They began making what’s now famously known as South Shore bar pizza long before the style had a name. These individual pan pizzas were savored by factory workers from the South Shore’s shipyards or shoe factories, usually washed down with icy cold beers. Bar pizza also proved an affordable but delicious way for working-class parents to feed the entire family Friday night take-out.
South Shore bar pizza today is one of America’s most beloved regional specialties, still found only in the blue-collar pubs, taverns and dive bars south of Boston.