by Katie Sullivan

Alluring aromas of Italian food will fill the air beginning Thursday, as the Gusto Italian Festival takes to the street on Endicott's North Side. Once home to many Italian-American immigrants, the festival will celebrate the ethnic roots of the Endicott neighborhood.

This year's Gusto festival, now in its 12th year, will begin with live music at 7 p.m. on the Little Italy Stage at George W. Johnson Park on Oak Hill Avenue. Swing Street Station will perform. Then on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m., the Taste of Little Italy block party will stretch up Witherill Street from Oak Hill Avenue to Odell Avenue. There will be a variety of Italian food and fare, including homemade cannolis, sandwiches, pizza, sausage with peppers and onions, meatball subs, lamb and chicken spiedies, pizza fritte and traditional Italian desserts.

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