Iltaco Foods-Chicago Avenue Pizza is a frozen food manufacturing company that is based in Chicago and is a family-run business. Founded in the early 1920s as Illinois Tamale Company, it was known for its frozen tamales, which were distributed to the push-cart vendors in Chicago s financial district. The company went on to produce chillis, tacos, burritos and Italian beef products before creating its branded Chicago Avenue Pizza. Iltaco Foods-Chicago Avenue Pizza has distribution throughout two-thirds of the Untied States. The company relies on its network of food service and retail distributors to supply its growing customer base. The company also has direct-store-delivery locations within a 50-mile radius of the Chicagoland area. Iltaco Foods-Chicago Avenue Pizza s branded food service packed items cater to fast-food restaurants, amusement parks, grocery and convenience store hot delis, bars, camps, colleges, business and industrial cafeterias, hospitals, fraternities and sororities, concessions stands, golf courses and the military.