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2,000 Sausages Can’t Be Wrong

And six other things to know about the 20th annual Sicilian Festival
2,000 Sausages Can’t Be Wrong

Sicilian Festival

1

35,000 grapes will be stomped.

 

2

The big “get” is the Sicilian Tenors, who have played Carnegie Hall.

 

3

If you’re participating in the pasta-eating contest, it’s going to be spaghetti with marinara again this year.

 

4

The costume parade’s special guest will be Amelia Tripoli, born March 4, 2012. Her parents, Tony and Diana, were married at the 2010 festival.

 

5

For the bambini, there’s face painting, inflatable slides, and kids’ rides.

 

6

The event is free and you don’t have to be Sicilian to attend (Ferarri and Peroni will be there).

 

7

Bernadette Tarantino of Tarantino Gourmet Sausage plans to sell 2,000 Italian sausages.

 

TASTE IT: 20th Annual Sicilian Festival, Little Italy, May 19, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., sicilianfesta.com

This item was featured in the May 2013 issue

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