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Pittsburgh classic

The story

Ron Molinaro is a Pittsburgh native who had a bite that changed his life in 1990, at Patsy's under the Brooklyn Bridge.

He ate his way through the pizzerias of New York and New Haven, built an oven in his parents' yard to practice, and in 1996 opened Il Pizzaiolo in Mt. Lebanon. He made his first trip to Naples the next year. For years he drove to New York every week for mozzarella, and today the kitchen uses DOP buffalo mozzarella from Caserta, Italy.

That devotion made Molinaro one of the pioneers of real Neapolitan pizza in Pittsburgh, and there are now Il Pizzaiolos in Warrendale and Glenshaw too.

At a glance

The basics, from public records.

Il Pizzaiolo is a chain pizza place at 699-703 Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon, one of the South Hills communities in Allegheny County.

Details

From Allegheny County food facility permits. The owner can add the rest.

Address699-703 Washington Road
TownMt. Lebanon
CategoryPizza
HoursNot listed yet. Owner can add.
PhoneNot listed yet. Owner can add.
WebsiteNot listed yet. Owner can add.
SourcePittsburgh Spotlight directory (built from Allegheny County food permits)

Health inspection

No match on file
We couldn't confidently match this listing to a recent county inspection record. That usually means the permit is filed under a different name or address, not that it was never inspected.Source: Allegheny County Health Department open data.

Nearby

The closest listings to Il Pizzaiolo. 74 places in Mt. Lebanon.

Mt. Lebanon guide

Sources: listing details and inspections from Allegheny County Health Department food facility data via WPRDC (public domain). Story sources: Pittsburgh Magazine, Ron Molinaro is Dean of the Dough. Map from U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line. Distances are straight line. Listing data refreshed Oct 28, 2026.