In 1959. My dad, Antonino ‘Tony’ Ciaravino opened the first pizzeria in South Windsor. With its thin crispy crust, distinctive flavourful sauce, and hand cut fine strips of pepperoni—he called it “sausage”—dad’s pizza legacy has truly become a Windsor institution. Today, more than 30 area pizzerias can trace their roots directly back to Antonino’s original pizza recipe. Those roots are strongest, however, at Antonino’s Original Pizza. Joe started working in the family pizzeria when he was very young. “My Mom put my playpen next to the pizza table when I was a baby. You could say I started learning the pizza business before I learned to walk.” In 1999, in tribute to his father and with the assistance of his mother Vita, Joe Ciaravino opened the first