The Los Angeles Italian Festival Comes to North Hollywood on Sunday, October 22.
Come to The Los Angeles Italian Festival Sunday, October 22 with Honorary Chairman of the Board Joe Mantegna from the hit television show “Criminal Minds”! Enjoy wonderful Italian food, music, comedy, beer, wine, games, bocce ball and entertainment all day long on two stages, hosted by the one and only celebrity Chef Eva and special guest Master of Ceremonies Mark DeCarlo! Visit the Kid’s Corner with face painting, balloon animals and lots of activities, Vendors Row for clothing, gifts, jewelry and collectibles, Crooners Lounge for the sounds of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and get to the Main Stage for The Great Gravy/Sauce Cooking Competition, a head-to-head cook-off to decide (until next year) if that magical concoction that you pour over your pasta on Sunday is “gravy” or “sauce”! It’s going to be a day filled with family fun Italian style!!!
WHEN:
Sunday, October 22 from 12PM- 10PM
WHERE:
10901 Victory Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91606
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My family and I drove up from Long Beach, very much looking forward to celebrating our heritage and eating some good food. We were really disappointed. We arrived around 1:30 pm to find the fest was in a parking lot of an Italian restaurant. I’ve been going to Italian Fests for well over 30 years. This was not a festival. The only food available was in the restaurant, which had absolutely no organization and was wholly unprepared! We waited at the bar for 20 minutes to order Italian Sodas and were not ever even acknowledged by anyone behind the bar — and there were only 2 patrons sitting at the bar. I asked the man, who seemed to maybe be in charge, if we could be put on a waiting list for a table and received a rude, “You’ll have to wait.” This man knew we’d been standing there, waiting — basically beside him. He didn’t even have a list going. We went back outside. We double checked, there were no food vendors, one stand selling drinks = lemonade, and still no one on the stage. Other than the bocce ball stand and the restaurant being Italian, there was very little to embrace Italia! The organizers need to completely rethink everything! Go check San Diego’s out; they’ve got it a bit more together. Or, the East Coast, which definitely knows how Italian Fests should be!