Pizzeria da Laura is the first restaurant from Laura Meyer, an award-winning alum of Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco.
. She began working at one of Tony Gemignani’s restaurants when she was in high school, launching a decadeslong mentorship with the city’s most famous pizzaiolo.
Since the word for “winner” in Italian changes based on gender, Meyer recalled that at that competition, they initially announced the winner as a man. Trophies won by owner Laura Meyer for her pizzas sit on a counter just inside the entry door of Pizzeria da Laura in Berkeley, Calif. on March 23, 2023.Pizzeria da Laura owner Laura Meyer shapes a pizza in the kitchen of her pizzeria in Berkeley, Calif. on March 23, 2023.The Marge pizza, grandma style, with mozzarella, sauce, basil, evoo, and grated permigiano reggiano at Pizzeria da Laura in Berkeley, Calif. on March 23, 2023.
“There’s a lot of women in the pizza business that just haven’t really been recognized,” she said. “... It’s just I think the men have been more vocal for a long period of time … whereas I think now more women are demanding attention.” Meyer decided it was time to open her own brick-and-mortar after the success of her pandemic focaccia pop-up, Focaccia da Laura. She chose to open in downtown Berkeley both because it feels like home and to differentiate herself from her mentor.
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