Made on a thick Sicilian-style crust and topped with tomato sauce, green bell peppers, and salami, Altoona pizza's most iconic feature is the final topping — American cheese.

Facebook. Quick backstory: Altoona is the home to Penn State Altoona, one of the school’s “commonwealth campuses.” You’ve probably heard of the University Park campus, but of the 73,000 or ...

An Altoona pizza starts with Sicilian-style (don’t @ me) crust, topped with tomato sauce, green bell peppers, salami, and finally, that yellowish square of cheese. Altoona-style pizza (Altoona ...

Several people posted images of the Altoona-style pizza which hails from Pennsylvania. Jim Cheney, writing on the website Uncovering PA, notes that this particular style of pizza was invented at ...

Despite its uniqueness, Altoona-style pizza made a lasting impression on the celebrities. “I quite like your pizza, I will be real,” Rathbone said. “That Altoona-style was something else.” ...

While everyone might love Altoona Curve baseball, not everyone loves Altoona pizza, the type of pizza served up Sicillian style with American cheese, sauce, green peppers and salami. This week ...

“Altoona style is the biggest one from Altoona, [Penn.], which just has a slice of American cheese draped across it. There’s Old Forge-style pizza [in Old Forge, Penn.] that’s double-crusted ...