Italian Village began its life in 1934 when Sam Ventura (1907-1997) bought a popular drive-in restaurant in Oak Lawn from a man named Levi F. But by the time I would have been aware of it, things had begun to get a little weird and its profile had definitely dipped. The Italian Village complex (which contained all its various tangential enterprises over he years) was an Oak Lawn fixture for over 45 years - it was apparently still around during my lifetime, but I have no memory of ever seeing it. (I don’t recognize any of the people in the photo which was inside - the photo is h ere.) It was on the cover of one of those cardboard photo holders which contained photos of diners and club-goers captured by photographers wanting to memorialize celebrants’ special occasions - they would take your photo and you would later purchase prints, which would be tucked inside the souvenir folder. In amongst photos and belongings of my mother’s aunt, I recently came across this wonderful graphic of Oak Lawn’s Italian Village (3211 Oak Lawn, at Hall).
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