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Each year on the Catholic Feast of the Assumption, Little Italy stages an Italian cultural festival, the Feast Of The Assumption Festival .


FAST FACTS ABOUT CLEVELAND'S LITTLE ITALY



  • The first pasta machine was invented by an Italian man named Antonini, in Cleveland's Little Italy. The original factory where they were produced was also in the old neighborhood, and still stood until recently.


  • Guarino's was the first Italian restaurant in Cleveland, and arguably the first Italian restaurant in the state of Ohio. It is located just past Murray Hill on Mayfield Road.


  • Chef Boyardee ran a restaurant called "Il Giardino d'Italia" in the Little Italy section of Cleveland in the 1940s .


  • Cleveland's Little Italy was home to the largest Mafia organization between New York and Chicago, comprised of family names like Porrello and Lonardo . The organization was the seat of power for families that operated in Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Toledo, Detroit, and Akron.



SEE ALSO

Italian-American Neighborhoods


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