Salerno's Oak Park: Now with 80% more eyeshadow!

Don't know how I feel about this.... Salernos is my favorite thin crust in the Oak Park/Forest Park area, but I may not be going back because-
(WBBM) She went from town president to convicted felon. Now, Betty Loren-Maltese begins the latest chapter in her remarkable life.

Despite her time in prison, Betty Loren-Maltese hasn't lost any of her feistiness. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times' Michael Sneed, she says she's fighting to clear her name and have her corruption conviction overturned and to regain custody of her adopted daughter who's now 13 and living with Maltese's sister.

Before she can get her daughter back, Loren-Maltese says she has to have a fulltime job and now, she's doing that, beginning a new career as the evening hostess at Salerno's restaurant, a high end pizza parlor in Oak Park.


--First of all, when was Salernos considered high end? Secondly, any recs for good thin crust in the area now that this place is toxic?

Digamus wrote:Before she can get her daughter back, Loren-Maltese says she has to have a fulltime job and now, she's doing that, beginning a new career as the evening hostess at Salerno's restaurant, a high end pizza parlor in Oak Park.

Awesome. Funniest thing I've heard all week.

We dined at Salerno's for the first time a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. We'll have to go back soon, now that they have entertainment.

I always thought Salerno's suffered a bit in the move across the street for some reason. Generally, we like all of the food, including the pizza a bit more at Jimmy's in Forest Park, but there are times when the Salerno red gravy hits the spot. I'm not sure if the above news makes me more or less likely to give Salerno's a whirl

OMG!!! A person with a criminal background connected to a restaurant in the Chicago area? Impossible. Never happens. Can't be. There must be some mistake. Has anyone researched this story to make sure it is accurate?

saluki68 wrote:OMG!!! A person with a criminal background connected to a restaurant in the Chicago area? Impossible. Never happens. Can't be. There must be some mistake. Has anyone researched this story to make sure it is accurate?

Breaking News!

Hope she is there on Friday for date night.

Fantastic! After the news gets out I'm sured the placed will be "mobbed"

Vital Information wrote:I'm not sure if the above news makes me more or less likely to give Salerno's a whirl

For me, more likely. Immeasurably more likely.

All things must pass...WLS-TV Channel 7 reports: Former Cicero town president Betty Loren-Maltese has quit her job at Salerno's Pizza in Oak Park, about a month after she moved back to Chicago from Nevada to finish her prison sentence on corruption charges.

A month or two ago a new Salerno's opened up close to me. I have not been there yet and not sure there hooked up with the Oak Park one or not?

Arnie Salerno's Pizzeria
13440 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Palos Heights
(708) 293-1100

Cbot wrote:A month or two ago a new Salerno's opened up close to me. I have not been there yet and not sure there hooked up with the Oak Park one or not?

Arnie Salerno's Pizzeria
13440 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Palos Heights
(708) 293-1100

The other one from the other brother in Berwyn is also called Arnie Salerno's on the menus and awning.

Salerno's Pizza On Grove‎
3250 Grove Ave, Berwyn
(708) 484-3400‎

I read today in the Sun Times that Betty Loren-Maltese has quit her job at Salerno's.

stevez wrote:I read today in the Sun Times that Betty Loren-Maltese has quit her job at Salerno's.

I wonder if she landed a full time gig on the Radio. She guest hosted last week on WVON. That seems to be the new employment venue for convicted or soon to be convicted Illinois politicians.