The story of Epolitos
"The Epolito name stems from my fathers mothers side of the family.
My grandparents, Rocco and Maria emigrated from Italy to America and landed in Syracuse New York, not sure about the year, but my grandfather is is still alive at 93 and his parents came to NY at the same time as my grandmothers parents. That would make me forth generation New York Italian!
I have been making pizza since I was 13 and got taught by a good friend of my parents, Carl Rovetto - a staunch sicilian, thick accent and all.
I then went on to college for my bachelors but dumped the degree to go back to pizza making, God bless the grief I put my mom through as she wanted me to become a high powered woman CEO!
I then moved on to San Francisco from Buffalo to explore the wonderful international realm of bread. From San Francisco sourdough to ciabatta to the classic french stick to german ryes. I have been baking bread for over 8 years now.
I moved to New Zealand in the mid '90s and opened Epolito's Pizzeria in October 2005."
Chicklena Rose
Read more in our article from the July 2007 Issue of Metro Magazine.