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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF VITO AND NICK'S PIZZERIA
WHEREAS in the year 2020, Vito and Nick's Pizzeria is celebrating 100 years in business, and
WHEREAS the family has been making pizza for 75 years, and
WHEREAS Vito and Nick's, in Chicago, was founded in 1920 as a tavern named Vito's Tavern located at 2708 Congress Parkway, and
WHEREAS Vito's Tavern was opened by Vito and Mary Barraco, and
WHEREAS from those humble beginnings back in 1920, Vito's Tavern moved to several locations including 80th and South Halsted and 79th and Carpenter, and
WHEREAS Vito and Mary had two children, many grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, and
WHEREAS Vito and Mary's son Nick and his wife Mary opened a Pizzeria in 1945 on 79th Street and in 1965 moved to their current location at 8433 South Pulaski Road, and
WHEREAS Nick's late sister Lee (Barraco) Musso had a hand in the success of the family business, and
WHEREAS from its humble tavern beginnings, Vito and Nick's Pizzeria has flourished and grown into a venerable neighborhood institution that has served delicious food to countless customers over the years, and
WHEREAS over the years and throughout many changes, Vito and Nick's Pizzeria has become a favorite gathering spot for residents to enjoy the Pizzeria's famous thin crust pizza, and
WHEREAS Vito and Nick's Pizzeria has remained faithful to the vision and philosophy of outstanding customer service and is as a greatly valued and widely respected member of the Chicago restaurant industry; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County does hereby congratulate Vito and Nick's on its 100th Anniversary, and pays tribute to the numerous employees past and present, who have built the business into the successful operation it is today, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the Official Proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of same be tendered to Rosemary Barraco Geor...
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