My mom recollects from her friend Genevieve, the wife of Antonio, that the second owner "Joe" moved Manzo's from the 3100 block to the 3200 block on Irving Pk Rd in the mid 1980's. Shortly after that this location was sold to yet another owner when "Joe" opened Manzo's Banquets & Restaurant in Mt Prospect, IL, near O'Hare Intl' Airport. I think there is a strip mall on Oakt
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My parents were friends of the Manzo's, they told me that the family sold it in 1981 or '82, shortly after the owner Antonio died. It may have change hands 2 or 3 times before it was shuttered. I remember, vaguely, my parents taking me there when I was a kid in the 1970s, it must have been before we move to the suburbs when the neighborhood started to change.
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I remember as a kid going to these theatres on the northwest side, northside and downtown: 1. Will Rogers - Belmont Ave. one block west of Central Ave. 2. The Mont Clare - Grand Ave, two blocks east of Harlem Ave. 3. The Mercury - in Elmwood Park on North Ave a block west of Harlem 4. The Gateway - now Copernicus Center on Lawerence Ave in Jefferson Park 5. The Portage Park Theatre 6. The No
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Does anyone remember getting pizza from Manzo's when it was located on Irving Park east of Kedzie Ave (not west of Kedzie where Chase Bank is now)? I think it was owned by Antonio Manzo, his son Filipo and Carlo managed it. My parents met there in the 1960s, a photo of the place would be great.
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