Happy New Year

May The Year 2011 Bring for You Happiness,Success and filled with  Peace,Hope & Togetherness of your Family & Friends....Wishing  You a...*HAPPY NEW YEAR*

Happy Holiday's

We're thinking of you this time of year, Wishing you happiness, joy, and cheer. May all your days be warm and bright, And your nights enhanced by holiday light. Enjoy your delectable holiday foods, As parties and gifts create holiday moods. Favorite... Read more

Sam Giancana

Gilorma (Sam) Giancana was born in Chicago on 24th May, 1908. At the age of ten he was expelled from Reese Elementary School and was sent to St. Charles Reformatory. This did not have the desired effect and in 1921 joined the 42 Gang. Over the next few years... Read more

Mario's Italian Lemonade...A Mob Favorite !

Neighborhood: Little Italy/ University Village 1068 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60607 Mario's Italian lemonade has the consistency of a Slurpee and is like store-bought Italian ices, ''only better,'' promises Dorothy DiPaolo, the current owner's mother.... Read more

If You Marry A Chicago Girl....

Three friends married women from different parts of the country..... The first man married a woman from Utah . He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house... Read more

The Obedient Italian Wife!

There was an Italian immigrant man who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real "miser" when it came to his money. Just before he died, he said to his Italian wife..."When I die, I want you to take all my money... Read more

Snitches..Beefers..and Rats !!

Listing of the Mob Rats, Snitches and Beefers Richard Cain (Sam Giancana's former driver) His role in Cook County Sheriff's History John Christopher (Operation Silver Shovel) Robert Cooley (Operation Gambat) Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano (beefed... Read more

Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (1963)

Making Chicago Outfit

How six recent Columbia College grads got Hollywood muscle to help them make their mob movie Chris Charles says he warned his star up front: "But I don't think it really registered till his first day of shooting in downtown Chicago." Charles had cast... Read more

Great book on Italian Heritage in Chicago

The Book chronicles the lives of working Chicago Italians for 80 years through photography and text For more than a century, Italian immigrants and their descendants contributed their labor and talent to building the city. Chicago Italians at Work focuses... Read more

Know your from Chicago .....When....

1. The "living room" was called the "front room." 2. You don't pronounce the "s" at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do. 3. You measure distance in minutes (especially "from the city"). And you swear                   ... Read more

Congratulations Chicago Blackhawks

I would like to take the time to congratulate the Chicago  Blackhawks on  making it to the Stanley Cup Finals after they swept  the San Jose Sharks with a 4-2 win at the United  Center earlier this afternoon. Just four  more wins... Read more

Frannies Beef........Mobs Favorite Beef !!

BEST BEEF SANDWICH IN CHICAGO !!! Well every once in a while we have the rare opportunity to find a place that not only has Killer Chicago Hot Dogs, But Beef sandwiches to die for. Now being a long time patron of almost all Hot dog and Beef Joints,... Read more

Anthony Accardo

Birth: Apr. 28, 1906 Death: May 22, 1992 Organized Crime Figure. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1906, he joined the city's organized crime family, the "Outfit," during the late 1920s. He served under three bosses (Alphonse Capone, Frank ... Read more

Another Version...................... Family Secrets ???

Even in Chicago, a city steeped in mob history and legend, the Family Secrets case was a true spectacle when it made it to court in 2007. A top mob boss, a reputed consigliere, and other high-profile members of the Chicago Outfit were accused in a total... Read more

Some Notable Mob Hits

Big Jim Colosimo -- killed in his own cafe at 22nd and Wabash Avenue on May 11, 1920. Colosimo was then the top mob boss of Chicago. His death, believed ordered by underlings Al Capone and Johnny Torrio, Colosimo's nephew, made way for Capone's rise as Chicago's... Read more

Chicago Mob 360 History

The 1950s During the 1950s, the Outfit was at the peak of its power. Supreme in Chicago, their gambling and vice activities included clubs and casinos on Rush Street (in the heart of the old North Side cabaret district), in Cicero and on the Strip in south... Read more

The Italian Bank Robber...

A hooded armed robber bursts into the Bank of Italy and forces the tellers to load a sack full of cash. On his way out the door with the loot, one brave Italian customer grabs the hood and pulls it off revealing the robber's face. The robber shoots... Read more

Italain Wedding Story

I was a very happy man. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we Decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering me...It was her beautiful younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two,... Read more

Mario's Italian lemonade

Neighborhood: Little Italy/ University Village 1068 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60607 Mario's Italian lemonade has the consistency of a Slurpee and is like store-bought Italian ices, ''only better,'' promises Dorothy DiPaolo, the current owner's mother.... Read more

Joey Lombardo ...Another Unfair Verdict

Well here's the story they are using, Some of us know the truth.........Convicted off "here-say" evidence from what I see.....Integrity is What The I means in Italian...Theres no I  in Feds..... Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo sentenced to life A... Read more