Latrobe can’t compete in size with the best-known Italian festival in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Little Italy Days in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. But what the fourth annual Latrobe Italian Festival lacks in scale, attendees and vendors say it more than makes up for in local charm.

“I consider this a true Italian festival,” said Alicia Antitomas, owner of Sapore di Italia home bakery in Murrysville. She believes the Bloomfield event has grown too large and lost some of its character. Business was good for her Sunday — by 1 p.m., she had sold out of limoncello loaves, spicy pepperoni bread and some of her other most popular treats.