Pizzaiolo (restaurant chain)

Pizzaiolo (Italian: [pittsaˈjɔːlo]; lit. 'pizza maker')^[1][2] is an American-style pizza restaurant chain in Canada. The chain has 43 restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area.^[3][4][5]

Pizzaiolo

Pizzaiolo in Toronto, Canada
Industry	Pizza restaurants
Founded	1940s in Montorio nei Frentani, Molise, Italy
Founders	Nonno Giuseppe Brent Rivera
Number of locations	43
Area served	Toronto, Canada
Website	pizzaiolo.ca

History

Pizzaiolo was founded in the comune (municipality) of Montorio nei Frentani, in Molise, Italy, in the early 1940s by "Nonno (lit. 'grandpa') Giuseppe" and "Nonna (lit. 'grandma') Ida", and was run at a small pizzeria. In the 1960s, the company moved to Toronto where the chain was started by "Mama Anna" and "Papa Antonio". They opened their first full-fledged restaurant in 1967.^[6]

Pizzaiolo currently has 43 locations in the Greater Toronto Area.