Casa Mia
Address:
134 Prairie Wind St SE, Yelm, WA 98597
Phone:
(360) 400-2277
Hours:
- Mon: 6:30am-10pm
- Tue: 6:30am-10pm
- Wed: 6:30am-10pm
- Thu: 6:30am-10pm
- Fri: 6:30am-10pm
- Sat: 6:30am-10pm
- Sun: 6:30am-10pm
Other Details:
The Italian food most Americans grew up with was a creation of Italian immigrants that settled in New York City beginning at the end of the nineteenth century. Untrained as chefs, and without many of their traditional ingredients, they used locally available ingredients to create a new version of their cuisine. Starting in Little Italy, they opened restaurants and pizzerias, introducing these new flavors to America. In 1952, the first Casa Mia restaurant was opened in a storefront space in Hoquiam, Washington by Phil Bellafato, an Italian American who grew up above one of the original Italian restaurants and pizzerias in New York. After a stint in the Army, Bellafato settled in the Northwest. At that time, most locals' exposure to "Italian" food was limited to spaghetti; pizza was virtually unknown. Casa Mia, one of the first Italian restaurants in Washington State is credited with changing all that. To this day, the Casa Mia menu is centered on Phil's recipes, with nearly everything still made the old fashioned way. Pizza is hand tossed, with fresh dough made daily in each of our restaurants, then baked on a brick hearth. Our spaghetti sauce is made daily in each restaurant, simmered for six hours to develop its rich and distinctive flavors.
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