File #: 15-4717    Version: 1 Name: IN CELEBRATION OF FREDDIES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/27/2015 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/29/2015 Final action: 7/29/2015
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN CELEBRATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREDDIES WHEREAS founded in 1990 by Fred and Denise Bertucci, Fabulous Freddies Italian Eatery is celebrating 25 years in business, and WHEREAS in 1981, young Fred Bertucci opened up a meat market in suburban Chicago as he had always dreamed of owning a business and his family had been butchers for three generations, and WHEREAS Fred soon realized that his heart wasn't in operating a butcher business, and WHEREAS after selling his butcher shop and working as a manager in his new wife Denise's family restaurant, his dream began to take shape, and WHEREAS Fred loved the restaurant business, and at midnight, after finishing his managerial duties, he would often go straight to the kitchen and work until the morning perfecting his Italian recipes, and WHEREAS finally, in 1990, after years of planning, Fred and Denise made the leap and opened up "Freddies," in the historic Bridgeport neighborhood, and ...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

IN CELEBRATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREDDIES

 

WHEREAS founded in 1990 by Fred and Denise Bertucci, Fabulous Freddies Italian Eatery is celebrating 25 years in business, and

 

WHEREAS in 1981, young Fred Bertucci opened up a meat market in suburban Chicago as he had always dreamed of owning a business and his family had been butchers for three generations, and

 

WHEREAS Fred soon realized that his heart wasn’t in operating a butcher business, and

 

WHEREAS after selling his butcher shop and working as a manager in his new wife Denise’s family restaurant, his dream began to take shape, and 

 

WHEREAS Fred loved the restaurant business, and at midnight, after finishing his managerial duties, he would often go straight to the kitchen and work until the morning perfecting his Italian recipes, and 

 

WHEREAS finally, in 1990, after years of planning, Fred and Denise made the leap and opened up “Freddies,” in the historic Bridgeport neighborhood, and

 

WHEREAS Fred and Denise focused on offering the finest homemade Italian sausage, beef, meatballs, pizza, sauces and soups, with a strong emphasis on carryout, and

 

WHEREAS with a lot of hard work and help from family members,  Freddies soon became a Bridgeport icon, where customers come for the food, friendliness, and familiar sight of Fred and Denise greeting customers, and

 

WHEREAS over the years, Freddie and Denise’s three daughters, Christie, Stephanie, and Brittany, joined them in the family business by contributing their own special talents, and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby congratulate Fred and Denise Bertucci, and pays tribute to all the employees past and present, who have built the company into the successful and respected operation that it is today; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the Official Proceedings of this Honorable Body, and that a suitable copy of the same be tendered to Fred and Denise Bertucci in commemoration of this occasion and in grateful acknowledgment of the important contributions to the economy of Cook County made by Freddies in the course of its 25 years in business.

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