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In 1905 the very first licensed pizzeria in America opened its doors to the public This restaurant is called G Lombardi s which is still open today and serving pizza from the very same oven used in 1905 when it opened However pizza didn't become popular until the 1940's The surge in popularity is credited to soldiers who were fighting overseas in WWII who sought after pizza once they returned During this time european immigrants who were seeking factory jobs craved pizza in america as well The americanized pizza that we have come to know and love is different from the classic pizza that originated from Italy Instead of using flatbread Italian pizza uses pie crust thus creating a pizza pie With the transition of pie crust to flatbread american pizza became a lot cheaper in comparison to its italian counterpart and a lot more appealing to the general public Restaurants serving pizza became more experimental rapidly creating more pizza types like deep dish and thin crust with more non traditional toppings like pineapple With this explosion of creativity it seems like every type of pizza has something to offer I myself don't have a single favorite but I prefer barbecue chicken pizza and Hawaiian pizza alongside cinnamon sticks Hawaiian pizza shockingly didn t originate from hawaii It was first created in Canada by Sam Panopoulos who tried it as a topping just for fun Both he and his brother enjoyed it for the contrast of the sweetness of the pineapple and the savoriness of the ham officially selling it on 1962 in one of his restaurants in Ontario
