Nino’s Family Legacy began in 1969 when Adelina Ciccone opened a candy shop in Bellwood, Illinois. Sales were slow and soon s ... he began selling her homemade pasta. Her homemade recipe for Raviolis were made by hand during the day & delivered that evening. Gaetano Ciccone would spend many hours with his mother learning the recipes and eventually took over the business. With him came new ideas for increasing the business by expanding the product line with those same family recipes. He also expanded the customer base to larger food service companies and independent and major retail grocers. The void in the market for a higher quality product is now being filled by the Nino’s line of “Quality is the Difference” products. Now, located in Northlake Illinois, Nino’s continues the mission to produce quality pasta products for generations to come. read more