Pronto - "The Ristorante Superbo" (Commercial, 1979)
Here's a commercial for the Pronto restaurant at 200 East Chestnut Street, offering such Northern Italian delicacies as scampi della casa, velo pronto, and paglia e fieno.
"The ristorante Italians remember when they're back in Italy - and where Americans find what they miss about Italy."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, February 2nd 1979.
Date Uploaded: 06/14/2013
Tags: 1970s Local Commercials
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Detroit4Chicago 06/14/2013 Reply
Notice the change of the announcer's voice from an Italian accent to Midwestern American at the very end.
Smctopia 06/14/2013 Reply
Still an Italian restaurant:
http://www.miafrancesca.com/static.asp?path=3115,3230
HUdson 3-2700 06/14/2013 Reply
Never been there, but I spent a lot of time in the neighborhood when I was at Loyola. There were a lot of places like this.