A pizzeria is a restaurant wherein pizzas are made and sold hot from the oven. It’s famously called a pizza parlor in the United States.

The Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba is the world’s first pizzeria established in the 1830 in Naples, Italy. In the United States, the first pizzeria was first opened by the Italian immigrant, Gennaro Lombardi.

See also

• The genesis of Pizzerias
• How to make a Pizza

However, before the time of pizzerias, selling pizzas were marked by handwork and labor by very young boys. They would usually walk around Naples carrying a portable tin stove on their heads and called out to attract customers. Although such situation was considered unfortunate, this made pizza very popular and it paved the way for the opening of the world’s first pizzeria.

Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba was opened in 1830 in Port’Alba 18 Napales. It is interesting to note that this pizzeria is still open until today in Naples, Italy. In the earlier days when the pizzerias were first introduced to society, pizza crusts were made on marble counter and baked in large brick ovens. Neapolitan pizzas were made in the same manner they were made from the humble beginnings of pizzerias - in brick ovens and marble counters.

In the United States, the first pizzeria was said to have been started by Gennaro Lombardi. It was located at Spring Street in New York City. Because of this claim, Lombardi has come to be known as Patriaca della Pizza in the United Sates.

Pizza dough is still made in counters and baked in hot ovens.

Although there may have been changes in the kind of oven used, some of those traditional ovens made of bricks and fueled by wood are still the best in making pizza.

Even modern pizzerias still use these traditional ovens that add character and flavor to their modern pizza.