Antonio’s Flying Pizza: 51 years of dough-flying fun!

HOUSTON, Texas — Whenever you stroll into Antonio’s Flying Pizza, issues nonetheless look lots like they did 51 years in the past. The substances within the New York-style pizzas are nonetheless the identical, you may nonetheless see pizza dough flying via the air, and you may nonetheless see Antonio Rosa tossing pizzas.

“He comes each day. He’ll be right here each day,” stated Marilena Pickett, Antonio’s daughter. “You will see him with a smile on his face. Usual Antonio. Clients at all times say, Antonio, you have by no means modified.”

Rosa immigrated to the U.S. from Sicily on the age of 18 and opened his first pizza restaurant in Brooklyn in 1959, promoting slices for 15 cents every. In 1971, he moved to Houston and opened his now-landmark restaurant, Antonio’s Flying Pizza, on Hillcroft. The family-owned restaurant rapidly turned common for placing on a present with flying pizza dough.

“The pizza toss, I used to be doing that in New York, so I introduced it from New York,” stated Antonio. “At the moment, it was one thing new in America.”

Practically 5 many years later, Antonio continues to be tossing dough and his daughters assist him run the restaurant now.

“God provides me the necessity to need to work and rise up within the morning and go to work and serve the general public,” stated Antonio. “I will do it till I die.”

For hours and a menu, go to Antonio’s Flying Pizza on-line.