'Come here and eat with us!': Celebrating 50 years of Buffalo’s Italian Heritage Festival

'Come here and eat with us!': Celebrating 50 years of Buffalo’s Italian Heritage Festival

The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival kicked off Friday on a stretch of Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo. New this year, an extra block of fun has been added. Hertel is close from Delaware Avenue to Lovering Avenue. We bring everybody to our table. You sit, you talk, you socialize you meet new people, said Judy Porto Fiorella, the president of the festival. "Everybody's really nice, everybody's really kind and like it's more than just the food its…