Tray, Serving
Object number2013.59.7 a,b
Dateafter 1958
MediumAluminum(?)
Credit LineGift of Robert Aloe
DescriptionTwo circular flat aluminum(?) trays with a flat center and curved, raised lip at the edge.Dimensionsa,b) 17.25" diam., 0.75" HHistorical NotesFrank's Pizzeria pizza trays. Frank's Pizzeria has been a family owned and operated business at 618 Duss Avenue in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, since 1958. Frank and Costanza Aloe immigrated to Ambridge in the late 1940s from Amantea in Calabria. Frank worked in the steel mills until the mid-1950s when he decided to open a fish market in the storefront below his house. Having been a fisherman in Italy, Frank thought this would be a profitable venture. It was not. Next he opened a pastry shop, which was another failed business. In 1958, Frank responded to an ad in the Italian newspaper Il Progresso about a pizza making school in New York sponsored by the Mastro Equipment Company. For $600 he was trained to make pizza and set up with a pizza oven, work table, and several pizza peels and pans. Frank's Pizzeria opened on September 22, 1958, giving away free pizza for the evening. In the early years, pizza was $0.15 a slice and $0.25 for two slices. Calzones were added to the menu in 1983.
Related person
Costanza Aloe
Related person
Frank Aloe
Related institution
Frank's Pizzeria
(founded 1958)
Related institution
Mastro Equipment Company
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