Brier Hill - The Pizza

The Pizza

The neighborhood was the birthplace of "Brier Hill pizza", a homestyle treat with origins in the Basilicata region of Italy. Brier Hill pizza is prepared with a generous amount of thick "Sunday sauce", bell peppers and romano cheese, as opposed to the more typical mozzarella. It is un piatto tipico of Youngstown, that is, one of several dishes the area prides itself upon, in much the same way New Yorkers value their distinctive thin-crusted New York-style pizza. As of November 2012, St. Anthony's Church still sells its Brier Hill pizza (by the pie) on most Friday mornings in mild and hot varieties, with sausage as an optional extra topping.