There was a time when Chicago Heights had some of the best restaurants outside of Chicago, Zaranti's Alcazar, The Tivoli, Mr. Benny's, Savoia's, and Cipriani's There was Ada’s, Marnell’s, Enzo’s, The Carmel Corn Shop, Venice, Dog and Suds, Chicago Heights Country Club, Dandy’s, Jack in the Box, Lorenzetti’s, The Liberty, Dimitri’s, Schoops, Tender Trap, The Bum Steer, The Looking Glass, Skyline, Liang’s, Henry’s, Pearson’s Bakery, American Bagel, Marconi Bakery, The Egg and I, Dairy Queen, Arby’s, Taco Bell, The Red Barn & later The Beer Barn, Luigi’s Pizza, Alferno’s Pizza, Azzarello’s Pizza, Faso’s Pizza, Shakey’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, Nino’s Pizza, Angelo’s Pizza, The Rib Cage, Prince Castle, Rebec’s Ice Cream, Perros Brothers Italian Ice, Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips, Chicken Unlimited, The Red Wheel, Long John Silvers, Bozo’s Hot Dogs, Helen’s Doughnut Shop, Dunkin Doughnuts, 2 McDonalds locations, Wendy’s, Burger King, White Castle, KFC, Church’s, Browns, Popeye’s, Taco Bell, Harold’s, Pop Mart, The Fickle Finger, Momma Mary’s, Perlas, Perlas II, Big Boys, Tijuana Taco, Three Star, Easy Snack, Golden Bear, Barnaby’s, Lum’s, Bonanza, Ponderosa, Baskin Robbins, Zarlengo’s, Pepe’s, Al’s, Tin Cup Pass, Svaboda’s, Bub’s Pub, Romano’s Liquor, Shalomar, Bob & Clara’s, Biamonti’s Tavern, The Back Room, Night Moves, Kip’s Place, Starship Night Club, Heights Banquet Hall. It had some of the best shopping, Garafolo's, A & P, Kroger's, Ultra, Jewel’s, Osco, Hi-way Market, D & D Foods, Dino’s, Century Foods, Cub Foods, Aldi, Geno’s Montgomery Wards, Marshal Field, Sears, Carson Pirie Scott, Ace Hardware, Tops, McDade, Cavette Drugs, Ben Franklin, The Hobby Shop, Hallmark, Mitty’s Shoppers World, Norge, 7-11, Kmart, Service Merchandise, Pier 1 Imports, Olympic Printing, White Hen Pantry, Wilson Center, Bernardi’s, Busy Bee Nursery, Fasel Furniture, Liesing Lumber, Chicago Heights Lumber, Nelson’s Nursery, Touch Head Shop, Evening Sun Tanning, Uptown florist, Mace’s Barber Shop, Dino’s Den, Hilltop Liquors, Squeeze In, Armida Florist, The In Between Salon, Ungaro’s, Gianetti’s Specialty Shop, Petrarca’s, Lando’s Meat Market, Schwinn Cycles, Payless Shoes, Quality Cleaners, The Old Volks Home, Kloss Jewelers, Yaseen Jewelers, Jorgensen’s Jewelry, Kline’s Department Store, Kresgge’s, Haymen Hawkins, Woolworth’s, Rau’s, Kinney’s Shoes, Chicago Heights Dairy, Nortown Theater, Lincoln Theater, Marcus Cinemas, Olympia Bowling, Chicago Heights Tennis and Racquetball Club, Vicari’s Gun Shop, Starship Video, Family Video, Chicago Heights Animal Hospital, Diamond Security, Magic Touch Cleaners, Holiday Inn, Hansen’s Auto Spa, Prairie State Car Wash, Radio Shack, Pagoria’s, Peter Lavine Pontiac, Arnie Bower Cadilac, Jack Brown Buick, Heights Pontiac, Pete Yansen Chevrolet Toyota of Chicago Heights, Volkswagon of Chicago Heights, Enterprise Leasing, Pettice Auto, Car Quest, Fast Pace Mufflers, Shultz Motor Ports, Bill’s Citco, House of Charles Tuxedos, The Gold Rush, Music Mart. It had great service companies like Bonick Plumbing, Stelter Plumbing, Able & Willing Plumbing, Soderburg Plumbing, Jack Waters Plumbing, Area Plumbing Supply, Merts Heating, Vitelli Concrete, General Millwork, Leoni Trucking, Bramonti Construction, Lobue Carpentry, Ruth Saldano Catering, Losco Electric, Able Vacuum, Soderburg Vending, Scott Sign, FH Ayer, Turnco, Garage World, Chicago Heights Construction, Orr Construction, Faso Excavating, Gliottoni Construction, DiCicco Concrete, Rossetto and Stasel Masonary, Gabi Iron and Metal, Helsel Jepperson, Coleman Roofing, Brooks Welding, Don Johns Garage, Reece Auto, Firestone Tires, Prarie State Materials, Monarch Auto, Imperial Auto, Chicago Heights Glass, Vlodeman Glass, Kimble Glass, Broadway Auto, Funk Forging, Mohawk Tablet, Stifel Nicholas Brokers, Millennium Financial, Marks Insurance, The Chicago Heights Star Newspaper, WCGO Radio, Mount Carmel Club, Polish PD Club, Moose Lodge, Salvation Army, American Legion. It once had St. James Hospital, Suburban Heights Medical Center, The Otto Clinic, Illinois Bell, AT&T, Skyline Answering Service, Gineris Accounting, Zaranti Accountants, Hirsh Funeral Home, Hub Funeral Home, Panozzo’s, Doctors, Lawyers, Dentists, Realtors, Banks, Travel Agents, Churches, Industry, Manufacturing, Festivals, Fireworks and Parades. Chicago Heights had it all. The President of The United States, Ronald Regan, visited Chicago Heights in 1985. Bloom Township Republicans sold their souls to the bad joke they called The Unity Party. A string of DEMOCRAT Mayors, Ciambrone, Lopez, and the worst, David Gonzales, totally destroyed Chicago Heights. It’s now just another DEMOCRAT dung pile.
There was a time when Chicago Heights had some of the best restaurants outside of Chicago, Zaranti's Alcazar, The Tivoli, Mr. Benny's, Savoia's, and Cipriani's There was Ada’s, Marnell’s, Enzo’s, The Carmel Corn Shop, Venice, Dog and Suds, Chicago Heights Country Club, Dandy’s, Jack in the Box, Lorenzetti’s, The Liberty, Dimitri’s, Schoops, Tender Trap, The Bum Steer, The Looking Glass, Skyline, Liang’s, Henry’s, Pearson’s Bakery, American Bagel, Marconi Bakery, The Egg and I, Dairy Queen, Arby’s, Taco Bell, The Red Barn & later The Beer Barn, Luigi’s Pizza, Alferno’s Pizza, Azzarello’s Pizza, Faso’s Pizza, Shakey’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, Nino’s Pizza, Angelo’s Pizza, The Rib Cage, Prince Castle, Rebec’s Ice Cream, Perros Brothers Italian Ice, Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips, Chicken Unlimited, The Red Wheel, Long John Silvers, Bozo’s Hot Dogs, Helen’s Doughnut Shop, Dunkin Doughnuts, 2 McDonalds locations, Wendy’s, Burger King, White Castle, KFC, Church’s, Browns, Popeye’s, Taco Bell, Harold’s, Pop Mart, The Fickle Finger, Momma Mary’s, Perlas, Perlas II, Big Boys, Tijuana Taco, Three Star, Easy Snack, Golden Bear, Barnaby’s, Lum’s, Bonanza, Ponderosa, Baskin Robbins, Zarlengo’s, Pepe’s, Al’s, Tin Cup Pass, Svaboda’s, Bub’s Pub, Romano’s Liquor, Shalomar, Bob & Clara’s, Biamonti’s Tavern, The Back Room, Night Moves, Kip’s Place, Starship Night Club, Heights Banquet Hall. It had some of the best shopping, Garafolo's, A & P, Kroger's, Ultra, Jewel’s, Osco, Hi-way Market, D & D Foods, Dino’s, Century Foods, Cub Foods, Aldi, Geno’s Montgomery Wards, Marshal Field, Sears, Carson Pirie Scott, Ace Hardware, Tops, McDade, Cavette Drugs, Ben Franklin, The Hobby Shop, Hallmark, Mitty’s Shoppers World, Norge, 7-11, Kmart, Service Merchandise, Pier 1 Imports, Olympic Printing, White Hen Pantry, Wilson Center, Bernardi’s, Busy Bee Nursery, Fasel Furniture, Liesing Lumber, Chicago Heights Lumber, Nelson’s Nursery, Touch Head Shop, Evening Sun Tanning, Uptown florist, Mace’s Barber Shop, Dino’s Den, Hilltop Liquors, Squeeze In, Armida Florist, The In Between Salon, Ungaro’s, Gianetti’s Specialty Shop, Petrarca’s, Lando’s Meat Market, Schwinn Cycles, Payless Shoes, Quality Cleaners, The Old Volks Home, Kloss Jewelers, Yaseen Jewelers, Jorgensen’s Jewelry, Kline’s Department Store, Kresgge’s, Haymen Hawkins, Woolworth’s, Rau’s, Kinney’s Shoes, Chicago Heights Dairy, Nortown Theater, Lincoln Theater, Marcus Cinemas, Olympia Bowling, Chicago Heights Tennis and Racquetball Club, Vicari’s Gun Shop, Starship Video, Family Video, Chicago Heights Animal Hospital, Diamond Security, Magic Touch Cleaners, Holiday Inn, Hansen’s Auto Spa, Prairie State Car Wash, Radio Shack, Pagoria’s, Peter Lavine Pontiac, Arnie Bower Cadilac, Jack Brown Buick, Heights Pontiac, Pete Yansen Chevrolet Toyota of Chicago Heights, Volkswagon of Chicago Heights, Enterprise Leasing, Pettice Auto, Car Quest, Fast Pace Mufflers, Shultz Motor Ports, Bill’s Citco, House of Charles Tuxedos, The Gold Rush, Music Mart. It had great service companies like Bonick Plumbing, Stelter Plumbing, Able & Willing Plumbing, Soderburg Plumbing, Jack Waters Plumbing, Area Plumbing Supply, Merts Heating, Vitelli Concrete, General Millwork, Leoni Trucking, Bramonti Construction, Lobue Carpentry, Ruth Saldano Catering, Losco Electric, Able Vacuum, Soderburg Vending, Scott Sign, FH Ayer, Turnco, Garage World, Chicago Heights Construction, Orr Construction, Faso Excavating, Gliottoni Construction, DiCicco Concrete, Rossetto and Stasel Masonary, Gabi Iron and Metal, Helsel Jepperson, Coleman Roofing, Brooks Welding, Don Johns Garage, Reece Auto, Firestone Tires, Prarie State Materials, Monarch Auto, Imperial Auto, Chicago Heights Glass, Vlodeman Glass, Kimble Glass, Broadway Auto, Funk Forging, Mohawk Tablet, Stifel Nicholas Brokers, Millennium Financial, Marks Insurance, The Chicago Heights Star Newspaper, WCGO Radio, Mount Carmel Club, Polish PD Club, Moose Lodge, Salvation Army, American Legion. It once had St. James Hospital, Suburban Heights Medical Center, The Otto Clinic, Illinois Bell, AT&T, Skyline Answering Service, Gineris Accounting, Zaranti Accountants, Hirsh Funeral Home, Hub Funeral Home, Panozzo’s, Doctors, Lawyers, Dentists, Realtors, Banks, Travel Agents, Churches, Industry, Manufacturing, Festivals, Fireworks and Parades. Chicago Heights had it all. The President of The United States, Ronald Regan, visited Chicago Heights in 1985. Bloom Township Republicans sold their souls to the bad joke they called The Unity Party. A string of DEMOCRAT Mayors, Ciambrone, Lopez, and the worst, David Gonzales, totally destroyed Chicago Heights. It’s now just another DEMOCRAT dung pile.
Little did they know, in 20 years it would start to turn into a wasteland!
Wow !I was 2 yrs old.
I was 2 years old in 1964 too. Left a few years later in 1969 during the first man on the moon time period ! Yes I am of Italian Heritage.