Tacconelli’s Pizzeria

In 1918 Giovanni Tacconelli came to Philadelphia from Italy.
After a few years working as a laborer, he decided to do what
he had done in his native Italy. "Bake Bread". The best and only
way, he said, was to bake it in a brick oven. So along with a few
of his friends he built his 20' by 20' brick oven. The bread business
went well until the outbreak of World War II when all of his sons who
had helped him in the business were drafted into military service.
Having no one to help and since the bread business was so very time
consuming, he stopped baking bread.In 1946, still having the brick oven,
Giovanni pondered over what to do with it since everyone had come home
from the War and had different careers in mind. He decided to make tomato
pies, something that his mother had taught him to do many years before.
They were and still are tomato pies to our family consisting of fresh made
dough, little cheese and a lot of sauce cooked in our brick oven to give
it a crisp light taste.In 1992, we realized that our oven, which had
given us 72 years of service, needed a face-lift. We never thought
that was supposed to be a 3 month "project" would turn out to be a
7 month "nightmare". Thanks to your loyal patronage The Tacconelli
family, now in its 5th generation, is still baking tomato pies the
Giovanni Tacconelli way.Please keep in mind we are a one-man, one-oven
operation. Waiting time may vary. Please be assured each pie is made
fresh and to order.