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 MAUMELLE                 LAKEWOOD

 MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME AMERICAN PIE PIZZA.

IT IS VERY SIMPLE, TAMSYE DODSON, ONE OF THE OWNERS, WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO ONE DAY, AND THE SONG "AMERICAN PIE" BY DON MCLEAN CAME ON.  IT WAS LIKE A LIGHT BULB GOING OFF.  "THAT WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR OUR NEW RESTAURANT".  HER PARTNER MELODY WILLIFORD AGREED. 

WE HOPE YOU LIKE THE NAME AND I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY OUR FOOD.

OKAY, SO I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.  ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PIZZAS IS THE MARGHERITA PIZZA, AND A BUNCH OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE ASKED US HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS FABULOUS PIE.  WELL HERE'S THE SCOOP:

 IN 1889 QUEEN MARGHERITA TERESA GIOVANNI, THE CONSOR OF UMBERTO I, KING OF ITALY, VISITED NAPLES.  DAN RAFFAELE ESPOSITO, WHO OWNED A TAVERN-LIKE PLACE CALLED PIERTRO II PIAZZAIOLO, WAS ASKED TO PREPARE A SPECIAL DISH IN HONOR OF THE QUEEN'S VISIT.  ESPOSITO DEVELOPED A PIZZA FEATURING TOMATOES, MOZZARELLA CHEESE, WHICH WAS A NEVER BEFORE USED INGREDIENT MADE FROM THE MILK OF A WATER BUFFALO, AND BASIL.  THE INGREDIENTS BEARED THE COLORS RED, WHITE AND GREEN FOR THE ITALIAN FLAG.  HE NAMED IT THE MARGHERITA PIZZA, AFTER THE GUEST OF HONOR. THUS, THE MODERN DAY TOMATO AND CHEESE PIZZA WAS BORN.  AND AFTER 100+ YEARS, IT IS MORE POPULAR TODAY THAN EVER. HOW'S THAT FOR AN OLD PIZZA.

Crew OF American Pie Pizza, Christmas Party 2004

Tamsye & Melody with The River.

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