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James Aurelio founded Macomb, Illinois' first pizza restaurant, The Italian Village, in 1952. [2] In the mid-1950s, one of James' nephews, Joe Aurelio Jr., came to Macomb to work in the restaurant. Joe eventually moved back home to the Chicago area in 1959 and his cousin Louis Gaetano became co-owner of The Italian Village.
The Italian population, peaking during the decades of the 1950s and '60s, began declining shortly after the decision to build the University of Illinois in the area was finalized in 1963. However, several Italian restaurants and businesses remain in the formerly prominent Taylor Street corridor. [5]
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Illinois: Bruna's Ristorante. Chicago Stepping into Bruna's Ristorante, the third-oldest Italian restaurant in Chicago, is like an enchanting — and hunger-inducing — time warp: ...
The original location, at 928 W Belmont, was in the Lakeview neighborhood on Chicago's north side. The restaurant is known for its Chicago-style pizza and Italian food. [2] Leona's was a pioneer in the pizza delivery business. In the 1950s she purchased a small fleet of cars and mounted them with neon signs for delivery.
Just opened: Black-owned Provaré puts Creole spin on Italian, and 7 more new Chicago-area restaurants Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune September 28, 2021 at 6:00 AM
Sign on the side of the establishment circa 1998. Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse is an American steakhouse chain specializing in steak and Italian-American cuisine.The restaurant was established in 1987 in Chicago's River North neighborhood, in the former Chicago Varnish Company Building, by a partnership between popular Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray and restaurateur Grant DePorter. [1]
Gino's East was opened in 1966 [1] by Sam Levine, Fred Bartoli, and George Loverde. Previously, they had opened the original Gino's in 1960 at 930 N. Rush Street. They bought a building on East Superior Street "but didn't know what to put in it," Levine told a Tribune reporter in 1983, when the restaurant was sold to new owners.