Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza

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Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza
Type Private
Industry Restaurant
Founded1926;95 years ago (1926)
FounderSaverio Rosati
Headquarters Schaumburg, Illinois
RevenueIncrease2.svgUS$211 million (2018)
Website myrosatis.com

Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Chicago-style pizza. Its headquarters is in Schaumburg, Illinois. [1] There are more than 200 locations across the United States, [2] [3] with more than a third of them in Illinois. [4] Rosati's has over $211 million in revenue [5] and was founded in 1926 by Saverio Rosati at the corner of Pulaski and Madison in Chicago's west side. [6] That location closed down and in 1964 reopened in Mount Prospect Illinois. In 2018 they were listed as number 21 on Pizza Today's list of the top 100 pizzerias. [5]

With an increase of sales in 2019, Rosati's was ranked in the top twenty of Pizza Today's list of "America’s 100 largest pizza chains". [7]

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