The 4th Annual Butterfly Festival is back with the Monarch Butterfly Enthusiasts of Windsor, Essex & Chatham-Kent County. The free festival will take place in the Via Italia Heritage Garden (between Marion and Langlois). Learn about pollinator gardens and attracting butterflies to your home. See the monarch life cycle, experience [...]
A Festival You Don’t Want To Miss! Join us for the St. Angela Merici Festival. A weekend of fun in the historic Via Italia neighbourhood on Erie Street in Windsor, Ontario! For more information: stangelamerici.ca
The Tour di Via Italia bicycle races are a treasured tradition (60 plus years) in Windsor’s original Italian community. Every year fans attend Erie Street, and recapture some of the magic of bike racing from European homelands. The competitors, of all ages and experience levels, do not disappoint. Racers from [...]
Friday, May 3, 2024 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Hosts: Teresa Silvestri & Brandi Myles info@viaitalia.com Organization: Via Italia BIA www.viaitalia.com; www.facebook.com/viaitaliayqg; www.instagram.com/viaitaliayqg; www.tiktok.com/viaitaliayqg; www.threads.com/viaitaliayqg About the walk: Benvenuti in Via Italia!/Welcome to Via Italia! Join us for a walking tour of the historic Via Italia-Erie Street corridor, where we will be [...]
The 3rd Annual Butterfly Festival is back with the Monarch Butterfly Enthusiasts of Windsor, Essex & Chatham-Kent County. The free festival will take place in the Via Italia Heritage Garden (between Marion and Langlois). Learn about pollinator gardens and attracting butterflies to your home. See the monarch life cycle, experience [...]
A Festival You Don't Want To Miss! Join us for the St. Angela Merici Festival. A weekend of fun in the historic Via Italia neighbourhood on Erie Street in Windsor, Ontario! For more information: stangelamerici.ca
A Festival You Don't Want To Miss! Join us for the St. Angela Merici Festival. A weekend of fun in the historic Via Italia neighbourhood on Erie Street in Windsor, Ontario! For more information: stangelamerici.ca
Tour di Via Italia is back for 2023! 🚴🏻♀️🚴🚴♂️ Saturday, August 12th, 2023 in the heart of Little Italy as part of the Ontario Cup Series. Now in its 63rd year, the Tour di Via Italia is the oldest historical, international street race in Ontario. Watch racers from all over [...]
Via Italia will once again become a pedestrian haven on Friday, August 12th! From 5 pm - 1 am, Howard Avenue through to Parent Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that our community can once again come together to stroll the street, watch live entertainment, and enjoy [...]
Via Italia will once again become a pedestrian haven on Saturday, July 23rd! From 5 pm - 1 am, Howard Avenue through to Parent Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that our community can once again come together to stroll the street, watch live entertainment, and enjoy [...]
Via Italia will once again become a pedestrian haven on Friday, July 22nd! From 5 pm - 1 am, Howard Avenue through to Parent Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that our community can once again come together to stroll the street, watch live entertainment, and enjoy [...]
Via Italia will once again become a pedestrian haven on Saturday, July 9th! From 5 pm - 1 am, Howard Avenue through to Parent Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that our community can once again come together to stroll the street, watch live entertainment, and enjoy [...]
Via Italia will once again become a pedestrian haven on Friday, July 8th! From 5 pm - 1 am, Howard Avenue through to Parent Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic so that our community can once again come together to stroll the street, watch live entertainment, and enjoy [...]
🇮🇹 SUMMER 2022 Via Italia -Erie Street will once again become a pedestrian haven on select weekends this summer, allowing business owners to bring their shops outdoors. Throughout the Via Italia neighbourhood, from Parent Avenue to Howard Avenue, restaurant and bar owners will extend their patios into the streets [...]
Family Respite Services (FRS) works with 1200 families who are caring for children and youth with disabilities across Windsor/Essex. FRS works towards a community where families are strong and ALL children belong.
Dedicated business owners in Windsor’s Via Italia have sent thousands of face masks, hospital hats and hot lunches to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
An agreement reached Tuesday will deliver individually prepared and packaged meals to six locations, including five hospitals in Windsor, Essex County and Chatham-Kent.
Medica Pharmacy on Erie Street is adjusting to a new way of seeing patients in the middle of this COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Tiffany Czilli says they're now offering phone and virtual appointments at this time to stop the spread of the virus.
As a young boy, Tony Gereige would hover near his mother’s salon chair while she styled people’s hair, handing her scissors, combs, hair blowers, whatever tool she needed. Mezzo wins Top Choice Award Goccia Cafe dripping with Italian flavour The owner of Saci Salon, who was just 12 years old at the time, didn’t think much about hanging around his [...]
On a brisk fall morning last October, the bright sound of fitness enthusiasts powering through their workouts rolled out the open windows of the new Shred Shop Wellness Complex and onto Erie Street. Mezzo wins Top Choice Award Goccia Cafe dripping with Italian flavour The fitness centre, located across [...]
Dozens of families will file into Europa Imports over the next couple months, looking for tiny, white dresses as they prepare for Holy Communion season. This time of religious observance is particularly special for parents and children, explained shop owner Paul Governali. Mezzo wins Top Choice Award Goccia Cafe [...]
Samantha Cisilino was eight years old when she sat in front of a tiny keyboard and learned to play her first song, the classic “Heart and Soul.” Now, at age 28, she owns her own music school in the city’s Via Italia neighbourhood, where she teaches dozens of Windsor region children the instrument she’s [...]
Mezzo Ristorante and Lounge has been named the best Italian restaurant in Windsor in this year’s Top Choice Awards. Owners Filip Rocca and Darcy King were all smiles when the news arrived last week. There were both quick to heap gratitude onto their “hard working” staff and loyal customers. “This award is truly a [...]
Luigi Mariani wanted to add even more traditional flavours to the mosaic of Windsor’s Little Italy when he started brewing coffee from his corner cafe on Erie Street last summer. He and his family visited the old country several times sourcing just the right ingredients, finding the finest equipment and learning the [...]
Few can say that what they did as a bored teenager led to a successful business and colourful career. Pat Giles can. Growing up in Windsor he and his friends would tattoo each other at lunchtime. Right away Giles says he was hooked.
A WEEKEND OF RACING! Join us on Labour Day weekend for the annual Tour di Via Italia. Race scheduled will be announced soon.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We have NEW Activities and Programming for 2019! Come out and enjoy the flavours, culture, and heritage of Via Italia and our community! Erie Street East will be transformed into a pedestrian village with four blocks of fun activities and programming. Catch all the musical performances, culinary [...]
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We have NEW Activities and Programming for 2019! Come out and enjoy the flavours, culture, and heritage of Via Italia and our community! Erie Street East will be transformed into a pedestrian village with four blocks of fun activities and programming. Catch all the musical performances, culinary [...]
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We have NEW Activities and Programming for 2019! Come out and enjoy the flavours, culture, and heritage of Via Italia and our community! Erie Street East will be transformed into a pedestrian village with four blocks of fun activities and programming. Catch all the musical performances, culinary [...]
Stroll Windsor is a grassroots, community initiative that supports, celebrates, and promotes meaningful pedestrian experiences and interactions in our urban villages, to foster the tradition of strolling among Windsor’s residents and visitors, and encourage people to discover (or re-discover) the city’s diverse neighbourhoods and local businesses.
A WEEKEND OF RACING! Join us on Labour Day weekend for the annual Tour di Via Italia. The weekend kicks off on Saturday with the TDVI Youth Cup Race at the Ciociaro Club circuit. Racing continues Sunday in the historic Via Italia neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario!
A FESTIVAL YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS! Join us for the St. Angela Merici Festival. A weekend of fun in the historic Via Italia neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario!
Enzo’s Trattoria Enzo’s passion and commitment to excellence is exemplified in every dish he presents. Fresh ingredients, community involvement and hard work has propelled Enzo and his team and his restaurants to the front of the pack. “All of my restaurants thrive on using the freshest of products from local [...]
Mezzo Restaurant & Lounge Exquisite “Nouveau Italian” dishes with a modern touch. MEZZO's RESTAURANT WEEK MENUS $18 Lunch $28 Dinner $38 Dinner
Via Italia Village Erie St. between Howard & Parent in Windsor. Ontario. Friday June 22nd 5 pm – 1 am Saturday June 23rd 5 pm – 1 am Sunday June 24th 1 pm – 11 pm Come and enjoy the flavours of Italy on Via Italia – Erie St. East. [...]
Via Italia Village Erie St. between Howard & Parent in Windsor. Ontario. Friday June 22nd 5 pm – 1 am Saturday June 23rd 5 pm – 1 am Sunday June 24th 1 pm – 11 pm Come and enjoy the flavours of Italy on Via Italia – Erie St. East. [...]
Via Italia Village Erie St. between Howard & Parent in Windsor. Ontario. Friday June 22nd 5 pm – 1 am Saturday June 23rd 5 pm – 1 am Sunday June 24th 1 pm – 11 pm Come and enjoy the flavours of Italy on Via Italia – Erie St. East. [...]
The Carrousel of Nations bring together the flavors of various cultures through fine food, music and warm hospitality. It is one of Windsor's largest celebrations.
On behalf of Via Italia, we welcome you to our newly redesigned website! So, take out a few minutes to have a look around our new site and let us know what you think.
