If you need an easy way to gauge whether someone has lived in Kenosha for a few years, you might ask them the following question: Have you ever attended an event at the Italian American Club? If the answer is yes, then they’ve probably been around Kenosha for a little bit. If the answer is no, well, then you may want to show them around, because they’re probably new.

Anecdotes aside, the Italian American Club is one of those places that’s literally an institution in the town it resides. In the case of Kenosha – whether you’re actually Italian or not – just about everybody can recall attending a wedding, an anniversary party, a funeral, a banquet or some other memorable event at the Italian American, or just stopping by for dinner and cocktails at the recognizable old building on the corner of 52nd St. and 22nd Ave.