CHICAGO (WLS) -- We all know how proud Chicago is of its restaurant industry. Now, people in Italy will get to to sample some of our city's beloved cuisine.

This was actually an idea from Pope Francis before he passed away, hoping to bring the Stefani Restaurant Group there. And now, it is a reality as Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV will have a taste of home near the Vatican.

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Pat Stefani and Chef Art Smith with Chicago's Stefani Restaurant Group will take over a 135-acre property in Castel Gandolfo and turn it into a restaurant and catering business, an announcement confirmed on Friday

"The important thing for us and Art is we're going to showcase Chicago, and we're going to showcase it to our audience, and our audience is the entire

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