INDIANAPOLIS — Indy foodies are calling out a pizza festival they say was half-baked.

Social media is full of posts and comments that the first-ever Indianapolis Pizza Festival wasn't prepared to feed the number of people it sold tickets to. Meanwhile, its founder says the complaints are just a slice of the full story.

"I feel like the lines are super long and they're giving out little pieces," said Marcela Verduzco in a video posted to TikTok.

Pizza lovers began airing their grievances online before Pizza Fest even ended. The sold-out event was scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, but 3,200 of the roughly 4,000 ticket holders showed up within the first hour and a half.

"That was not expected," said Tommy Barrett's the festival's founder and an Indy-based TikTok food critic. "We thou

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