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The Italian Festival is proud to again partner with the award-winning La Casa Pasta & The Chesapeake Inn!  Enjoy our new al fresco dining option of outdoor seating.  The chefs from these award-winning restaurants will offer traditional spaghetti & ravioli dinners, sauteed mussels. chicken marsala–as well as custom made cupcakes!  NEW this year at the …

Join us at this newest fun venue, adjacent to Cafe Antonian & across 10th Street from the Ballad Room’s al fresco seating.  Featuring Festival favorites & some new attractions!

Chef Giuseppe Furio returns to offer a selection of authentic dishes from the Emilia Romagna region, created from treasured family recipes.  Enjoy authentic Italian specialties, including handmade pasta fresh from the chef, direct to your plate!  Giuseppe’s 2013 menu will be available soon.

Sandwiches & Main Courses Spezzato – house specialty of veal, mushrooms and peppers Sausage & Peppers – delicious combo of sweet sausage, peppers & onions Meatball – crowd pleaser, traditional favorite Porkette – perfectly seasoned, thinly sliced porkette in an au jus Chicken Antonian – a Café Antonian exclusive of grilled chicken breast topped with …

Featuring delicious sandwiches (porkette [roast pork], sausage and peppers, and meatball), as well as Italian staples broccoli rabe, smelts, calamari. Don’t miss fresh olives stuffed with asiago cheese.

Welcome to piazza dining featuring grilled sausage with fresh peppers and onions sautéed in olive oil, cooked porkette (roast pork) served abbudanza, chicken spezzato made daily with fresh ingredients (green peppers, onions, mushrooms)-grilled and made the old-fashioned way in homemade tomato sauce, homemade meatballs, vegetarian Festival sandwich, famous Broccoli Rabe, String beans & potatoes (traditional …