Montefiori LLC Information

Montefiori has been a tradition since 1982, when Paul and Stefano Marchetti hosted Una Festa Campagnola in honor of their father, Giuseppe, who founded Chicago's legendary Como Inn Italian Restaurant in 1924. Montefiori's unique venue has evolved more by chance than by design, bringing to mind Giuseppe's often-repeated phrase, "da la forza del destino," the force of destiny. In the late twenties, Giuseppe bought his first acre of land, a steep rocky hillside considered by the farmer who owned it as unsuitable for cultivation. This farming community was then known as Sag Bridge. Near the intersection of routes 83 & 171 at Main Street, there stood three handsome limestone buildings: a one-room schoolhouse with a bell tower, a two-story general store/post office, and a two-story house with an imposing front porch. That's all there was to Sag Bridge, Illinois! Although St. James, the oldest Catholic Church in the county, was within walking distance, the nearest town, Lemont, was five miles away.