{"id":2034,"date":"2015-05-21T20:36:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T06:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2015-05-21T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T06:41:47","slug":"metro-pizza-35-years-of-great-pizza-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/metro-pizza-35-years-of-great-pizza-in-las-vegas","title":{"rendered":"Metro Pizza, 35 Years of Great Pizza in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends at Metro Pizza, in Las Vegas are celebrating an anniversary&#8230;<br \/>\nThey have been making pizza at Metro for over 35 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2045\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11062097_10205507858089211_3673932565560690556_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2045\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11062097_10205507858089211_3673932565560690556_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Arena with pizza\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11062097_10205507858089211_3673932565560690556_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11062097_10205507858089211_3673932565560690556_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Arena with pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John and Sam, the owners have pizza in their blood. They grew up making pizza at the family run pizza business.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2043\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11133792_10205504270039512_4402714014682745062_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2043\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11133792_10205504270039512_4402714014682745062_n-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"Learning to make pizza at Metro\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11133792_10205504270039512_4402714014682745062_n-295x300.jpg 295w, http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11133792_10205504270039512_4402714014682745062_n.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learning to make pizza at Metro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the story:<\/p>\n<p>Thirty five years ago, two young men from New York saw an Ad in an Italian newspaper.\u00a0The ad was for the sale of pizza place in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>After much discussion, they packed their bags borrowed a car and headed to a new life in Las Vegas to start a pizza business.<\/p>\n<p>Things were not easy, but both were determined and dedicated to make their pizzeria work.<br \/>\nThey named the pizzeria, <strong>Metro<\/strong> in honor of their New York roots.<\/p>\n<p>They struggled. They worked. They tried. And they made pizza\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And more pizza. And more pizza!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2041\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metropie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metropie-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Metro Pizza\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metropie-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metropie.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They held onto the dream\u2026 and expanded their pizza vision<\/p>\n<p>Along the road, they influenced other would be pizzeria owners in their own pizza journey\u2026<\/p>\n<p>They freely share their love and knowledge of pizza to anyone who asks. They continue to make pizza, teach pizza share the spirit of pizza \u2026<\/p>\n<p>They are known simply as:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe pizza guy and the other pizza guy!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2039\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2039\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsofpizza.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/metro.jpg\" alt=\"Metro Pizza\" width=\"293\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metro Pizza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John and Sam, We thank you! We praise you\u2026 We salute you!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to Metro Pizza and to you both.<\/p>\n<p>The pizza guy and the other pizza guy!<\/p>\n<p>Keep on doing what you do\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p> Check out our video tribute to Metro pizza:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTfaZna4DII\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the Metro website, here is their philosophy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We believe that a true Pizzeria should be a gathering place for family and friends to relax, share great food and enjoy each other&#8217;s company. We have visited hundreds of Pizzerias across the country, learning and gathering recipes to bring our guests a taste of home, wherever home might be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which city has the best pizza? At Metro Pizza we celebrate all of the great traditions of the pizza experience and we Thank You for choosing us as your neighborhood Pizzeria.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Pizza<br \/>\n<\/a>1395 East Tropicana Avenue<br \/>\nLas Vegas, Nevada<br \/>\nTropicana &amp; Maryland Parkway<br \/>\nPhone: (702) 736-1955<\/p>\n<p><strong>And if you are looking for Pizza T-shirts&#8230;<br \/>\nCheck this out:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunfrogshirts.com\/pizzatherapy\/pizza\" target=\"_blank\">Pizza T-shirts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends at Metro Pizza, in Las Vegas are celebrating an anniversary&#8230; They have been making pizza at Metro for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,292,4,9,236,252,1],"tags":[445,315,192,451],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-pizza","category-history-of-pizza","category-legends-of-pizza","category-legends-of-pizza-videos","category-pizza-reviews","category-spirit-of-pizza","category-uncategorized","tag-best-pizza-in-las-vegas","tag-john-arena-metro-pizza","tag-metro-pizza","tag-pizza-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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