About Us
Nearly a century ago these were the simple words Sam Rosati lived by; little did he know this humble philosophy helped shape the foundation on which Rosati’s Pizza was built.
Our Company
With over 50 years in operation, Rosati’s Pizza is one of the oldest surviving family pizza restaurant business in the United States, with unique franchise opportunities. Generations of mid-westerners have grown up with the brand and continue to spread its legend to every corner of the country.
Still run by members of the original Rosati family, (All 10 members of the board are family!) this is an iconic family brand that has grown organically and carefully with a common sense approach.
History
In 1895, an Italian immigrant from the region of Naples, Italy, Ferdinand Rosati opened a fine-dining Italian restaurant on Coney Island. In 1906, he moved to Chicago and started yet another Italian restaurant on Chicago’s famous Taylor Street. Since the restaurant gained immense success, expansion was the next direction. A hotel, saloon, and a small importing and exporting business of Italian foods were added to the restaurant. Back then, pizza was strictly old-world Italian fare, simply a tomato sauce served on crisp bread that Ferdinand often put on the table as a special offering to his customers and boy did the people love it!
By 1927, Ferdinand’s son, Saverio Rosati opened another restaurant on Pulaski and Madison in Chicago, right next to the Marbro Theater. Soon after, the restaurant became a favorite watering hole for the old Chicago society and Windy City politicians. On any given night you might spot Jack Haley, famous for his role as the “Tin Man” in The Wizard of Oz enjoying a hearty helping of Saverio’s homemade Italian specialties or contrary to popular belief, notorious gangster, Al Capone and his entourage could be spotted sharing a heaping dish of pasta with his so called “nemesis”, Eliot Ness.
When Saverio (Sam) retired, his sons moved to the suburbs with a new and timely concept. The year was 1964 and pizza was now a popular trend. Saverio’s sons Dick, Ron and Al Rosati opened the first Rosati’s Pizza in an Illinois suburb, Mount Prospect. By 1978, a total of ten Rosati family members owned carryout pizzerias.
Now with the Rosati name firmly established in the Chicago suburbs, the family took another giant leap and started creating pizza franchise opportunities by allowing their restaurant business to go up for sale.
Today, we are honored to say the Rosati’s brand is approaching 200 restaurants nationally. Including the newest concept, the Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub. The secret to our success isn’t a secret at all. It’s pretty simple: demand. The people who grew up with Friday night Rosati’s pizza in the Chicagoland area now demand this unique flavor and quality and family experience wherever it is they now call home. People call us every day wondering when Rosati’s will come to their area. The truth is no one else has this traditional Chicago pizza franchise and restaurant business opportunity for sale, to meet the rising demand. Great-grandpa would be so proud!
Authentic Italian food matched with authentic, genuine people is the Rosati recipe, and America can’t get enough!
The Pizza
Authentic Chicago Pizza Done Right.
You don’t get to be a 50 year old restaurant by faking it. As an authentic Italian pizzeria, with pizza franchise opportunities for sale, Rosati’s is doing pizza right – the traditional Chicago way, and nobody else is even close. No other brand does what we do with different crust variations from Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza to Hand-Braided Double Dough to our Traditional Thin and Crispy Square Cut. Every piece of every recipe is original, ensuring Rosati’s authentic Italian pizzeria serves one-of-a-kind pizza from a one-of-a-kind family.
Rosati’s means Quality with over 100 proprietary ingredients:
Our tomatoes are grown specifically for Rosati’s in the great central valley of CA
We’ve branded our own Rosati’s pizza and pasta sauces made from our old-world recipes
Our dough blend is mixed just for us, our own unique flour is made from a high protein, high quality wheat only grown in the Midwest.
Rosati’s pizza ovens are made specifically for our unique crust styles
We use the finest Wisconsin Mozzarella from one of the state’s oldest facilities.
Our sausage is made fresh daily from the Rosati’s family recipe going back over 50 years at a plant in Chicago.
Our olives are grown for us in CA and our pasta is imported from Tuscany, Italy.
Rosati’s Pizza Pubs serve their own private labeled wine bottled in the California vineyards.
As an authentic Italian pizzeria with unique pizza franchise opportunities for sale, it’s easy to see why Rosati’s is the best choice. We use quality ingredients in all our food, and we use quality service with all our customers. Becoming part of the family means you are buying into quality that is hard to come by. Our decades of experience have allowed us to perfect our craft and hone in on what really matters – the people. Our customers are the ones that have kept us in business.
If you’re looking for something that is for and about the customer, our pizza franchise opportunities for sale are just for you. Rosati’s is an authentic Italian pizzeria that does pizza right. Whether you’re ready to learn more, or you’re ready to start today, contact us to get started!
Awards & Accolades
Rosati’s Pizza is a major breakthrough brand.
People everywhere are starting to take notice. Rosati’s legendary taste and growing business success is being recognized and rewarded like never before. Check out the Rosati’s Pizza Awards
Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500
Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Franchise 500” ranking shows that the franchise industry is still going strong and more competitive than ever. More than 1,000 companies applied for this year’s ranking, and those that rose to the top reveal the latest trends as well as the companies that continue to evolve to keep going strong year after year.
Rosati’s Pizza has been ranked in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Franchise 500” and mentioned as a “Top Food Franchises” in 2016, 2017, 2018 and now 2019.
Pizza Today’s Top 100 Pizza Companies
Pizza Today magazine has released its list of the largest pizza companies in the U.S. each year since 2015. The “Top 100 Pizza Companies” list breaks down the top-performing pizza companies in the country. The Top 100 ranking reflects changes and developments in the industry’s leading companies, who the movers and shakers are in the pizza landscape and which pizza franchises are gaining market share or losing ground.
Since 2015, Rosati’s has consistently been ranked in the top 20 of Pizza Today’s list.
Franchise Gator’s Top 100 Franchises
Franchise Gator has ranked the top 100 franchises for 2019 based on financial stability, growth, transparency, engagement, continuity and sustainability of a franchise system over time.
Rosati’s Pizza has ranked in the “Franchise Gator Top 100” each year since 2014 as well as made appearances on the “Franchise Gator Fastest Growing” list in 2017, 2018, and now 2019.
Restaurant Business Magazine’s Top 500 Chains
The “Top 500 Chains” report is the industry’s leading chain performance tracker, classified by segment and menu category. This year, Rosati’s Pizza ranked #232 on the list.