Italy was once the epicenter of COVID-19 cases in Europe. When we produced this show it'd seen more deaths from the disease than any other country on the continent. And the plight of a pizzeria in Naples is one example of a large-scale struggle.
BEN WEDEMAN, cnn SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Dario is busy — busier than he's been in more than 50 days. Monday, Italy's nationwide lockdown was eased and L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele is now back in business but only for take away and home delivery. A year ago, the restaurant would be full and there'd be maybe 20 people waiting outside Dario tells me. It was here that Julia Roberts ate pizza in "Eat, Pray, Love". But today she'd have to do her eating outside. This pizzeria opened 150 years ago. In that time, it stayed open during a cholera epidemic and the entire second World War.

It only shut its doors when coronavirus came to town. Now Neapolitan can be reunited with their beloved pizza which local lore insists was invented here. Guliano and Francesca got by on homemade pizza during the lockdown but it just wasn't the same. For us Neapolitan to go without pizza for this long is almost impossible, says Guliano.
Bruno is happy to get his pizza again but worries people, especially the young are letting down their guard. Everyone is together, he says. It's more dangerous now than a month ago as far as I'm concerned. But the pizza's getting cold so goodbye.
This pizzeria has been in the same family for five generations. Closure can cost. It was depressing, says Sergio Condurro. We have 17 workers which means 17 families. And then there are producers of tomatoes and flour and mozzarella. Lockdown created pockets of poverty. Now some stomachs and pockets can be filled again.
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