Pierre Davide, pizza maker with roots in Avellino
Lo Storico is a Neapolitan pizzeria on Piazza della Comunità in Pazzallo, the district of Lugano above Paradiso. Since 25 March 2022 Pierre Davide has been at the oven, with his high crust and double fermentation.
Avellino
Avellino and his grandmother
“A passion for leavened doughs, nurtured since he was a child at his grandmother’s side, among pizzas, home-baked bread and home-made pasta”: that is how Lo Storico tells it.
The pizza closest to those memories is his Sapore e’ Casa, on the menu.
The Sapore e’ Casa on the menu
25 March 2022
Piazza della Comunità, 2022
“Almost here… Friday 25 March”: that was how, in March 2022, Lo Storico announced its opening on Piazza della Comunità in Pazzallo.
In April 2024 Pierre took part in the Coppa della Pizza, the Swiss pizza championship, at the Mercato Coperto in Giubiasco.
February 2026
Almost four years
“Almost 4 years since Lo Storico opened. When this project began, in 2022, the idea was clear: to make pizzas that said who I am, with consistency and respect for the craft.”
Pierre Davide, February 2026 
Today
The kitchen garden
In season, the cherry tomatoes on the Marinara come from our own little garden.
“Many of the things served at Lo Storico are in fact made entirely in house and, when the season allows, picked straight from our little garden.”
Lo Storico, 2025
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