This year the 16th Annual Festa Italiano brought over 15 thousand visitors to historic Ybor City. The great sunny spring weather ran four days and benefited the Ybor City Italian Club included a VIP Party, team bocce ball competition, Wine making, Italian Idol contest and the huge Sunday Italian Food Fest. Over 35 participating local & Italian cuisine restaurants on Sunday had the crowds drooling. It was a whole day of renewing friendships and experiencing the Italian Sunday dinner dishes that Grandma used to make.

The streets were abuzz with the high end displayed Italian sports car models Mazzeratti, Ferrari and Fiat cars on site. Bands, dancing and the official early Sunday morning church service procession ceremony with the local parish priests and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.

Congrats to another great Italian year in historic Ybor City.