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The 25 Best Tweets About The Great GoogaMooga

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There were a lot of hungry, thirsty, angry people with smartphones in Prospect Park yesterday. The Great GoogaMooga food and music fest hit a snag around 3 p.m., when vendors started running out of food and drinks. Here's a collection of the best Tweets from writers, chefs, restaurateurs, and critics about day one of the food fest:

Writer Sloane Crosley didn't get a bite to eat:
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Anthony Bourdain's wife found an alternative to the bathroom line:
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From Seventeen editor Kim Tranell:
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TONY's Jordana Rothman describes her afternoon:
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From Post writer Andy Wang:
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Here's the message from the official GoogaMooga Twitter account, right around the time when things started to go off the rails:
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Someone set up a GoogaMooga parody Twitter account:
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The best Twitter rant of the day came from Times film critic A.O. Scott, who just wanted to take a stroll through the park. Here are his top Tweets, in chronological order:
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Eatocracy's Kat Kinsman had a backup plan:
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From one attendee:
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Former Times critic Sam Sifton opted out of GoogaMooga:
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The Franks (of Prime Meats and the Frankies restaurants) described the scene for Sam:
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From Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal:
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From music writer Matthew Perpetua:
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NY Barfly, at around 3:30 p.m.:
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From Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri this morning:
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Eddie Huang's crew tried to keep up with the demand:
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From one attendee:
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And, one final note from the organizers of GoogaMooga:
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