Former Chicago Cub Opens Jet's Pizza in Wheaton
Mike Avallone opens Jet's Pizza at 936 E. Roosevelt Rd. in Wheaton.
A businessman and former Chicago Cubs player has opened a pizza restaurant he remembers seeing everywhere in his home state of Michigan. Jet’s Pizza, 936 E. Roosevelt Rd. in Wheaton opened in October as one of only a few stores in Illinois, said owner and Naperville resident, Mike Avallone. Like Wheaton Patch on Facebook. “I’ve been in the corporate world for 30-plus years and always wanted to open up my own business,” he said. Jet’s originated in Michigan, where there are 190 stores of 270 nationwide, he said. Before the corporate world, Avallone played for the Chicago Cubs as a pitcher in the minors program in 1977, ’78 and ’79. In recent years he has used his expertise in the sport to coach local baseball teams and support teams in …
