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Al Forno Brighton first Wood Fired Pizzeria is Celebrating its 35th Birthday this year. Many would remember the hedonistic days in the 70’s when you would have to queue for over an hour to sample the best wood fired pizza or freshly cooked pasta’s on the South Coast many would travel up to 60 miles to sample the delighted of this famous eatery and even queue in the snow.
It has recently undergone an interior remodelling and redecoration and conversion of the 2nd floor creating another private room to add to the one of the 1st floor for Birthday parties, Anniversaries, Wedding or Civil Partnership Reception.
As a special thank you to all our loyal customers past and present we are turning the clocks back to the 1970’s and offering everyone the opportunity to try any one of our fantastic 11” Wood Fired Pizza or Pasta for £1.50 for the whole month or March (excluding Saturdays).
Although the business has only changed hands once in 35 years it is still run by Italians as a small family concern to this day. The food is sourced locally and delivered fresh daily. With fresh fish, meat and vegetarian options all cooked fresh to order.
COME AND TRY ANY ONE OF OUR PIZZAS OR PASTAS @ 1970’s PRICES £1.50 DURING MARCH, A DRINK MUST BE PURCHASED WHEN ORDERING
Offer Valid until end of April 06. Excludes Easter wekeend (Friday to Monday)
History of Al Forno and Al Duomo Italian Restaurants
Al Forno houses Brighton's very first wood-fired pizzeria, established by Dino Azzarrone in 1971. After visiting from London Dino was amazed that he could not find anywhere that made his favourite Neapolitan Pizza, so he embarked on introducing the South Coast to the delights and specialities of his native Italy and in particular Southern Italian cuisine.
First Dino had to organise the building of a traditional wood-burning oven. He travelled to Southern Italy, and scoured the countryside for the right bricks and muratore (bricklayer) who knew how to build a traditional pizza oven. After a few days he managed to find someone who knew of a muratore called Luigi, on meeting Luigi he explained he needed good-fired bricks to build a pizza oven. Luigi also dealt in salvage and had only recently dismantled an old villa for a new motorway project and salvaged the bricks from the villa and the brick from an old wood-burning oven. Dino explained that he needed to ship the brick and the builder to Brighton, England. At first the builder thought Dino was mad but after some food and wine and a little haggling a deal was brokered for Luigi to transport the bricks and himself to England, to build the oven.
The restaurant opened in 1971 with the first wood burning pizza oven on the South Coast, to much acclaim. Set in the original house of Martha Gunn "Brighton's original bathing lady" at 36 East Street dating to the 17th Century. The oven, like the house, still stands today. The rest, as they say, is history...
Dino sold both Al Forno and Al Duomo in 1991 to the present owners, who have continued to run the business on the same psychology |
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