Pizza. Pasta. Arancini. Cannoli. Italian ice. It’s all on the menu at the second annual L’Italia Festival, which will return to Lititz Springs Park on Saturday, Sept. 16. Admission is free to the festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The L’Italia Festival is presented by Lititz restaurant Piccolo Eatery and nonprofit Keystone Italian Project.
Piccolo Eatery co-owner Sara Elia and architect Tim Austin are chairs of the event, with committee members organizing the entire day of “divertimento” — the long way of saying “fun” in Italian. “This is for everyone who is Italian, has Italian ancestry, or wishes that they did,” says Sara Elia, who owns Piccolo Eatery with her father, chef Nino Elia.