New Yorkers celebrate nearly 100 years of San Gennaro Feast

The Feast of San Gennaro continues this weekend in Little Italy, offering New Yorkers a chance to eat and shop until they drop.

The festival is a tradition that dates back almost a century, and for one vendor, a deep family tradition going back decades.

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For many vendors and businesses on Mulberry Street, like the self-dubbed Cannoli King — John “Baby John” DeLutro — the annual feast is a reminder of how his Italian heritage shaped his life

Chrisula Sartzetakis, born and raised in New York, of Mike’s Clam Bar, says her family has been a vendor, selling homemade food, at the feast since 1979, on the corner of Mulberry Street and Kenmare Street

The feast runs until Sept. 21. On Saturday, the Grand Parade steps off with floats, guests and a gondola at 2 p.m.

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