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2012 Feast of St. Anthony Festival is Sunday

Once again I am out of town for the festivities (I am visiting a Pittsburgh friend in Lawton, Oklahoma) – but a dear friend (who is Pittsburghs biggest non-Italian supporter of Italian events) kindly reminded me that Sunday is the annual Feast of St. Anthony Festival. It promises to be an amazing time with even more amazing food.

The festival takes place at 21st and Smallman Streets. Here is the line up for Sunday

The Festival runs from Noon – 8 PM.

1:30 – Italian Mass by his Excellency Bishop Emeritus Anthony G. Bosco
~2:30 PM – Procession with the Statue of St. Anthony (immediately following Mass)
3 PM – Performance by La Banda Rossa
4 PM – Performance by The Jimmy Z. Trio
5:30 PM – The Homemade Wine Competition
6 PM – Performance by Mirella the Musician
Food, Beer, Music, and Fun all Day

2012 Feast of St. Anthony Festival

Sunday, June 10, 2012
Noon-8pm

http://www.stanthonypgh.org/

One Big Italian Raffle

Raffle Tickets are $5 and we are only selling 1000 tickets.

First prize is a dinner for 10 at the private dining room of Merante’s in Bloomfield. They will cook a feast for you and your guests, wine and limoncello will be included, as well as live music, a gift for each attendee and dessert. It will be a night to remember.
Second prize is a gift basket with a whole prosciutto, an espresso maker, and all kinds of Italian pastas, cheeses, and other foods.

The winners will be based on the June 11^th PA Lottery number (3 digit). The afternoon number is for 2^ndprize, the evening number is for 1^st prize.

Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible in Town to Makeover Bloomfield Restaurant

Earlier this year I stumbled upon the Food Network show Restaurant Impossible. In each episode the host, Robert Irvine, steps in to help a struggling local establishment with a kitchen, menu, staff and decor makeover. This show is interesting to watch because part of it is about helping local restaurants learn to succeed. And it is fun to see the extreme makeover of the place happen on a $10,000 in just a few days.

We have just learned from the Yelp Pittsburgh message board that Restaurant Impossible is taking over Del’s in Bloomfield today and tomorrow. Del’s is a third generation Pittsburgh institution that we have long been a fan of, but honestly haven’t dined there in a few yeas. But from the looks of the recent reviews of Del’s on Urbanspoon it seems things are struggling a bit at Del’s. Hopefully a visit from the Food Network will mean good things for this Bloomfield Establishment.

Here is a clip of Restaurant Impossible:

Also interesting is that a local chef and author of the blog Pittsburgh Hot Plate will be assisting with the Restaurant Impossible makeover. The Forest Hills Patch is reporting that Chef Chuck Kerber will be part of the show. The Food Network contacted Kerber because of his not so great review of Del’s. Kerber will be featured on the show and will write a new review after Del’s re-opens.

Restaurant Impossible (ourdinnertable.wordpress.com)
‘Restaurant: Impossible’ Gives a Mexican Sports Bar a Makeover (VIDEO) (aoltv.com)
Restaurant? – Impossible? (k8edid.wordpress.com)

The Annual Feast of Saint Anthony – Food, Family and Bon Journey

This is one of those events that I have heard amazing stories about but have not yet been able to attend. As I mentioned in last years post about the Feast of St. Anthony – I learned about this festival from a friend, who is not Italian – but might as well be – because he is the biggest promoter of Italian cultural events in this city. I did get to attend a festival of the goat with him earlier this year – it was an amazing time and I can attest there was plenty of wine, homemade wine, served.

The Feast of Saint Anthony Festival
Sunday, June 12, 2011
1:30pm-Dusk
21st and Smallman in the Strip
http://www.stanthonypgh.org/

The Feast of Saint Anthony Festival has an amazing line up this year:

delicious Italian foods, music, and dancing all day
Mass in Italian at 3 PM at St. Stanislaus Church at 21st and Smallman Streets followed immediately by the
Procession with the Statue of St. Anthony down Penn Avenue returning on Smallman Street.
Zambelli fireworks
music by Bon Journey

Win a Trip to Italy!

As if the food and Bon Journey weren’t enough incentive to get you out of the house on Sunday. They have an amazing raffle. Tickets are $10 and the proceeds benefit St. Stanislaus Kotska Church in Pittsburgh’s Strip District and the festival.

2 round trip tickets to Italy (or $1,000 cash in lieu of the tickets). The second prize is a time share in Ft. Lauderdale, FL for a week. Each raffle ticket has 2 four-digit numbers on it. The winning numbers will be based on the Pennsylvania Lottery Big Four Drawings on June 13, 2011. The matching midday number will be for Second Prize. The matching evening number will win the Grand Prize of tickets to Italy. Each ticket has 4 chances to win a prize!

What about those shoes?

You could win those too. A pair of custom-made Chuck Taylors, like those that appear in the poster – will be put up for a nationwide auction. The winner will Walk with Saints every day they wear them.

One Big Italian Celebration – The Feast of St. Anthony Festival

: Image via Wikipedia

This festival comes highly recommended from a friend of IheartPGH (FoIHP) very enthusiastic Pittsburgher – he has been talking about this festival since the last festival. I think FoIHP is pretty serious about his festivals and I know he has been volunteering his time to make this years festival amazing.

Who is St. Anthony? Saint Anthony of Padua (Italy), lived from 1195-1231. Born in Portugal, he was a Franciscan monk and lived in Morocco before settling in Padua. He was known as an eloquent speaker. St. Anthony is also the patron saint of lost items (after spending all morning looking for something I had lost – I am happy to celebrate this guy).

The festival runs from Noon- 11pm at 21st and Smallman Streets in the Strip district (some of the streets will be closed for the event) Continue reading →

All-Italian-all-the-time – Little Italy Days All Weekend in Bloomfield

Image via WikipediaFriday, Saturday and Sunday (Sept 26-28, 2008) celebrate Pittsburgh’s little Italy. Bloomfield knows how to celebrate – they will have food, music, games and festivities all over Bloomfield.

The 2008 festival features free activities and entertainment for young and old. This year 12 musical groups perform on the Main Stage at Liberty and Cedarville, along with strolling musicians throughout the weekend. Other activities include a bocce tournament and an Italian Mass, followed by the “Procession of the Madonna del la Civita”.