February 6, 2019
That’s amore’
National Pizza Day is Feb. 9
By TYSON SMEDSTAD
It’s common to believe that the “pizza” was invented by the Italians, but in ancient times in the Middle East they were baking a flat bread derivative with topping similar to a pizza in mud ovens.
But if you are wondering about U.S. pizza history the story is in 1905 Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in a thriving Italian-American neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey called Joe’s Tomato Pies. Their second location in N.J. that opened in 1912 is still in operation today.
But if you are wondering about U.S. pizza history the story is in 1905 Gennaro Lombardi opened the first pizzeria in a thriving Italian-American neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey called Joe’s Tomato Pies. Their second location in N.J. that opened in 1912 is still in operation today.
