Usually stop by once a year. There are good things about it but seems like the bad is starting to outweigh the good. First they should really stop labeling and marketing this as some unique Italian food festival. Yes there are some Italian food vendors but don't really expect some special authentic Italian foods. Just call it what it is a fair/carnival with some food vendors stop trying to make it sound like more than what it really is. As most have said they are getting pretty ridiculous with the prices. Just for two people your looking at 50 bucks minimum between the $9 entrance fee each(ridiculous) and a small snack (not even the full meals). Also please stop with the animals it's borderline cruelty. Especially the part where kids ride the ponies. Literally chained to something that walks around in a 3 ft circle where I have personally witnessed the handlers getting rough with them when they try to stop or don't move fast. Some positives were the beefed up security after the punk kids caused all the problems last time around. Bands were decent for the most part and they have a vendor near the stage with reasonably priced drinks that were pretty strong. I really enjoyed it the first few times I visited and still somewhat do but they need to keep it fresh to keep return guests.