| Beach pizza | |
| Alternate Name: | New England beach pizza |
| Country: | United States |
| Region: | New England |
| Creator: | Tripoli Bakery in Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Type: | Pizza |
| Main Ingredient: | Pizza dough, shredded cheese, tomato sauce, provolone slices |
Beach pizza is a style of pizza popular in the coastal communities of New England north of Boston, particularly in northeastern Massachusetts and coastal New Hampshire.
The pizza has a very thin crust and is rectangular, being typically cooked on a baking sheet. The crust is topped with a noticeably sweet tomato sauce, a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese, and, traditionally, can include slices of provolone cheese (usually the delicatessen form typically used in sandwiches).[1] [2] [3]
Beach pizza was invented in 1944 at Tripoli Bakery in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a mill city along the Merrimack River in the Merrimack Valley, approximately twenty miles west of the Atlantic Ocean.[4] It was popularized during the touristic heyday of Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, in the mid-to-late twentieth century.