🎺 A True Cross-Border Jazz Celebration The Electric Avenue International Jazz Festival celebrates the rich musical connection between Windsor and Detroit. From seasoned legends to fresh talent, it’s a weekend of soulful sounds, community vibes, and world-class performances in one of Windsor’s coolest urban districts. 📅 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Friday, July 4 5:30PM [...]
BE OUR GUEST ONCE AGAIN FOR THE ITALIAN VILLAGE OF THE MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL'S CARROUSEL OF THE NATIONS! Join us in Via Italia on June 20, 21 and 22 for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. *With over 14 participating restaurants, [...]
Join us in Via Italia on June 20, 21 and 22nd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios.
Join us in Via Italia on June 20, 21 and 22nd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios.
Join us in Via Italia on June 20, 21 and 22nd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios.
Thank you once again to the Monarch Butterfly Enthusiasts of Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent Counties for bringing all of your knowledge and efforts to help butterflies and pollinators to our Heritage Garden for the 4th Annual Butterfly Festival. It was another huge success and saw many Monarchs and other butterflies released [...]
Via Italia is thrilled to welcome Open Streets Windsor to our neighbourhood on Sunday, September 22nd from 10 am to 2 pm! With a whole new route, dubbed the "East End Edition," Open Streets will once again be an 8 km stretch, encouraging everyone to come out and participate. Starting [...]
Carrousel of the Nations, Italian Village, is back!
🎉 Twice the party within one street! 🎉 Once again, TWO Carrousels of the Nations will be held within Via Italia! For the first and second weekends, WindsorEats at 400 Erie Street East, will be home to hosting the Mexican Village. It's always a fun time with great food and [...]
Back by popular demand! Via Italia's Talent Show will take place once again on the Sunday of the Carrousel of Nations on Erie Street's stage. Free to enter and open to all talents! ⭐️ 1st Prize: $1000 ⭐️ 2nd Prize: $500 ⭐️ 3rd Prize: $250 For more information, contact: viaitaliatalentshow@gmail.com [...]
Celebrating all things Italian! Join us in Via Italia on June 21, 22 and 23rd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios. Food Vendors Include: Bacchus [...]
Celebrating all things Italian! Join us in Via Italia on June 21, 22 and 23rd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios. Food Vendors Include: Bacchus [...]
Celebrating all things Italian! Join us in Via Italia on June 21, 22 and 23rd for another amazing Carrousel of Nations celebrating the Italian culture that Erie Street is known for. Featuring outdoor food, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as our local restaurants' patios. Food Vendors Include: [...]
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 [...]
🇮🇹 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Check out our social media page starting today until Oct. 30 for your chance to win two tickets to WIFF and dinner for two at a Via Italia restaurant. To enter: like, share and tell us what your favourite movie is and why. Winners get to choose their favourite Via [...]
When a Windsor real estate investor, who made his entrepreneurial start with his widely successful cabinet-making company, got into the Little Italy restaurant business, he wanted to create nothing but the best. Vern Myslichuk, owner of Better Made Cabinets and dozens of investment properties throughout the city, knew he had [...]
