Past events

Presented by the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, the Taste of Italy is an annual event that made its post-pandemic return this year on September 23. The purpose of the event is to benefit the museum's youth education programs, and it accomplishes this while inviting guests to explore some of the finest Italian cuisine and wines. 

Rita's participated in the Taste of Italy this year for the very first time, where we sampled some of our most popular spreads, biscotti, and honey on crostini. This delicious products are not only pleasing to the tastebuds, but because they're made in Italy, they are made without preservatives, artificial additives, or GMOs, and contain the highest quality ingredients.  Naturally, they fit in well with this tasty event!

   The NEXXT Expo was held in spring of 2022. It took place at crafted, at the port of los angeles - an astounding venue in a prime location. The 2022 NEXXT Expo was the first of its kind in the LA area, bringing together dozens upon dozens of Italian merchants, chefs, and professionals. Rita's was honored to be a vendor at this fantastic event. 

Rita's was so glad to return to LILAA's Festa Italiana for the second year in a row, this time for a two-day event. This fun, family-friendly Festa has quickly become a favorite of ours to participate in. Here, we offer a wide variety of our products for guests to browse or purchase, including our best-selling Italian tea towels, our gourmet foods, jewelry, aprons, and so much more. 

Festa Italiana is an annual festival held in the Little Italy district of San Pedro. It's a can't-miss event with Italian food, music, desserts, and best of all, the Italian community, who are truly the spirit and heart of every festival or event that we are so grateful to be a part of!