Feast on these beloved San Gennaro classics — some of them around even longer than the 98-year-old festival
NY Post
Mamma mia!
For nearly a century, New York’s San Gennaro Feast has packed the streets of Little Italy with riotous revelers, sizzling sausage and plenty of cannoli and music to spare every September.
What began in Naples, Italy, as a tribute to the eponymous Patron Saint of the southern Italian city was subsequently launched in 1926 by immigrants in the Big Apple yearning for the garlic-tinged sights, sounds and slices of their homeland.
In the modern era, it’s turned into a massive, 10-day, red sauce-fueled bacchanal of “mangia.” Featuring dozens of vendors, only a handful have stood the test of time throughout its 98 years.
These are some of the festival’s most famous vendors and inimitable characters.
An anchor of the neighborhood, Ferrara’s founding predates the first feast by three decades.
