<b>The Newbie</b>
Googa Mooga is the first food, drink and music festival ever to take over Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Park. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Great Googa Mooga</b>
The triple threat festival drew in around 40,000 hungry patrons this past weekend, hosting 75 food vendors, 35 brewers, 30 winemakers and 20 live music performances. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Passion Comes First</b>
“We follow our interests and passions, which is good food, good wine and beer and good music,” Jonathan Myers co-founder of Superfly Productions, the company that organized Googa Mooga said. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Best Food on Earth</b>
“I don’t think there’s a city on Earth where you have more choices and higher quality food than New York City,” John Oates told FoxNews.com. ( Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Burgertown</b>
At the Hamburger Experience, some of the city’s best burgermeisters served up their interpretations of America’s best-loved sandwich. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Southern Flair</b>
Patrons at the festival munched on crispy fried chicken burgers with grilled to perfect cobbs of corn. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Wine Tasting</b>
Mark Snyder, owner of the popular wine producer, Red Hook said, “I think it’s really important to not overly complicate or make wine a stuffy thing. It is the drink of the people.” (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Monkey Business</b>
A show called “The Monkey Bar Goes Bananas” was hosted by NY’s The Monkey bar in Prospect Park's boat house. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Special VIP</b>
Guests also attended themed parties like “The Monkey Bar Goes Bananas” that featured real life monkeys greeting guests. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Fan Favorite</b>
“The Roots were terrific. I’ve seen them a bunch of times in different concert settings and it seemed liked they tailored their show a bit to the mixed crowd they had,” Chris Hayes said. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Tony's Corner</b>
Anthony Bourdain, Host of No Reservations and Layover, will be selecting a few of his favorite NYC bites to be part of an area called “Tony’s Corner”. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>No Reservations</b>
Emmy-winning chef-adventurer Bourdain (No Reservations) told you what he thinks—without condiment or garnish. And shared some of his favorite foods. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Everything at Steak</b>
At At the Hamageddon tent inside the Extra Googa Mooga area, delicious strips of steak accompanied with a savory tomato and corn salsa. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Hot Diggity Dog</b>
At the Hamageddon Experience, vendors dished out a creative variety of pork platters and bacon, with selections from Allan Benton of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Madisonville, TN. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Special Treat</b>
This Sweet Experience featured prominent chocolatiers and pastry chefs. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Celebrity Sighting</b>
Brooklyn resident and actor David Cross with his girlfriend film and TV star Amber Tamblyn and friend. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Seeing Stars</b>
Funnyman Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) was at the festival. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Fatal Attractions</b>
Festival goers could enjoy culinary seminars like April Bloomfield’s “A Girl and her Pig”, a pork carving demo. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Prime Meat</b>
Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors who have a lifelong history of serving only the highest quality of meat to their clientele cut up an 867 lb. prime black angus steer at this year’s Googa Mooga (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Day Drinking</b>
The festival collaborated with acclaimed mixologist and Beverage Director Julie Reiner. (Lindsay Carlton)
<b>Historic Setting</b>
Prospect Park's historic 1905 Boathouse hosted theme parties like the Spirit of Old New York Cocktail Party. (Lindsay Carlton)