Lombardi's

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Lombardi's Pizza at 32 Spring Street in Little Italy, Manhattan
Lombardi's Pizza at 32 Spring Street in Little Italy, Manhattan

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. The original way of making pizza in a coal oven is still used today at the restaurant.

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

  1. ^ Asimov, Eric. "New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback", New York Times, 1998-06-10. Retrieved on 2006-09-24. 

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