The recipes are elaborate, but everything else is humble. David Rosenberg, whose wife Kim is Tracy's sister, is the company's numbers guy and problem-solver. He joined Pizzicato in 1993. Then Portland's daily newspaper, The Oregonian , took notice and gave the pizza start-up three stars and a glowing review. Sales surged and Pizzicato was on its way into your neighborhood.
Pizzicato now has twelve stores in the Portland area, and one in Vancouver, Washington.
After just ten years in business, Pizzicato has established itself as an upscale, casual dining establishment with an emphasis on its superior service and quality ingredients. When U.S. trade regulators slapped French Feta cheese with a punitive tariff, Pizzicato refused to switch to a cheaper, domestic substitute. While most pizza restaurants use Canadian 'style' bacon, we insist on using the real stuff. At Pizzicato, we make our dough fresh nightly. We also have a strong show of support for our employees with unusually good salaries and benefits.