Pizza in the United States
Pizza in the United States
Pizza was introduced to the United States in the 1890s along with waves of Italian immigrants who settled primarily in the larger cities of the Northeast, such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore. Pizza and pizzerias rapidly grew in popularity in the late 1940s.
During the latter half of the 20th century, pizza became an iconic food with considerable acceptance in the United States. Numerous regional variations have evolved, with many bearing only a casual resemblance to the Italian original. Pizza is a popular item produced by many small restaurants as well as several large pizza restaurant chains. The United States pizza restaurant industry was worth $37 billion in 2015.
History
Pizzerias in the U.S. opened in New York City's Little Italy in 1894, 1903, and 1905, producing a Neapolitan-style pizza. Other early locations included San Francisco, Trenton, Boston, Baltimore, and New Haven, Connecticut.
The word pizza was borrowed into English in the 1930s; before it became well known, pizza was generally called "tomato pie" by English speakers. Some regional pizza variations still use the name tomato pie.
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