History
The time was 1976, and the place was rural, southwest suburban Chicago, where three members of a Jazz band decided to give rise to a dream. Bands of another sort--off-road motorcyclists--were the market at that time, who, including the three partners, would meet to ride together on the area's trails and open fields. There was no place to eat after a demanding and dusty day's ride, so Peppo and his partners seized upon an opportunity to make big money selling food to the motorcyclists. What could possibly go wrong? The mission was to satisfy demanding appetites by uniquely combining a salad and a sub-sandwich into one, using a secret recipe of sub-sandwich combinations, topped with