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5 garlicky dishes to try in honor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival

Warning, vampires: The Gilroy Garlic Festival is this weekend. The rest of us can celebrate.

Garlic shrimp

Cleo, SLS Las Vegas

Middle Eastern flavors are reflected in gigante beans, Castelvetrano olives and preserved lemon, $18.

Pork in garlic sauce

Dragon Noodle Co. & Sushi Bar, Monte Carlo

Shredded pork is tossed in garlic sauce with bamboo shoots, onions and scallions, $17.95.

Shrimp scampi

The Barrymore, Royal Resort

This classic version is finished with lemon, garlic, a white wine butter sauce and tomato, $27.

Sticky garlic pork ribs

Pool, Red Rock Resort

Duroc pork ribs coated in sticky garlic sauce are topped with scallions and sesame seeds, $19.

Garlic bread

Buddy V’s Ristorante, Grand Canal Shoppes

This signature dish is crowned with melted mozzarella and fontina cheeses, $9.

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