Founded in 1953, the original La Casa location is the oldest operating pizzeria in Omaha, and is widely considered iconic to the city.

[2] The mascot for La Casa is named 'Peppi' (sometimes spelled Pepé) and is featured prominently at each location with a neon sign.

[5][3] La Casa's menu largely serves Italian food, focusing particularity on pizza and pasta.

[1] Notably, La Casa features a signature thin-crust, Romano cheese and hamburger pizza that is served in a rectangular shape.

[7][8][9] The restaurant is also notable for its minestrone soup recipe that was first designed by founder Joe Patane, and has remained unchanged since then.

[10] The original La Casa Pizzaria was opened on June 8, 1953, by Sicilian immigrants Joe and Nellie Patane.

The brothers implemented tuition assistance, health insurance, and improved training programs to retain workers.

[9][12] In 2016, La Casa was cameoed in the Alexander Payne film Downsizing, starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig.

[19][20] The Omaha-based newspaper, The Reader, described the pizza as "The crust is thin like pastry, the hamburger is granular like meat gravel, and the cheese is pure, smelly Romano.

[11] The neon sign located at La Casa Pizza is widely regarded as icon and historic to Omaha.

[24] Director Alexander Payne has stated his personal favorite dish is pizza with mushrooms, onions, and ground beef.