Every Spring, in Mid-May, the town of Ambridge Pa throws a street party.  Ambridge is named for American Bridge Company (from wiki):

American Bridge attracted thousands of immigrants who came to fulfill their dreams of work, freedom, and peace. The steel mills became the focal point of the town. Most of the employees were relatives of relatives and the small town grew, with wards separating the town into ethnic sections.

With the growth of the steel mills, Ambridge became a worldwide leader in steel production.^{[citation needed]} The borough became known for bridge building, metal molding, and the manufacture of tubes (large iron pipes). During World War II, the American Bridge Company fabricated steel for the building of LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks). The steel was then sent by rail to the adjacent American Bridge naval shipyard in Leetsdale, PA where the LSTs were built. The area was also home to several other steel mills like Armco, the pipe mill which manufactured oil piping, and A.M. Byers, a major iron and tool fabricator. Eventually competition by foreign steel producers began to cause the share of the steel market for U.S. manufacturers to dwindle. With the shift of steel production overseas, the Ambridge Bridge Company ended operations in Ambridge in 1983. The legacy of American Bridge can be seen today from coast to coast, from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York…

Although the different ethnic groups of Ambridge have blended over time, the community continues to recognize the origins from which it came. Since 1966, Ambridge has held an annual heritage festival celebrating the borough’s ethnic pride. Diversity in food, music, and entertainment continues to unite the community in remembering its origins. Organized by the Ambridge Chamber of Commerce, the three-day Nationality Days festival takes place in May and is located in the heart of the downtown Commercial District. Vendors line the center of Merchant Street as thousands of attendees – locals and tourists – enjoy Italian, Ukrainian, Greek, Polish, German, Croatian, and Slovenian cuisine. Booths are sponsored by numerous churches in Ambridge, bringing with them the recipes for their cultural dishes such as pirohy, haluski, stuffed cabbage, and borscht. Live entertainment, arts and crafts, and children’s activities are also available. Thousands visit this festival daily (located on Merchant Street from 4th Street to 8th Street).

So, of course, as is tradition, The Puti, Mrs Coldwarrior, and myself went to Ambridge on the thunderstormy Friday Evening to get some baklava, haluski, perogies, and galaktobouriko, and the main attraction: Gyros made by the parishioners of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Their booth is always the most popular. the had a good dozen Gyro spits going and 4 people continuously cutting the meat to serve the line that was 30 long and getting longer by the minute! They also have a yearly Greek Festival that is just amazing. the food…the food! We were early this year and if I can get back there on Saturday i will take more pictures.

A link to a tour of  some of the Churches that participated.

“The four other churches on our tour are Saints Peter and Paul (a Centennial Church), Holy Ghost Russian Orthodox Church (a Centennial Church), St. Mary’s Coptic Church, and St. Mary’s Byzantine Church. The modern age of Ambridge began in 1900, when the American Bridge Company was formed.  Immigrants poured in from all over Europe – Poland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Russia, Yugoslavia, Scotland, Austria, Germany, England, and Romania.  They came to fill the plentiful laborers’ jobs and hoped to find a better life.  Their faith and customs are exemplified by the building of churches, most of which are still here today. It is interesting to note that in an age of declining church attendance,  Ambridge still has 23 active places of worship, as well as an Epsicopalian Seminary School.”