Italian Festival

This past weekend (July 9-11), the Italian Festival took place at the Caruso Club. Like I said last year, I always look forward to the Italian Festival because I am Italian. There’s so much to do at the festival, A lot of which takes place at night, but there is still a wide variety of events happening throughout the day.

Amanda and I took the opportunity to show up at the Caruso Club at noon, just in time for lunch (we planned it that way of course ;) ). You will never go hungry at the Italian Festival because there is so much food to offer, just the way I like it. Friday nights supper had a unique twist to it. On the menu they were serving various types of dishes from the different regions of Italy. For example, from the region of Calabria (where my nonna and nonno were from) they were serving up Backala and Polenta ( Cod and cornmeal), although I never got the chance to sample it, my dad said it was delicious when he was a young boy. That was followed by the crowning of Miss Teen Caruso and Miss Caruso along with Mr. Caruso.

On Saturday they were serving porketta sandwiches (which were absolutely delicious) and sausages. Both looked extremely yummy, but I just had to go for the porketta sandwich this time. It gets even better at dinner when they have their HUGE pasta dinner, it is absolutely amazing. Nothing like a good home cooked Italian meal. Following the Pasta Dinner night, the tables were cleared and the stage was set for their talent show. The night was filled will music and talent acts.

The festival is great for every age. There is a kid zone set up for the children, a stage set up for live music, and a tent set up with lots of seating for everyone to enjoy their favourite beverage…if you know what I mean.