Our Founder and Pop, Nicola “Nick” DiPietro: 5/25/1934 – 12/12/2011
Nicola migrated to America from Italy where he founded Pizza D’Oro and betrothed to his family a legacy of quality Italian food, an appreciation for the American Dream and a love for family and Church. He passed away in his home surrounded by his loving family.
Pizza D’Oro and the DiPietro Family go together like hearty sauce and pasta. Nicola (Nick) DiPietro, his wife Mary and children opened the first Pizza D’Oro in 1968 in the City of La Palma and put the whole family to work. Nick made Pizzas and chatted up customers, Mary handled the books and worked the kitchen, and the kids all worked the front counter after school.