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W
hat would
it take
for you to
pack up
your belongings and move all
the way across the country
to open a pizzeria in a place
you've never been? In 1980,
after receiving a degree in film,
a young and enterprising John
Arena did just that.
"I wanted to do something
that resonated with me and
was meaningful to me,"
he says. "I realized there
were a million other people
graduating from film school
who were more talented than I
was, and they weren't getting a
job either."
He adds: "by the time I was
graduating from college, I
realized I really wanted to be
a pizza maker. I grew up in a
pizza family. My family owned
some pizzerias on Long
Island. My dad, my mom, my
uncles and aunts all worked in
pizzerias. Most kids devalue
what their parents are doing
until they grow up a little bit.
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When I started to grow up,
I realized pizza is the coolest
thing. Everyone knew my
family, everyone comes to our
neighborhood pizzeria. We are
part of the social fabric of our
neighborhood, and I started to
see the value in that. I started
to respect the value in that and
to respect the responsibility
of crafting food with your
hands that becomes part of
someone's body."
It wasn't long after
Arena got involved making
pizzas before an unusual
opportunity cropped up.
"We found a guy that had
a pizzeria in Las Vegas that
he wanted to sell," Arena says.
"He was a New York guy
and he didn't want to train
anybody. So he advertised for
one day in an Italian language
newspaper in New York. One
of my uncles saw the ad, cut
it out of the newspaper, and
threw it down in front of me
and my cousin because we
were always talking about
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Pizza Today - April 2020
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pizza Today - April 2020
Pizza Today - April 2020
Commentary
Contributors
Expo Spotlight
Meet The Makers
Conversation
Man On The Street
Tony’s Trending Recipe
Knead To Know
Destinations
Bar Design
Potato On Pizza
New Twists On Traditional Pastas
Sicilian Vs Grandma
Gamify Your Pizzeria
Product Showcase
Pizza Today Yellow Pages
The Marketplace
Reader’s Resource
Mike’s Monthly Tip
Pizza Today On The Road: Metro Pizza, Las Vegas, Nv
Pizza Today - April 2020 - CT1
Pizza Today - April 2020 - CT2
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Pizza Today - April 2020
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Cover2
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Commentary
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 4
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 5
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 6
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 7
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Contributors
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 9
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Expo Spotlight
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 11
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Meet The Makers
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 13
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Conversation
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 15
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Man On The Street
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 17
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Tony’s Trending Recipe
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 19
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Knead To Know
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 21
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 22
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 23
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Destinations
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 25
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Bar Design
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 27
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 28
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 29
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Potato On Pizza
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 31
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 32
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 33
Pizza Today - April 2020 - New Twists On Traditional Pastas
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 35
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Sicilian Vs Grandma
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 37
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 38
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 39
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Gamify Your Pizzeria
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 41
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 42
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 43
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Pizza Today On The Road: Metro Pizza, Las Vegas, Nv
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 45
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 46
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 47
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 48
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 49
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Product Showcase
Pizza Today - April 2020 - 51
Pizza Today - April 2020 - Pizza Today Yellow Pages
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Pizza Today - April 2020 - 57
Pizza Today - April 2020 - The Marketplace
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