The Pizza Corner Lola Aiko [top]

Lola Aiko is not a chef by trade. She was a librarian for forty-two years. But when her husband passed away, she found the silence of her apartment unbearable. So she rolled up her sleeves, dusted off a recipe her American neighbor taught her in the 1980s, and opened a hole-in-the-wall.

Last week, a real estate developer offered her a fortune to turn the corner into a high-rise condo lobby. Lola Aiko just smiled, slid him a slice of Silent Sunday, and said, “Son, you can’t build a home on a corner where nobody prays before eating.” the pizza corner lola aiko

Lola Aiko laughs, tears in her eyes. She hands the girl a slice of Basta-Bata, extra cheese. Lola Aiko is not a chef by trade

The introduction of Lola Aiko has the potential to disrupt the pizza industry in several ways: So she rolled up her sleeves, dusted off