{"id":184803,"date":"2026-05-05T23:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184803\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:08:06","slug":"italos-restaurant-marks-cinco-de-mayo-with-tradition-specials-and-community-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184803\/","title":{"rendered":"Italo\u2019s restaurant marks Cinco de Mayo with tradition, specials, and community connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Communities nationwide, and at home, are coming together to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a vibrant cultural tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday honors the Mexican army\u2019s 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla. <\/p>\n<p>Celebrating resilience and unity, one local restaurant in Scranton,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Italos-Restaurant-100057056636757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Italo\u2019s,<\/a> is joining in with festive specials and dishes for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>After 15 years with Italo\u2019s, Clari said recognizing Cinco de Mayo at the restaurant carries an even deeper significance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey opened actually on Cinco de Mayo. So, this is the 16th time they&#8217;re celebrating it. You know they get pretty busy. I&#8217;ve worked 15 years out of the 16, and it gets pretty busy here,\u201d said Clari.<\/p>\n<p>Clari highlighted some of the restaurant\u2019s most popular dishes and current specials, adding that the atmosphere is warm and close-knit, with strong bonds between staff and returning customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tacos, the Benjamin Quesadilla, the tortas. Everything here is so good. You can\u2019t really go wrong with anything. $3 Corona Premier Draft, and they&#8217;re doing $5 margaritas. Frozen on the rocks, whatever you like,\u201d said Clari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a family here. Like a big family,\u201d said Clari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Communities nationwide, and at home, are coming together to celebrate Cinco de Mayo,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-184803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}