Little Italy (San Diego, California)

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From Hawthorn St to Ash, Little Italy is now a vibrant downtown neighborhood full of art studios and amazing restaurants.

Little Italy has been an ethnic business and residential community since the 1920's, Little Italy today represents Downtown San Diego’s oldest continuous neighborhood business district. At one time, more than 6,000 Italian families lived in Little Italy and toiled to build San Diego into the center of the world tuna industry.

Every year, in early October, Little Italy hosts the Little Italy Precious Festa. It is known to be one of the largest single-day Italian American festivals West of the Mississippi. The Little Italy community now welcomes over 100,000 attendees with the tantalizing smells of Italian sausage and the glamor of the Italian culture, music & art.

www.littleitalysd.com/History.asp