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1972 Il Fornaio baking school established in Barlassina (Lombardia), Italy. 1975 Il Fornaio opens its first retail bakery in Milan in an attempt to save the disappearing neighborhood bakery in Italy. 1981 Il Fornaio retail bakery concept imported to the United States by Williams-Sonoma. 1981-1983 Four Il Fornaio bakeries open in California. 1983 Williams-Sonoma sells Il Fornaio (America) Corp. to group of private investors. 1985 Annual revenues approach $6 million with a net loss of $580,000. 1987 Larry Mindel acquires Il Fornaio, leads opening of first Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana (restaurant and bakery) in Corte Madera (Marin County) California. 1988-1995 Il Fornaio opens 11 restaurants with bakeries in California. 1991 Il Fornaio Baking Book Published by Chronicle Books. 1995 Mike Hislop joins Il Fornaio as President and COO. 1995 Festa Regionale, a company-wide monthly celebration of the bread, food and wine of a different region of Italy, begins 1996 Il Fornaio opens in Las Vegas, Nevada, and expands eastward to Denver, Colorado. First wholesale bakery and training facility, Accademia del Fornaio, opens in Burlingame, California. 1997 Il Fornaio completes initial public offering at $11 per share, raising $16.5 million, becomes publicly traded on NASDAQ. 1998 Il Fornaio opens in Seattle, Washington, and Walnut Creek, California. 1999 Canaletto Ristorante Veneto opens at The Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Jan Schat, Il Fornaio's Director of Baking, wins the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (World Cup of Baking) in Paris. The 3-person American team captures 1st place for the first time in history of the event, held every three years at Europain. 2000 Company reports $124 million in revenues, $3.8 million in net income for fiscal 2000. ll Fornaio opens 23rd restaurant and bakery in Henderson, Nevada at Green Valley Ranch Resort. 2001 Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. L.L.C. leads management buy-out of Il Fornaio. 2002 Il Fornaio Pasta Book is published by Chronicle Books. 2005 Il Fornaio wholesale bakeries begin servicing 90-restaurant Mimi's Café nationally. 2005 Il Fornaio wins Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence at all 23 restaurants 2006 Il Fornaio acquires Corner Bakery Cafe from Brinker International. 2007 Il Fornaio opens 1st East Coast restaurant at the Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia. 2008 Our 2nd Canaletto Ristorante Veneto opens in Newport Beach, CA - a restaurant focusing on the food and wine of the Veneto region of Italy.