About Us

Angelo's Italian Foods was founded by Ann and Angelo Fasciano. The couple, who moved to Derby, Kansas from Derby, Connecticut in 1952 began cooking and delivering pizzas out of their home in 1958. A year later they opened their first location at Pawnee and Laura, and then moving to their longest-standing location at the intersection of Harry and Hillside.

In 2001, the Harry location was forced to move due to the sale of the land underneath it, and the final location was on South Oliver. Throughout the years there were other Angelo's locations serving Wichita including East Kellogg, Amidon, West Street and West Central.

Customers may fondly remember throughout the 60's and 70's the Harry street location when it was on the north side of the street. The basement dining room, the dumb-waiter transporting the food downstairs and the hectic, always bustling, atmosphere with lines out the door and closing time of 1:00am on Fri and Sat. Others may recall always being met by their favorite waitress, and, if it was at lunchtime, her name was most likely Tiny.

Angelo's long-standing reputation was built on signature dishes made from scratch with fresh ingredients. The Truly Deluxe Pizza is our best-seller, loaded with beef, spiced Italian sausage, thick cut pepperonis, and sautéed green peppers, mushrooms, and onions. Pasta dishes including lasagna, manicotti, spaghetti and meatballs, submarine sandwiches, made with our fresh-baked bread, homemade Italian sausage, signature salad with pickled eggplant, and many more house favorites.

Angelo's had the pleasure of serving loyal Wichitans for over 46 years, closing its doors in 2006. This left locals longing for the dishes they had grown to love.

In July 2014, Denise Neil, food editor for the Wichita Eagle, conducted a survey of the 10 Favorite Wichita Restaurants That Have Closed. Wichitans named nearly 200 local restaurants that were no more. By far the most mentioned restaurant was Angelo's!

As a result of the heightened awareness, the Facebook page Bring Back Angelo's to Wichita was formed by a long-standing customer. The page, with over 3700 followers, prompted a Kickstarter program to raise money for the founder's son, Jack Fasciano, to help fund him back in business.

The fundraiser was a success we have reopened!