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The Warren (OH) Italian-American Heritage Festival brings back former residents and attracts out-of-town guests every year. One visitor isn’t welcome this year (or any year) — rain. After heavy storms affected last year’s event, Corey Hovance, president of the festival’s board, referred to this weekend’s event as its “redemption year.” “Being the p...

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Little Italy’s Feast is the celebration heard all around Northeast Ohio. The iconic, weekend-long event is known best for its spectacle of Italian cuisine, turning Mayfield Road into a vendor market of pasta, pizza, cannolis and Italian treats in town. Games, casinos and music keep the entertainment alive, but its reason for the season makes the fe...

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Eatly, a seasonal Springfield (OH) restaurant, will soon move to a larger location in downtown Urbana and open year-round. The restaurant, which has been open at 601 N. Fountain Ave. since 2021, will be “steps off the square” in Urbana. While it will continue serving its traditional Sicilian fare, owner Tom Thompson said he will add homestyle foods...

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Veroni‘s schedule is getting busier and busier. The top Italian charcuterie brand is sponsoring major tennis events and participating in high profile food events, such as the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival in Georgia, and the Boston TasteBringing the taste of Italy to every corner of the United States. As summer heats up, Veroni, the leading Italia...

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A young woman on a scooter lobbed a verbal hand grenade at a tour group on a hot summer night in Cleveland’s Little Italy two weeks ago. “This neighborhood is gentrified!” she yelled as she zoomed past 65 people on Random Road who were enjoying a two-hour “Take a Hike" walking tour of local history and culture. It wasn’t clear why the woman used th...

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The 24th annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Festival began Thursday in Youngstown, OH. This year, organizers have added some new things. There are new foods to try and vendors to check out, like Yosteria, a popular eatery. “People can expect traditional Italian food from cavatelli to pizza, to braciole sandwiches. We’ll have Italian cocktails...

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Chef Paul Matthews has been dragging a Lobster Al Forno recipe around for about 20 years. Today, the dish – which features tender lobster baked with garlic wild mushrooms, scallion cream and cheese – is one of the most popular dishes on the menu at Ciao Bella in Port Clinton. “It’s had different variations, different platings. It has not always bee...

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It’s an event that is so highly anticipated that from the day it ends, they begin preparing for the next one. The 41st Annual Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival begins this weekend, and the months of planning and preparation were celebrated at their kickoff dinner at Undo’s West. This year’s Italian American of the Year is Rita Cara...

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Sons of Italy members are preparing for the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, which takes place Friday through Sunday at Heritage Port in downtown Wheeling. The organization met Tuesday morning to prepare 6,800 authentic sausage sandwiches. It purchased the bread for the sandwiches from Cellone Italian Bread Co. in Pittsburgh and...

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The 40th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce sponsored by Serpentini Chevrolet will be held on Friday August 23rd, Saturday August 24th, and Sunday August 25th at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club located at 29717 Euclid Avenue in Wickliffe, Ohio. The tournament will host 120 bocce teams (104 Open Division & 16 Women’s Division) under nine covered b...

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