Antedating of "Pizzeria"

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Tue May 18 13:34:50 UTC 2004


On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:48:34PM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> pizzeria (OED 1943)
>
> 1939 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 17 Oct. 17 (ProQuest)  You can watch Tom
> Granato, for sixteen years the proprietor of Chicago's only _pizzeria_,
> concoct the delicacy and carefully deposit it in his big brick oven.

1931 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. 43/5 New Incorporations... A1 Progresso Pizzeria,
restaurant.

JTS
OED



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