Festa Italiana is, of course, the city's major Italian festival and it takes place each July, bringing delectable Italian cuisine to the Summerfest grounds. But each April, half a block west of the Henry Maier Festival Park, at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., A Taste of Italy draws Milwaukee in to check out the ICC and sample tasty Italian-American treats.

This year's 23rd annual event takes place Sunday, April 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free. You buy tickets – $2 each or six for $10 – and use them to sample variety of Italian entrées, appetizers, desserts and beverages. Items cost one ticket each, except for the fried calamari, which requires two.