Saturday,
January 19, 2008
The
ANNOTICO Report
Early
in the 20th century,Italian
immigrants began arriving to
As a result, Paulistanos, as residents of
Today,
Sao Paulo's
Residents Love Pizza. Even their Portuguese has an Italian Flavour
Todd Benson
From Reuters
Saturday,
January 19, 2008
Paulistanos, as residents of
For many
By some
estimates, only New Yorkers devour more pizzas annually than Paulistanos.
"We're talking
about mountains of pizza," said Vinicius Casella
Abramides, who manages Pizzarias
Braz, a chain of popular upscale pizza parlours. "
Braz normally seats 400 to 600
people Sunday nights at each of its four outlets, serving up as many as 800
pizzas out of old-fashioned wood burning stoves. It also typically fires up
over 1,000 more for home delivery, making Sunday the busiest day of the week.
Going out for
pizza has become such a ritual in
Sao Paulo's
love affair with pizza dates to the early 20th century, when Italian immigrants
began arriving to
Today,
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