She denied the charges with her credit card company.

Azrael Essex owns DA Taste, one of the few taco vendors that was at the event, she said Double was very disorganized and couldn’t communicate with them. The taco was standing for VIP customers the food ran out at one point and she said Double started sending customers her way, expecting her to put their meals together, for which she struggled to be repaid.

“They blocked us on Facebook and started deleting comments on Facebook“Explained Essex.

Across the country, people shared similar experiences from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Des Moine, Iowa, and Fargo, ND that the event sparked so much outrage that the North Dakota Attorney General is investigating.

Several AZ Food Festival events have been canceled in the past few months, including a scheduled taco festival in Mesa last month. In a text Embassy to the news 4 Tucson investigators, Double accuseD. low ticket sales.

We spoke to Double on the phone. HI blameD. Third party providers for the disorganized festivals. W.We asked for an interview on camera. Hi agreed multiple times but would never fix a time and place and conduct the interview.

The company address goes back to a PO Box in Tucson. We tried to pursue Double down at a private address that is registered for him online, but nobody seemed to be Homeland. There was a large chain link fence with a padlock to prevent anyone from knocking on the door.

For Jessica Furco, She tries all she can to warn about her experience and hopes that something will be done.

“So he can stop doing these things because it’s a pattern“Said Furco. “He’s doing this to people on purpose and it’s not okay.”

If you have a story you’d like to be investigated by News 4 Tucson investigators, email us at investigators@kvoa.com or call our tip hotline at 520-955-4444.

If you have a story you’d like us to investigate, email us at investigators@kvoa.com or call our tip hotline at 520-955-4444.

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