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Very well maintained homel' $299,000 4 NEWS close I Riggio's restaurant in Nues set to Iconic Italian eatery has been A Chicago Tribune Publication staple for 60 years BY MII ISAACS Pioneer Press In these final days in the life of the popular Riio's restaurant in Nues, 84-year- IThursday, June 29, 20J7 old owner Tony Riio said he can't help but remember a family breakfast when he NHS was just a teenager that started it all. The restaurant, a staple at Oakton Street and Milwau- kee Avenue for the last six decades,isscheduled to close in late-August, inspir- ¡ng nostalgic memories in him, he said. While hisfather was away inSicily,Riggio's mother, Adreana, bought a Chicago building that would become home to the first Riio's. "My mom was a dynamo," Tony Riio said. "She could have been an empress of Rome if given halfthe chance." Upon Pasquale Riio's return home, there was nervous tension as the chil- dren waited fortheir THE RIGGIO FAMILY mother to break the news toAfter five years ¡n Chicago, the Riggio family opened a second Riggios Italian restaurant in Niles, seen here in1970.An additionwouldbe built onto the him. What they didn't knowrestaurant a short time later.