“Abbondanza” is a good word to describe the upcoming weekend in San Jose’s Little Italy. After hosting a block party a couple of weeks ago, this historic district will hold a grand opening for the Little Italy San Jose Museum, located in a beautifully restored house next to Poor House Bistro (and already the home of the Italian cellar bar). The event will take place Friday, Oct.
4, with a dinner and concert by Vanessa Racci and Cory Pesatauro. Tickets are available for that event at . That leads up to the seventh annual Little Italy Festival on Sunday, Oct.
6, with tons of food — sausage with polenta, arancini, lasagna, risotto, pizza, cannoli, sfingi, tiramisu and more — live music and street performers from 11 a.m. to 7 p.
m. Eataly, the upscale Italian food emporium at Valley Fair, will have a booth at the festival (and will also contribute appetizers to the museum dinner). Festival admission is free.
After an opening ceremony with national anthems, the concerts will begin. will take the stage at 3:15 p.m.
, and the Anthony Nino Lane Band will close out the festivities. Car lovers will want to check it out, too, as there will be more than 150 Italian cars and motorcycles on display, making this one of the largest Italian car shows in the United States. This includes “Supercars” like Lamborghinis and Ferraris, as well as five examples of the ultra rare Ferrari Enzo, of which only 126 were ever imported to the U.
S. Little Italy San Jose Executive Director Joshua .
