I don't remember my first pizza. Noni never made pizza but had a wonderful garden and made the best spaghetti sauce. Before the chain pizza parlors, we went to a local restaurant called Tony's. He was from Rome and made the best thin crust pizza. (it was probably the first pizza I had - I'm guessing here) My brother and I would sit on the stairs leading to the banquet room upstairs and watch Tony toss the pizzas. The restaurant was dark, decorated in red and rumor had it that some of the mafia ate there - I know that my mom had those visitors in the art gallery she worked in and saw them heading to Tony's I can't wait to try some homemade pizza - the chains will do in a pinch but aren't what I remember.

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