I didn’t think it was possible, but there will soon be a new face at the helm of one of Brooklyn’s greatest and most idiosyncratic pizzeria. If you’ve been to this place, either on your own or on one of our pizza tours, you’re just as shocked as I am. The news dropped last week […]
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Pizza Festival Celebrates NYC Area Pizza Makers Slice Out Hunger be hosting the sixth annual Pizza on the Pier Saturday, May 9th at Fornino Pier 6 (Brooklyn Bridge Park). The event will feature 30+ of NYC’s top pizza makers who bake specialty pizzas available only at this event. Pizza on the Pier is divided into
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We lost one of the all-time greats this week. Mr. Patsy Grimaldi, founder of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria and Julianna’s Pizza, has died at age 93. It’s no overstatement to say that Patsy Grimaldi had a greater impact on pizza in New York (and beyond) than any other person in the last century. Back in 1990, pizza
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If you missed my live webinar about correcting common NYC (and beyond) pizza myths, fear not! Here’s a link to watch the entire thing. This was hosted by GANYC, the Guides Association of New York City. It’s a member organization for NYC tour guides to promote education and foster relationships and collective energy for the
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If any NYC pizza maker was worthy of having a street named after himself, it’s Dom DeMarco. Family and friends gathered this past Saturday to make the occasion with speeches, remembrances, and of course there was pizza. Anyone who ate Di Fara pizza between 1965 and 2007 almost certainly had a pizza made by Dom.
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Join us at Fornino on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park this October for a pizza party of epic proportions! The event will feature 35+ of NYC’s top pizza makers baking off specialty pizzas available only at this event. We’ve split the day into three 90-minute sessions. Grab a ticket for 1, 2, or even
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I’ll be hosting a live interview at the Center for Brooklyn History (part of Brooklyn Public Library) with Anthony Mongiello on October 16. Mongiello sued Pizza Hut for $1 Billion after they allegedly stole his invention of stuffed crust pizza. Mongiello comes from a long line of food innovators including his grandfather’s creation of a
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John’s of Bleecker Street recently replaced their classic tables with perfect replicas.
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It just may be the end of an era for Totonno’s Pizzeria Napolitano on Coney Island. As reported by The New York Times, the century-old pizzeria has decided to open their doors to investors or new owners. Ever since opening in 1924, the pizzeria has been operated by four different generations of the same family.
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Does NYC have the nation’s most expensive pizza? The NY Post recently published an article about how NYC’s pizza was more expensive than any other city in the country. They even reached out to me for comment and I was happy to provide some context. A real estate website called Clever “analyzed a multitude of
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