Franchising Since:
1964
Franchise Units:
142
Cash Investment:
$80,000
Total Investments:
$117,200 - $979,500
Royalty Fee Rate:
5%
Financing Available:
Yes
Major Clients:
Confidential
Revenue:
$1 million - $5 million
Year Founded:
1964
Pricing:
H
Fulltime Employees:
10 - 50
Primary Services:
Fast Food Franchises, Overall Franchises, Pizza Franchises
Active Clients:
312
Client Retention Rate:
96%
Social:

Franchising Since:
1964
Franchise Units:
142
Cash Investment:
$80,000
Total Investments:
$117,200 - $979,500
Royalty Fee Rate:
5%
Financing Available:
Yes
Major Clients:
Confidential
Year Founded:
1964
Fulltime Employees:
10 - 50
Active Clients:
312
Client Retention Rate:
96%
Revenue:
$1 million - $5 million
Pricing:
H
Primary Services:
Fast Food Franchises, Overall Franchises, Pizza Franchises, Fast Food Franchises, Overall Franchises, Pizza Franchises
Secondary Services:
Social:

About - Rosatis Pizza

Tim McCarthy, VP of Franchise Development

Brissa Urbina, Franchise Owner

Amanda Esczuk, Marketing Director

2250 Point Boulevard Suite 335 | Elgin, Illinois, 60123

Rosatis Pizza is one of the oldest surviving Chicago-based, family-owned pizza franchises in the United States.

Generations of Mid-westerners have grown up with the brand and continue to spread its legend to every corner of the country. Still managed 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. Now with nearly 200 locations including 50 Rosati's Pizza Sports Pubs in 13 states, the franchise is becoming a common household name.

Rosati's locations offers Chicago-style, thin-crust, double-dough pizzas, calzones, a variety of pastas, sandwiches, salads, desserts and catering.

The Rosati's Pizza Story

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 Chicagos 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, Ferdinands 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 Saverios 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. Saverios sons Dick, Ron and Al Rosati opened the first Rosatis 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 franchising their Rosatis Pizza restaurants.

Today, we are honored to say the Rosatis brand is approaching 200 restaurants nationally. Including the newest concept, the Rosatis Pizza Sports Pub. We've opened up franchising to all 50 states and we are excited to see where the journey takes up.