At the start of the last century Pizza was made by southern Italian immigrant women in their kitchens. At that time Pizza was considered an inexpensive commoner meal. Most pizzas in this point in time were made home-style or casalinga. By the 1900s around three to four million southern Italians were forced to move to America due to their country’s debilitating economic standing. This caused quite a stir in America’s already diverse mix of cultural background.
By 1905 a man named Gennaro Lombardi applied to open up the first pizza shop and obtain a license to be able to sell to consumers. This caused a chain reactions of future business owners aiming to open up a pizza shop of their own. In the early 1990s most of New York and Boston had factory work available to
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This caused the creation of pizzas to really take off. The ovens were able to help baked pizzas in a clean and efficient way. Pizza stores were popping up all over the country because of this brilliant invention.
Pizzas quickly became an American staple along the side of hamburgers and hot dogs. American families that were looking for cheap and whole some food usually found themselves inside pizza restaurants. It was a communal meal, a meal that was meant to be shared with a group of people. The pizzas caught the eye of workers, families, and other groups usually looking for something to satiate their hunger.
Around the 1960s Pizza was in the crosshairs of corporations looking to make the next million dollars. Pizza Hut started in Wichita, Kansas, in 1958; Little Caesar's emerged in 1959 and Domino's in 1960 (both in Michigan); and Papa John's opened in 1989 in Indiana. This caused a shift in power in the Pizza Community. Most of these chains were able to provide pizza to families all over the country with relative ease and low costs. Most of the original pizza shops could not