Pizzeria
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A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza. It may offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then takes the prepared food with them in a pizza box. A pizzeria may deliver food to the customer's home.
History
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Probably the oldest pizzeria in the world to still operate to this day is Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba in Naples, Italy. The restaurant was founded in 1738 as a catering place for merchants, and was converted into a restaurant with tables, chairs, and an upper floor in 1830.[1]
One of the world's first pizzerias was founded in Naples by Raffaele Esposito in 1830. The restaurant, which continues to operate to this day, is nowadays named Pizzeria Brandi. The first pizza Margherita was baked in 1889 with the colours of the flag of Italy in honour of Queen Margherita of Savoy who visited the restaurant.[2]
In the United States, sales of pizza started in 1905, when Gennaro Lombardi installed a pizza oven in his shop-café and started selling pizza by the slice.[2]
Fast food
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In the late 20th century, the concept of fast food caused changes in pizza sales. Food stands offering pizza al taglio (lit. 'pizza by the slice') started appearing in Italy, baking large rectangular pizzas sold in small slices. These slices are seldom topped with more than two ingredients, not counting tomato and cheese.
Take and bake pizzeria
[edit]Take-and-bake pizzas are typically made to order out of fresh ingredients (though the pizzeria may also keep a number of commonly ordered or special sale price pizzas on hand for convenience). Often because the pizzas are made with fresh and unbaked ingredients and not heated in-store, the pizzas can be paid for in some states with food assistance EBT cards.[3]
According to Nation's Restaurant News, take-and-bake pizzerias typically have lower costs because they require less restaurant space and equipment. As a result, they are often able to undercut the national pizza giants.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba, Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana. Accessed on 18 August 2009.
- ^ a b "The History of Pizzerias". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Wallis, Jessica (March 13, 2009). "Pappa Murphy's Pizza". Taft Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ Berkowitz, Matt (June 2003). "The wiles of Wilson: WWE Diva Torrie Wilson reveals all—her secrets to success, that is". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via FindArticles.
External links
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- The History Of Pizzerias at Bestinformationabout.com