Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba is a pizzeria in Naples, Italy, which is widely believed to be the world's first pizzeria.[1]
History
First established in 1738 as a stand for peddlers,[2] Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba was opened in 1830 in the town center at Via Port'Alba 18.[3][4] The restaurant replaced street vendors who would make pizza in wood-fired ovens and bring it onto the street, keeping it warm in small tin stoves they balanced on their head.[3] It soon became a prominent meeting place for men in the street.[5] Most patrons were artists, students, or others with very little money, so the pizzas made were generally simple, with toppings such as oil and garlic.