pizza house toto s is the first pizzeria established in melbourne australia . toto s opened for business on 7 july 1961 in lygon street carlton victoria where the business has remained since . 1 toto s was originally owned by salvatore della bruna who operated the business in partnership with franco fera and in 1968 with silvio tuli and salvatore mercogliano . 2 successful and well respected business man mario bandera also played a large part . in 1983 the business was purchased by the present owner and managing director sami mazloum . silvana mercogliano the wife of former owner salvatore mercogliano credited toto s with changing the image of lygon street from an area with primary appeal to european migrants commonly referred to as new australians in the 1950s to an eating destination of mainstream australians in the 1960s . 3 professional historians have credited toto s pizza house with contributing to the development of pizza as an australian fast food staple . 4 in 2007 toto s pizza house was inducted as the second member of the world pizza hall of fame 5 6 after lombardi s pizza in new york city new york . although the accolade was given on the basis that toto s pizza house was the first pizza bar in australia it is more likely that lucia s pizza bar of adelaide should hold this title having opened its doors before 1959 . 7 contents 1 see also 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links see also edit list of pizzerias in australia references edit toto s pizza house carlton foodgod restaurant review . foodgod.com.au . retrieved 2012 10 31 . michael harden 2008 lygon street stories and recipes from melbourne s melting pot millers point nsw murdoch books australia p. 208 . isbn 978 1 74196 232 1 harden 2008 p. 209 alan mayne and kasia zygmuntowicz changing fortunes . postwar carlton in peter yule ed . 2004 carlton . a history carlton victoria melbourne university press and carlton residents association . isbn 0 522 85204 1 p. 45 . john beveridge 2007 toto s fame set to spread worldwide herald sun business daily 14 june p. 72 the pizza hall of fame . the pizza hall of fame . retrieved 2012 10 31 . 1959 sands and macdougall p. 7 listed under central market w side . further reading edit michael harden 2008 . lygon street stories and recipes from melbourne s melting pot millers point nsw murdoch books australia . isbn 978 1 74196 232 1 peter yule ed . 2004 . carlton . a history carlton victoria melbourne university press and carlton residents association . isbn 0 522 85204 1 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toto % 27s pizza house & oldid 737958044 categories pizzerias in australiacompanies based in victoria australia italian australian cultureitalian australian culture in melbournehidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 02 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view