The former Pizza Pino restaurants of Paris !!!

Posted in Food and Wine, Paris

I need to bring up older posts of a simple memorable place for my family in France, As said, this is my personal life ,all in the blog and Paris is a big part of it. The memories of family and Paris are huge and even if written before on these places, a personal touch is better, I have put together various writings on Pizza Pino into one post, This was one of my first experiences of eating out in Paris and it was a staple over the years, Sadly, they have closed but remains fully in my heart and mind, Therefore, here is my take on the former Pizza Pino Restaurants of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Upon arriving in Versailles and working in Paris, I came to meet the Franco-American community here which was great and a wonderful cross over to real life as a Frenchman, The Franco-American community in Paris for several years held their lunches here at Pizza Pino, Do not know why until ask and was given a classic answer, good food, reasonably price and love by all, so it went on for several years. The pizzerias are very popular and found in several locations in Paris. They have been around since 1968,

My initial encounter with Pizza Pino was on lunch get together at 57 bd de Montparnasse, near the Gare Montparnasse train station The pizza dough is not frozen. Every morning it’s the same ritual for the pizza maker: he shapes it, prepares it, makes it. This is also the obligation of freshness. Parisians will rediscover or discover the pleasure of eating a pizza on fresh dough and cooked in a wood-fired oven.Sublime! Sadly this location has ,also ,closed!

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There is another at the popular Place de la République.No 4 ,where I had my first night dinner at Pizza Pino.  There I had my Palerme chorizo pizza with a nice quart (1/4 bottle) of rosé Luberon region wine and the café plaisir , sort of coffee and sweets in one plate. Nice, the whole family enjoy it and still remembered, This spot was the former Brasserie Le Thermomètre.

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The other location we enjoyed was at the Pizza Pino, 31-33, Avenue des Champs-Elysées I used to drive and stop for lunch or dinner with the family here taking advantange of the shopping on the big avenue, They were at this location for 65 years !!! However, this  location has closed, sadly , I have just found out the Pizza Pino location at 27 Bd des Italiens,near Opéra has closed as well !!

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I need to post some history for the memories of always, The idea of Pizza Pino owes everything to Max and André Sfez, who arrived in France in 1958 and who opened in the Saint-Michel district of Paris, the first of its kind. The company was taken over in 1998 by Astorg, an investment fund of the Suez bank. Holding 75% of the capital, for 7 restaurants; which later was taken over by businessman Lucien Urano, He had been looking for several months to participate in the takeover of his former company. However, efforts to be purchase by the Groupe Bertrand (owners of several franchises) failed and eventually the company closed, Some of the emblematic spots outside of Paris were at place Bellecour Lyon, now location taken over by the Bertrand group. In Toulouse, at Place Wilson, the restaurant gave way to another Italian restaurant chain, Pizza Volfoni, The Pizza Pino was frequented by famous people as well such as tennis players Pete Sampras and Yevgeny Kafelnikov and athlete Sergey Bubka, as well as actors like Francis Huster,

The RestaurantGuru reviews on the former Pizza Pino République  : https://restaurantguru.com/Pizza-Pino-Paris-4

There you go folks, these have been memorable places for my family and even if closed, it remains a wonderful time together forever, Pizza Pino was dandy ,nice, good, and the memories will linger forever thanks to my blog, We will always have Paris !! Again, hope you enjoy this memory lane post on Pizza Pino as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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