OUR STORY

After the Second World War, the bar known as “Dancing Pasquini” was born in 1950 in Quercianella — a small beach town along the coast of Tuscany. It quickly became the best-known summer club in the area — a meeting place for tourists, vacationers, VIPs & the host of the Miss Italia competitions. Often celebrities such as Sofia Loren, Paolo Panelli, Marcello Mastroianni and Carlo Giuffré could be spotted there dancing to the live jazz music until the early hours of the morning.

The Pasquini family are well-known in this small corner of Tuscany for various family businesses & landmarks including the Bagni Pasquini private beach, amongst many others. The family rose to notoriety after Giovanni Pasquini (Sr.) pioneered Quercianella as the first town run fully by coal, thus creating numerous new jobs around Quercianella. The Pasquini patriarch soon became a friend to everyone in the area.

Today, known as “Pasquini 1950,” the Pasquini family restaurant remains one of the original gems of the Tuscan coast…”a pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea,” run by its third generation of family.

The Pasquini pizza dough has remained a secret since 1950. The natural “mother yeast” was created by pizza master GianBruno Pasquini and this same mother yeast has been refreshed for over 75 years. The leavening process is developed in 4 phases, which includes leavening inside a historic Tuscan wooden cabinet, built by the Pasquini family patriarch 3 generations ago. Always cooked in the wood-fired oven, the Pasquini pizza is light & easy to digest — ask any of the loyal customers who return night after night!

The Pasquini Family continues to offer only authentic recipes & they prefer to maintain their classic Tuscan menu. They are proud of the artisanal business they have cultivated with love, passion & dedication to their loyal customers over the past 75 years.

Thank you to all of our friends, family, local pizza lovers, foreigners and travellers who continue to visit us, year after year! It’s because of you all that we continue to do what we love, every season.

Thank you from the heart,

The Pasquini Family