The House of Pizza & Calzone

Once the purchase was made, they changed the name to The House of Pizza & Calzone. And of course, they made sure to include in the title the one traditional item they brought with them from home, the calzone! The calzone originated from the Apuglia region on the eastern coast in southern Italy where the two boys hailed from. Traditionally fried and stuffed with cheeses and meats, the calzone was a perfect complement at the time to the still relatively new food concept called pizza. Both items possessed the characteristics necessary for the working class folk who lived and worked in the area; minimal prep time, portability and must important, it was relatively inexpensive. There have been many elderly customers who continuously remind me that they used get pizza here for only $0.10 a slice! And calzones were only a quarter! Ahhh! The good ole days!