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Pizza Cone Is Latest Food Trend Catching On In Pittsburgh
CBS Pittsburgh ^
| May 2, 2014
Posted on 05/03/2014 2:18:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Customers stop by for pizza cones thats right, pizza cones at a new shop in Squirrel Hill called Pizza Cono.
Jamal Rifai scoops the ingredients into cones of pizza dough while Mike Rifai takes the orders and Joe Rifai visits with customers.
The three brothers from Jerusalem say they discovered the concept on a visit to Italy.
The cones use less dough than traditional pizza.
We take this cone and fill it up with fresh ingredients, Joe says. Pepperoni, sausages, all the meats, all the fresh vegetables. We even have some gourmet cones that we make, like the chicken fajita that you see over here thats made of fire-roasted peppers and onions. And we also have cheeses and roasted chicken.
You can also create your own.
The brothers say the shop in Squirrel Hill may be the first of its kind in the U.S. People enter out of curiosity, and stay as customers.
They just want to see what this means, that pizzas not flat anymore, Mike says. This is not really clicking to their heads. So they come in and say, Thats amazing, its not flat anymore.
The brothers hope this will be the first of many Pizza Conos.
Mike says they take their cue from a 6-year-old customer, whose mom asked him, Which do you like more, the pizza cone or the ice cream? So, he looked and he said, I like this better. And then he thought a bit, and said, But I like ice cream, too!
TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: pizza
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To: nickcarraway
That’s even better than “Pizza in a Cup!”
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:20:08 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: nickcarraway
The cones use less dough than traditional pizza. Less sauce, too, I hope!
Fun idea. Like an open-ended calzone, I guess.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:22:15 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: nickcarraway
Pittsburgh...always years late and dollars short.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:25:09 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! I AM A FREE MAN!)
To: nickcarraway
Ate it the first time in Brazil.
To: nickcarraway
Pizza cake was the topic of a recent thread.
It didn’t look much more appetizing than the pizza cone does.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:26:57 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: nickcarraway
I liked the pizza cake you posted last week better. That was a 10. This is a nine?
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:28:43 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(More cowbell)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
When Steve Martin said that in “The Jerk” I always thought “that sounds good to me!”
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:30:11 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: nickcarraway
Yum.. Pizza cone and Vitamin I (Iron City beer).
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:31:54 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: prisoner6
They consider Primanti’s fine dining.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:32:11 PM PDT
by
FlJoePa
("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
To: prisoner6
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:36:53 PM PDT
by
CitizenM
(Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)
To: nickcarraway
Cut a calzone in half, shove a stick in the closed end. Voila. Pizza on a stick.
To: nickcarraway
When the moon hits your eye cone?
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:44:56 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(The Democrats think they are deck officers and our betters, but they cannae tie a bowline)
To: CitizenM
Oh, I “live” here. Talked about the pizza cone maybe a decade ago. My reverse charisma kicked in and whenever I mentioned it I was ridiculed.
Yes, I am bitter.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:46:37 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! I AM A FREE MAN!)
To: prisoner6
Talked about the pizza cone maybe a decade ago.
You have no business calling it pizza.
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posted on
05/03/2014 2:49:25 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: BlueDragon
Not a problem. Rhyming is old school.
To: Yardstick
Not a problem. Rhyming is old school. That's retarted sir?
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posted on
05/03/2014 3:00:34 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(The Democrats think they are deck officers and our betters, but they cannae tie a bowline)
To: BlueDragon
Not at all. I was fine with the first tart.
To: nickcarraway
pizza cone is only a baby step of progress. This is a much bigger step.
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posted on
05/03/2014 3:08:49 PM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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posted on
05/03/2014 3:16:30 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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