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
Marketing
The Iron Lady: How Donatella Arpaia Plans to Turn Prova Pizzabar into a National Brand
From struggling restaurateur to celebrity chef, Donatella Arpaia is a self-made success. Can she make Prova Pizzabar as famous as she is?
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Hot Rocks Oven Giveaway Returns for the Third Year in a Row at Pizza Expo
The company invites all to Booth 1015 at the International Pizza Expo to enter for a chance to win a $35,000 Stone Conveyor Oven. And the giveaway is genuine — the 2018 winner Joe Longo of Joey’s Italian Grille in Ohio still enjoys his prize conveyor oven that cooks 12-inch … More
Pizzerias
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.
Pizzerias
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.
Pizza News
Sicily’s Pizzeria Hosts a Two-Month Winter Coat Drive for Children
When nights grow longer and colder in Detroit, many children have to go without thick coats or snow boots. Sicily’s Pizzeria is fighting to change that with its first-ever coat drive. Since the beginning of November, the pizzeria has collected roughly over a hundred coats and snow boots. Owner Ali … More
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Massachusetts Pizzeria Provides Free Meals on Christmas Day
Park Hill Pizza is prepared for its third annual Free Community Holiday Meal this Christmas, asking its local customers to spread the word far and wide. “We wanted to do something for people. There are a lot of people out here that need a meal and we’re doing everything we … More
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Papa John’s Rolls Out Pizza-Scented Wrapping Paper for Christmas
Papa John’s in the U.K. is wrapping up 2019 with a festive collaboration with the homelessness charity, Crisis, to bring pizza fanatics the best presents beneath the Christmas tree: pizza-scented wrapping paper. For the #ChristmasIsBetterShared campaign, graphic illustrator Mike Hughes created two designs for the pizza-scented wrapping paper. The first … More
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Michigan Pizzeria Dedicates 100% of Sales to Staff on Employee Appreciation Day
Klavon’s Pizzeria & Pub recently showed appreciation for its 400-plus employees by awarding them 100% of all of its one-day sales (on a Tuesday) at its three locations in Jackson and Mason, Michigan. “We take 100% of our profits that the company makes, and we give it back to the … More
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Local Pizzeria in South Carolina to Help Pay Off School Lunch Debt
The holiday season is a time of giving and receiving, and The Main Slice on North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina does just that with a month-long fundraiser to benefit a local school. The pizzeria owner, Derrick Nunziante, was inspired to help when he learned what one of his employees … More
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Dracut House of Pizza Enters 26th Year of Donating Thanksgiving Meals
The Manolis family gathered on Sunday to organize and load over 10,000 pounds of food from fresh and canned vegetables to cake mix and of course turkeys onto a truck to deliver to over two thousand impoverished families in the Greater Lowell area of Massachusetts as well as southern New … More
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Arizona Pizzeria Mourns Longtime Organist
Recently, Organ Pizza Stop of Mesa, Arizona said goodbye to their beloved organist, Charlie Balogh, who passed away from a stroke. The pizzeria employees said he was “a wonderful human being” who will be sorely missed from the establishment, where he played since 1991. Below is a video by Phoenix … More