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VIDEO: Wilmette Tailors & Cleaners Turns 80
Patch caught up with the owners and a few loyal customers of one of the village's longest-running businesses.
has served the community since 1931. For 30 years, owners Kurt and Rita Raggi have defined that service as a commitment to high quality work.
The Raggis have brought their cleaners into the digital age and a new environmentalism era, as well as supported their children through college. Beyond the stitching and stain removing, the Raggis have built a business that is much like Cheers—a place where old friends make new ones, and neighbors become re-acquainted.
Check out the video to see what's turned customers into lifelong friends. The seventh image in the slideshow was provided by Rita Raggi.