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Test your knowledge.
Who in the late 1800’s was referred to as the King of Little Italy or the Father of Little Italy?
Joseph Carabelli
Who is the Alta House named after?
Alta Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller’s daughter
What year was the Alta House formally dedicated?
Bonus: How many people were in attendance and how much did it cost?1900 (February 20th)
400 people
$28,875
In 1911, what percentage of the residents in Little Italy were Italian-born?
96% (with another 2% born to Italian parents)
What is Little Italy’s oldest restaurant?
Bonus: What year did it open?Guarino’s
1918
What year was the first Feast of the Assumption celebrated?
1898
The immigrants who came to Cleveland in the late 1800’s were primarily in what two industries?
Stone masonry & railroads
In 1906, Angelo Vitantonio, an Italian immigrant living in Little Italy, invented what culinary tool?
Hand-crank pasta machine
Ettore Boiardi opened his first restaurant, Il Giardino d’Italia, in Little Italy in the 1920’s. To what name is he more commonly referred?
Chef Boyardee
For what champion boxer & Little Italy resident is Tony Brush Park named?
Anthony Brescia
The Feast of the Assumption is held in what month?
August
Celebrity chef Mario Batali declared what bakery’s cassata cake the best in the country?
Corbo’s