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Roman's Pizza is a South African-based pizza restaurant chain franchise founded in 1993. Originally named Little Caesar's (copied from the American brand Little Caesars pizza) when it was founded by Arthur Nicolakakis in Pretoria. The chain was rebranded in 2002 and renamed Roman's Pizza. [2]
There are two quite different styles of pizza which may be referred to as Roman pizza in Italy: Pizza al taglio (pizza by the slice). [3] [4] This typically comes in rectangular slices, and usually has a thicker base, similar to focaccia. It is eaten as a casual, takeaway dish. Whole round pizzas (pizza tonda) with a thin base. [5]
Uitenhage (/ ˈ j uː t ən h eɪ ɡ / YOO-tən-hayg; [3] Afrikaans: [œitənˈɦɑːχə]), officially renamed Kariega, [4] is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent.
A Roman-inspired menu might include a fermented fish sauce called “garum” and dormouse—a gutted mouse stuffed with pork mince and baked. Dormouse is still served in Croatia and Slovenia.
The last remaining original Noble Roman's, built in 1974, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Noble Roman's was founded in Bloomington, Indiana, when Stephen Huse and Gary Knackstedt acquired a failed pizza shop near the campus of Indiana University in 1969. [4] The company incorporated in 1972, [5] with the first franchise following in 1973. [4]
Pizza bianca (white pizza) differs from common pizza by the lack of tomato sauce. Roman pizza, pizza in Lazio , as well as in many other parts of Italy, is available in two different styles. Take-away shops sell pizza rustica or pizza al taglio. [5] This pizza is cooked in long, rectangular baking pans and relatively thick (1–2 cm).
Pizza al taglio or pizza al trancio (lit. ' pizza by the slice ') [1] is a variety of pizza baked in large rectangular trays, [2] and generally sold in rectangular or square slices by weight, with prices marked per kilogram or per 100 grams. [3] This type of pizza was invented in Rome, Italy, and is common throughout Italy. [4]
The word pizza was first documented in 997 AD in Gaeta [4] and successively in different parts of central and southern Italy. Furthermore, the Etymological Dictionary of the Italian Language explains the word pizza as coming from dialectal pinza, 'clamp', as in modern Italian pinze, 'pliers, pincers, tongs, forceps'.