The 27th annual St. Jude Italian Festival will kick off next month with plenty of food and entertainment at the church grounds on Route 111. Over the years the festival has grown from a two day carnival to the current four day festival attracting over 10,000 visitors during the event.

What makes the festival so great is the food and there is a lot to choose from. Sausage and pepper grinders, pizza fritta (fried dough), fried calamari, mozzarella sticks, hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries all cooked fresh to order by parishioners. Also ziti and meatballs, chicken or eggplant parmigiana dinners or grinders, broccoli and cavatelli in garlic sauce, kielbasa & pierogi dinners or grinders, pizza and porkette grinders supplied from Jennie’s Restaurant of Monroe. The festival has seating for 500 people.