One of Buffalo’s most popular summer festivals is returning home this weekend. The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival will be back on Hertel Avenue. The event has not taken place in North Buffalo since 2016. This year the three-day festival will kick off tomorrow between Delaware and Virgil. Mark Sciortino, Chef Marco, owner of Marco’s Italian Restaurant on Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo joined us to tell us about the festival. 

What can we expect this year? Chef Marco says, “You can expect the Italian heritage, the old school traditional Italian festival. This is WNY’s kitchen table, everyone comes around to gather, to break bread, to eat, and to enjoy the sights, the sounds, the smells. The entertainment is spectacular, the food is great, and the cooking demos are second to none.”