Is there a South Side long-timer who doesn’t remember Fasano Pies?
“I remember my mom getting the pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving,” said Diane Macek, of Chicago’s Southwest Side. “And my kids always wanted a banana, strawberry whipped cream pie from Fasano’s instead of a cake for their birthdays.”
Seems everybody has a Fasano story, said Peter Fasano, grandson of Joseph Francis Fasano, who started the business from a pie wagon in 1927. In 1946, the senior Fasano opened Fasano and Sons plant in Bedford Park. For years the company flourished. Fasano bought the Pellar Pie Co. in 1950 and mastered the cream pie under various labels, including Lloyd J. Harris and Saugatuck.
“People think we were just a South Side company, but our pies were in 48 states,” Peter said.
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