About
Panizzera Meat Co. was started in 1914 by Constante and Margaret Panizzera, Italian Immigrants from the Lake Como region of Italy. They began with a small butcher shop and slaughter facility in Occidental, California, a magnet for Italian immigrants from similarly mountainous and wooded regions in Tuscany. Constante continued butchering until he was 88 years old. Joe Panizzera carried on the family tradition eventually handing it over to his son Bob.
