The co-owner of State of Mind Public House & Pizzeria and State of Mind Slice House is a purist who wins a lot of pizza-making competitions.
Pizzerias & Pizzaioli
The Pizza Kings: The Strange, Sad Story of Two Great Visionaries
This article was originally published in the August 2016 issue of PMQ Pizza Magazine. Click here to view it in our digital edition. By Rick Hynum He was the Johnny Appleseed of New York pizza, a business genius and visionary who helped countless Italian-American restaurateurs open their first pizzerias and … More
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Born to Bake: A Fond Remembrance of Tom Lehmann
How the pizza industry’s Dough Doctor parlayed a high-school screw-up into a career as a baking scientist and a leading expert on dough.
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This WWI Veteran’s Pizza Recipes Have Survived for 85 Years
Even after he died in 1962, Joseph Letizia’s recipes kept getting passed from generation to generation, and two separately owned pizzerias bear his name to this day. Letizia’s, run by Letizia’s descendants, offers medium-thin Neapolitan crust-pizzas with “a mighty bite that is outrageously juicy.” Related: By Tracy Morin Joseph Letizia’s … More
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Pretty in Pink: Meet the Woman Behind Skinny Bitch Pizza
Tiffany Fiedler has found a niche with her ghost-kitchen concept that serves cauliflower crust pizzas in photogenic pink boxes.
Business & Marketing
The Pizza Witch: Megan Jones-Holt Uses Wild Game to Cast a Spell of Deliciousness
The owner of Market Pizza works practical magic with wildly popular pizzas topped with venison, kangaroo and camel meat.
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Drive-Through Window Proves a ‘Godsend’ for Veteran-Owned Pizza Shop
Owned by two military members, Brother's Pizza & Brew serves artisan pies while paying tribute to POWs, MIAs and soldiers who died in combat.
Business & Marketing
The Never-Ending Story of Little Pops Pizzeria Trattoria
Click here for an expanded, long-form, digital-only version of this story. By Stuart Meyer Mike and Vicki Nelson left Wappingers Falls, New York, in 2009 to start a promising new life with their three young children in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. They had just sold the commercial snow-removal … More
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The Iron Lady: How Donatella Arpaia Plans to Turn Prova Pizzabar into a National Brand
By Rick Hynum | Photos by Prova Pizzabar As a hardworking restaurateur raising a family in Long Island, New York, Italian immigrant Lello Arpaia told his little girl, Donatella, that she could be anything she wanted to be when she grew up—just stay out of the restaurant business. It’s … More
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Harlem Pizza Co. Reinvents the Pizza Scene in a Famous Manhattan Neighborhood
By hiring the formerly incarcerated, Jeannie and Alper Uyanik hope to spur social change through the power of pizza at Harlem Pizza Co. and Sliced by Harlem Pizza Co.
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Chef’s Corner: Bradley Corbin Creates Unique Pizzas at Sloopy’s Sports Café
This Lakeside, Ohio, pizzaiolo didn’t grow up in a pizza family, but he has made his mark with unique pizzas loaded with international flavors.
Business & Marketing
V&M Bistro: This Sister Act Can Outperform the Men on Any Culinary Stage
Vincenza and Margherita Carrieri-Russo grew up in a third-generation pizza family, but the multitalented sisters could have pursued any career, from dancing, acting and modeling to master sommelier or running a nonprofit. Amazingly, they chose all of the above—without ever leaving the restaurant business. How they find time to run … More