In the summer of 1967, my father Vincent, along with his brother, Joe, opened a pizza shop in downtown Harrisburg, PA. 406 Market Street was the address of the first Sorrento's Pizzaria. The shop was located in the middle of a large block long building also housing the Governor Hotel on the floors above. It was the first pizza shop in Harrisburg and curiosity brought all capital and state workers downtown for a piece of the "Tomato Pie" at 25 cents a slice. Business was great and my father quickly expanded to a second shop on the 1800 block of Derry Street where dinner trade was very good. My father stayed with this shop until May of 1976.

   In the late spring of 1976, my father retired to Italy but we weren't comfortable there. So, within 10 years, we left and came back to America. The pizza shop is titled after a town in Italy located about 45 minutes from Naples on the waterfront. Although my family name is not Sorrento, not many people knew this and called my father "Mr. Sorrento." When we came back to America, we named the shop Mr. Sorrento's Pizza. I thought the chocolate factory would supply a part of the business, only to my surprise, it supplied 85% of our lunch customers!

   After 19 years of business in Hershey, I consider myself part of the Hershey Family. I had the pleasure of seeing young children come to the pizza shop ten years ago and those same kids are now visiting the shop as Mommies and Daddies with their own children. I look forward to serving you and your family a slice of the "Tomato Pie."       - Mr. Pete Sorrento


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