Agatucci’s Restaurant

Be sure to try Agatucci’s delicious thin crust pizza, homade sausage, spaghetti, wings, toasted ravioli and more! Established in 1926. Our Great-Grandfather Vincenzo (James) Agatucci immigrated to the United States from Calascio (AQ) Italy in 1904 with a dream. In 1926, he took a chance and purchased our current building on a dirt road which to our knowledge was the furthest point North in the City of Peoria. Following the end of prohibition in 1933, he purchased liquor license #13 which became very lucky for our family as we now possess the oldest continually owned liquor license in Peoria. He passed the business to his sons Frank and Nick who introduced pizza to the Peoria area in order to satisfy the craving of soldiers returning from war service in Italy. Brothers Jim and Jerry took over the restaurant when their father Frank “officially” retired . Many claim that Jim and Jerry operated the restaurant in perfect ying and yang harmony! As we enter our 10th decade of operations, Danny & Tony Agatucci strive to keep the family heritage alive.