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When Pizza Was Born
Pizza History
These early pizzas consumed by Naples’ poor featured the tasty garnishes beloved today, such as tomatoes, cheese, oil, anchovies and garlic -
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The History of Pizza
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When Pizza was Popular
Pizza History
Pizzeria Brandi the successor to Da Pietro pizzeria, founded in 1760. -
When the King and Queen Tried Pizza
Pizza History
Italy unified in 1861, and King Umberto I and Queen Margherita visited Naples in 1889. Legend has it that the traveling pair became bored with their steady diet of French haute cuisine and asked for an assortment of pizzas from the city’s -
The Starting of Pizza
Pizza History
Immagrants from Italty came over for factory jobs and pizza came over with the. The Americans smelled the aroma and it smelled good to them. -
The first Pizza Street Buisness in America
Pizza History
The first documented United States pizzeria was G. (for Gennaro) Lombardi’s on Spring Street in Manhattan, licensed to sell pizza in 1905. -
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When Pizza Finally Boomed
Pizza History
As Italian-Americans, and their food, migrated from city to suburb, east to west, especially after World War II, pizza’s popularity in the United States boomed. -
When Pizza was Still Little
Pizza History
In the 1940s, pizza would remain little known in Italy beyond Naples’ borders. -
Today's Pizza
Pizza Today
Yet international outposts of American chains like Domino’s and Pizza Hut also thrive in about 60 different countries.
