A pizza bagel is a

bagel A bagel ( yi, בײגל, translit=beygl; pl, bajgiel; also spelled beigel) is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. It is traditionally shaped by hand into a roughly hand-sized ring from yeasted wheat dough that is firs ...

with

pizza Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, on ...

toppings, originating in the United States.

History

Anthony DeMauro invented the pizza bagel in 1959 at Amster's Bagel Bakery (now closed) in South Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland,

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. It was not until May 26, 1970, when Amster Pizza Bagel, Inc. submitted registration for Pizza Bagels to the US Copyright Office. On October 1, 1970, Amster Pizza Bagel, Inc. registered for a product that contains 6 frozen pizza bagels in folding cartons with a net weight of . Out of Cleveland's famous

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, Frickaccio's sells their legendary pizza bagels. Theirs have been featured on the

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and were enjoyed by President

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during a lunchtime visit to West Side Market. In 1974 at a Western Bagel in Woodland Hills, California, 17-year-old store clerk Bruce Treitman created what is now known as the pizza bagel: a flattened bagel with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.Claire Carusillo
"Pizza Bagels: The Unlikeliest Feud in the East Coast/West Coast Rivalry"
''Eater'', July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015. In early 2014, Katz Bagel Bakery in Chelsea, Massachusetts claimed that Harry Katz invented a variation of this pizza bagel in 1970. Unlike traditional pizza bagels, Katz' version is similar to a miniature pizza. Katz uses bagel dough without the hole, topped with cheese and tomato sauce.

Other uses

The term "pizza bagel" also means a person of

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and Jewish descent. This is most likely because

is a dish of

origin, and

s are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin.

Commercial distribution

The Bagel Bites brand was inspired by the pizza bagel. Bagel Bites are a miniature, frozen version of the pizza bagel sold in commercial grocery stores.

References

External links

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History

Other uses

Commercial distribution

See also

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