This legendary Connecticut pizza creates madly loyal customers and attracts major mass-media attention.
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A pair of pint-sized pizzathletes are spinning their way to global fame.
He doesn’t sing or dance. He’s not an actor or a reality TV star. But Michael Testa may be one of the most famous 10-year-olds in the country. As the son of pizzaiolo Carmine Testa and first-born heir to the family business, Carmine’s Pizza Factory in Jersey City, New Jersey, … More
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Meet the pizza-making Elvis of the Italian Alps.
Elvis Presley loved pizza. Many pizza makers love Elvis. But a pizzaiolo in Recoaro Terme, Italy, probably loves Elvis more than most. Christened Vittorino Tessaro, he is better known to his friends as Elvito, the pizza making Elvis of the Italian Alps. He wears his hair like Elvis. He sports … More
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The U.S. Pizza Team earned global acclaim at the 2013 World Championship of Pizza.
Leonardo Giordano already had a lot on his mind when a stranger in stylish threads stepped up to his prep table at the recent World Championship of Pizza in Parma, Italy. As part of the Pizza for Two competition, Giordano, owner of Mona Lisa Pizzeria & Daniel Perea USPT competitor … More
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Venice Pizza House
After Sicily native Salvatore “Sam” LoMedico emigrated to Detroit in 1939, he worked in the restaurant/bar biz with his brother—and knew immediately that he wanted to open his own place. Finally, after starting a family, serving in the military and migrating to sunny San Diego, he realized his dream in … More
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Pizza X Uses Youth-Oriented Marketing Tactics to Dominate Delivery in Bloomington
Students at Indiana University (IU) love pizza almost as much as they love beer pong and basketball. And just as the Hoosier name is synonymous with college hoops, the locally owned Pizza X (pizzaxbloomington.com) has been synonymous with great pies in Bloomington for more than 30 years. With four stores … More
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Connie's Pizza
On June 1, 1963, Jim Stolfe purchased a little food stand from Connie DeGrazia on Chicago’s South Side. He left the Connie’s name on the storefront and started serving up pizza from a dough recipe he developed, incorporating techniques learned from his grandmother and a local neighborhood baker. In less … More
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Nicolosi's Italian Restaurant
In 1952, after operating a bakery in Massachusetts in the ’40s, Sicilian emigrant Salvatore Nicolosi brought his family to Southern California and opened Nicolosi’s Italian Restaurant (nicolosis.com) in San Diego, serving Old-World recipes handed down in his family. In 1958, only four years after moving his operation to a converted … More
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Community-based marketing has made Theo's Neighborhood Pizza one of New Orleans' top pizzerias.
It’s not easy to stand out in a town like New Orleans. Every little hole-in-the-wall has a genius chef in the kitchen. Culinary celebrities such as Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse call the city home, and even the average Cajun grandma in Metairie can whip up a pot of gumbo … More
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Mario’s Restaurant and Pizzeria Turns 50
This family-run pizzeria in Flint, Michigan, celebrates 50 years in business this month.
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Amanda and Kelvin Slater Leave No Customer Behind at Blue Moon Pizza in Atlanta
When Cammy Wagner learned she had celiac disease, the longtime Blue Moon Pizza (bluemoonpizza.com) customer faced a difficult choice: Give up her favorite pie for good, or eat it anyway and pay a painful price. It’s surely a testament to the quality of the Atlanta-based chain’s fare that Wagner kept … More
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Legendary pizza spot Arcaro & Genell stands out in the self-proclaimed "pizza capital of the world."
In 1962, Angelo and Marie Genell partnered with Marie’s two brothers, Frank and Anthony Arcaro, to buy Laurenzi’s Restaurant in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, christening the new venture Arcaro & Genell. Though the Arcaros eventually struck out on their own, the Genells kept up the original restaurant and catering business—and today, … More