Grab a Free Slice of Pizza at Jet's on Jan. 26

To celebrate a slew of new store openings, Jet's Pizza is giving away free slices and T-shirts later this month.

Grab a Free Slice of Pizza at Jet's on Jan. 26

To celebrate a slew of new store openings, Jet's Pizza is giving away free slices and T-shirts later this month.

To celebrate a big 2012 in which it doubled the number of stores it has, Jet's Pizza is giving away free slices later this month.  On Saturday, Jan. 26, Jet's will give away one free slice of its signature deep dish pizza to each customer between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. That deal is good at Jet's 12 Chicago area stores, including the one that just opened here in Wheaton.  In Wheaton, Jet's is at 936 E. Roosevelt Rd. The first 50 people at each Jet's store will also receive a free Jet's T-shirt.  Jet’s doubled its Illinois presence in 2012 with seven new store openings (Arlington Heights, Champaign, Chicago, Joliet, Libertyville, Lombard and Wheaton), bringing the total number of Jet’s Pizzas in the state to 13. More on Patch: Former Chicago Cub…

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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 …

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