Sacred Heart Church hosts annual Italian dinner
CAMP WASHINGTON, Ohio (WKRC) - A local tradition that spans more than a century continued Sunday in Camp Washington. Carry-out for the Original Italian Dinner started at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church on Massachusetts Avenue. Sit-down service started at noon. People waited in line for hours to get their fill of hand-rolled ravioli and meatballs. The original Italian dinner is held twice a year and benefits the church. For each event, they make more than 23,000 meatballs, more than 600 gallons of sauce and more than 220,000 pieces of Ravioli. "I've seen it for several years and thought, 'Oh, that looks interesting,' but never thought I'd be down here doing this," said Sue Sharrah. "But I'm excited. The smell is amazing." "It's a tradition and it's the closest thing, my grandmother used to make ravioli," said Joseph Lorenz. "She used to make them from scratch and it's the closest thing to what she had." This has been an annual tradition for Sacred Heart Church since 1911.