Lombardi's
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Lombardi's, founded in 1905, in Little Italy, Manhattan was the first pizzeria in the United States.[1]
Gennaro Lombardi opened a grocery store at 53 Spring Street in 1897. In 1905 his employee Antonio Totonno Pero began selling tomato pies or slices wrapped in paper and tied with a string.
In 1924, Totonno left Lombardi's to open his own pizzeria on Coney Island called Totonno's.
In 1984 the original Lombardi's closed. In 1994 another Lombardi's restaurant opened a block away at 32 Spring Street.
In 2005, Lombardi's sold pizza pies for 5 cents, which was the original price in 1905, to celebrate the 100th anniversary.
[edit] References
- ^ Asimov, Eric. "New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback", New York Times, 1998-06-10. Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
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