VENUTI'S BANQUETS

"Money comes and goes," Vittorio Venuti has always told his children, "You become rich on your reputation." A testament to his philosophy is the grand banquet hall and Italian restaurant facility bearing the family name in Addison Illinois.. The opulent structure, evoking classic Roman architecture and decorated with Italian marble and mosaics, is a crowning achievement of 42 years of work and dedication in the dinning industry... Venuti grew up in Abruzzo, and came to Chicago in 1958 where he worked in steel mills and cleaned theaters. A year later, he brought his fiancee to the United States to get married. He and his wife, Alba, made their home in Chicago, and in 1960 Venuti worked at a diner and then at the city's legendary Gino's East... Now in his 70's, Venuti was in Italy recently to purchase two pasta machines with 20 dies to enable Venuti's to serve more cuts of pasta. Mrs. Venuti is not as busy in the family business as in the past, but she continues, with her husband, to..

Primary location: Addison United States