There’s nothing better on a Friday night than....
Hot pizza, cold beer, and a geocache!
A little “Pizza” trivia……
Considered a peasant's meal in Italy for centuries we cannot say who invented the very first pizza pie. Food historians agree that pizza like dishes were eaten by many peoples in the Mediterranean including the Greeks and Egyptians.
However, modern pizza has been attributed to baker Raffaele Esposito of Naples. In 1889, Esposito who owned a restaurant called the Pizzeria di Pietro baked what he called "pizza" especially for the visit of Italian King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The Queen loved the pizza, and what eventually became Pizza Margherita has since become an international standard. Pizzeria Brandi, now more than 200 years old, still proudly displays a royal thank-you note signed by Galli Camillo, "head of the table of the royal household", dated June 1889
The first pizzeria in North America was opened in 1905 by Gennaro Lombardi at 53 1/3 Spring Street in New York City. The first "Pizza Hut" a chain of pizza restaurants appeared in the United States during the 1930s. Frozen pizza was invented by Rose Totino.
Today we celebrate International Pizza Day on February 9th. The Guinness Book of Records states that the largest Pizza ever made and eaten was created in Havana, Florida and was 100 feet and 1 inch across!
American and Canadian citizens will eat an average 23 pounds of Pizza, per person, per year. Pepperoni and Cheese is the favorite combination, especially with the younger set, and is second only to the hamburger as this continent's favorite food.
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This cache has been placed with permission of the owners of the nearby restaurant. Please… only search for the cache between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Otherwise, you may give our friends with the “blue lights” cause for concern.
You are looking for a "log only" micro that has been well camouflaged into the environment, so BYOP. The nearby restaurant is always busy, so watch out for muggles. And, as always, please be respectful of the surrounding area and be sure to replace the cache exactly as you found it.
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