Pompei Bakery was established by Luigi Davino back in 1909.  He named his restaurant "Pompei" because of its close proximity to the Our Lady of Pompeii Church (which, like the bakery, remains active today).  Luigi, his wife, his four sons, and his daughter lived above the bakery, and the entire family participated in the pizza-making operations.  (In the early years, they exclusively served cheese pizza.)  After the Davino boys returned from the Second World War in 1944, they helped Luigi run the business.  Today, members of the fourth generation of the Davino family are involved in running the  business, which has expanded to include several additional locations in the Chicagoland area.