Name: Aurelio's Pizza of Homewood
Address: 18162 Harwood Ave, Homewood, IL, 60430
Telephone: (708) 798-8050

Aurelio's Pizza of Homewood

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📍 18162 Harwood Ave, Homewood, IL 60430

This Homewood address is where Aurelio's Pizza itself began — Joe Aurelio Jr. borrowed $2,500 and took over a failing four-table pizzeria here on August 20, 1959, building on a family pizza lineage that started with his cousin James Aurelio's Italian Village in Macomb.

★★★★★ 4.6 (3,750 reviews) via Google

Super Gem$$

Get the deep dish, then don't skip the 2-pound deep dish cookie — yes, it's exactly what it sounds like, and yes, you should share it.

📈 Scores in the top 19% of Super Gem businesses on ChicagoSpecials.com

Chicago-style thin crust cut into squares caught on fast enough that the space grew to 75 tables by 1961, and the current flagship building, completed in December 1977 at over 16,000 square feet, was built and billed as the world's largest pizzeria. Owner Joe Aurelio Jr. still personally visits tables at this original location — a level of hands-on presence unusual for a restaurant this famous — and the chain now traces back to Illinois' first and the country's fifth-oldest established pizza chain, 38 locations across six states.

There's no formal discount here and the dining room doesn't take reservations, but the private party room is bookable for events, and the online ordering runs through the chain's own site.

What to Know Before You Go

💡 Worth Knowing

4.6 stars, nearly 3,750 reviews — real, confirmed detail: owner Joe Aurelio Jr.

Hours

Mon-Thu11:30AM-9PM

Fri-Sat 11:30AM-10PM

Sun 11:30AM-9PM

📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (708) 798-8050

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only, no reservations

🥡Takeout available

♿Wheelchair accessible

☀️Outdoor seating available

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Aurelio's Pizza of Homewood

This Homewood address is where Aurelio's Pizza itself began — Joe Aurelio Jr. borrowed $2,500 and took over a failing four-table pizzeria here on August 20, 1959, building on a family pizza lineage that started with his cousin James Aurelio's Italian Village in Macomb.

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