THE HISTORY of NEW YORK PIZZA

 

LOMBARDI'S

The ROOT of ALL GREAT PIZZA In AMERICA

GENARO LOMARDI With PIZZAIOLO ANTHONY PERO (Totonno's)

 

 

1905: Gennaro Lombardi’s opens America's "First Ever Pizzeria" at  53 1/2 Spring St. in Lower Manhattam, New York, NY .. Some famed Pizzaioli  (Pizza Makers) work there over the years;Anthony Pero founder of Totonno's Coney Island, John Sasso of John's Pizza Bleecker Street, and Pasquale Lancieri aka "Patsy" who opens "Patsy's Pizzeria in Eats Harlem. A Pizza cost a Nickel at Lombardi's in 1905 ..

1924: Anthony “Totonno” Pero opens Totonno’s in Coney Island. Establishes unusual ritual that some Pizzerias carry on to this day. When the dough runs out, the Pizzeria close for the day.

1929: John Sasso opens John’s Pizzeria on Bleecker Street.

1933: Pasquale “Patsy” Lancieri opens Patsy’s in East Harlem.

1956: Average cost of a slice of New York pizza: 15 cents. Price keeps pace with cost of subway fare, seen as a kind of an economic indicator.

1959: Ralph Cuomo opens Ray’s Pizza on Prince Street.

1964: Di Fara Pizza opens in Midwood, Brooklyn.

1977: Saturday Night Fever: John Travolta double-slices it at Lenny’s in Bay Ridge.

1990: Three Ray’s owners, none of them named Ray, band together, form a coalition to trademark the name, and eliminate impostors, or make them pay a fee.

1994: Seventy-nine people are arrested for operating an international drug ring out of a midtown Famous Original Ray’s.

2004: Anthony Mangieri opens Una Pizza Napoletana. Some cal him "The Pizza Nazi" 

2004: Zagat awards Di Fara 28 rating for food along with Le Bernardin and Jean Georges; Di Fara also receives lowest rating ever for décor: 5.

TOTONNO'S OPENED IN 1924 

By FORMER LOMBARDI'S PIZZAIOLO

ANTHONY PERRO

photo by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

   

 

JOHN'S PIZZERIA

OPENED 1929

By FORMER LOMBARDI'S PIZZAIOLO JOHN SASSO

 

 

photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

 

 

PATSY'S OPENED 1933

by FORMER LOMBARDI'S PIZZAIOLO

PASQUALE LACIERI

 

PATSY'S

BACK In The DAY

PATSY'S PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA SPAGHETTI HOUSE

Circa 1933

East Harlem, New York

The Maestro of PIZZA

Mr. Dominic DeMarco

DiFara Pizza

Brooklyn, NEW YORK

Many consider DiFara Pizza made by the Maestro of Pizza Mr. Dom DeMarco to be New York's # 1 very best Pizza of all. That my friends means it's the best pizza in America and I wouldn't disagree.

Sunday Sauce 

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

MANGIA ITALIANO

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

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Greenwich Village Newport Steak

Made some Newport Steaks yesterday. Our Favorite Steaks. The Greenwich Village Steak invented by Italian Butcher in Greenwich Village, Jack Ubaldi at his Florence Meat Market on Jones Street in The Village. Not many now of this fine economical Steak cut from the Bottom Sirloin, also known as Tri-Tip ..

The Steaks are tasty and economical. You have to get Prime Meat. There are three butcher shops to get a Newport Steak in New York, all in Greenwich Village (and a Part of Soho that Italians still consider the Village) .. These markets are all Italian Butcher Shops. First off there is Florence Meat Market, the creator of the Newport Steak. They also sell them at Ottomanelli on Bleecker Street, and at Pino's Prime Meat on Sullivan Street. I usally get mine at Pino's or Florence.

to be Continued

HARRY'S BAR "The WORLDS COOLEST RESTAURANT

ARIGO CIPRIANNI

The World's Coolest Restaurant? Why, it's Harry's Bar,

Venice of course. Without a doubt. There is no contest for any to compete. Well many will beg to differ, but I know better, and better than most. No Brag, Just Fact! Let me tell you why.

If you are in any of the Great Renowned Cities of the World, cities such as; New York, Paris, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo, London,

Hong Kong, wherever. There will in all these cities be a number of restaurants where the In-Crowd, the Jet-Set, Those in The Know, the Movers-and-Shakers of the World will go to. There are usually at least 6 to 12 restaurants for those in the know to go to. For example, if you are in my City, New York and you are one of these people, "Those In the Know," you might go to any one of these restaurants. right now in the year 2011 these restaurants would be; Minetta Tavern,

Bar Pitti, The Waverly Inn, Pastis, Momofuku Ssam, The Standard Grill, John Dory at The Ace Hotel, and at least 6 others. Same goes for LA, London, Paris, Rome, and so-on.

In Venice there are many restaurants, but really just one more or less that "Everyone Who is Anyone" will go when in town. One, that one is "Harry's Bar." No other restaurant in the World quite like it. If you are of the Jet Set, The In Crow, those "In-The-Know," you'll know one thing for sure, when you go to Harry's Bar you will be amongst the all of

The "in Crowd" will be there and nowhere else. Well this is a bit of an exaggeration to make a point, but this point is true 85% of the time.

And of the place, Harry's Bar, Venice. And i keep saying Harry's bar Venice, for it is thee only one, but there are many others around the World with the same name. There is only one Great "Harry's Bar" and that is Harry's Bar, Venice at the Vaporetto stop of San Marco.

Yes, and of Harry's. The restaurant is Wonderful. It has a beautiful casual elegance in the decor. The place is always filled with the "Beautiful People," the service is great, and the food Fabulous. Though at a price. Harry's bar is very expensive. For some this is of no consequence, but if it is expensive for you, it is definitely worth a splurge. The place is awesome.

After-All, they invented the "Bellini" Cocktail here. And

Beef Carpaccio as well.

Over the years, everyone and everyone has passed through the doors; Kings, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers,

Rock Stars, Movie Stars, you name it. Too many to name, never-the-less, I will name some names; Ernest Hemingway, Grace Kelly, Onassis, Sir Winston Churchill, Humphrey Bogart, Mick Jagger, George Clooney, Jude Law, Gwyneth Palthrow and on-and-on. And you if you go, of course.

If you go to Harry's Bar, you will Love it. The place is filled with quite a exciting energy. It's a experience you'll always remember. So, do remember, The World's Coolest restaurnat, Harry's Bar, Venice that is.

 by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

HARRY'S BAR

VENICE

   The World's Coolest Restaurant? Why, it's Harry's Bar, Venice of course. Without a doubt. There is no contest for any to compete. Well many will beg to differ, but I know better, and better than most. No Brag, Just Fact! Let me tell you why.
   If you are in any of the Great Renowned Cities of the World, cities such as; New York, Paris, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, wherever. There will in all these cities be a number of restaurants where the In-Crowd, the Jet-Set, Those in The Know, the Movers-and-Shakers of the World will go to. There are usually at least 6 to 12 restaurants for those in the know to go to. For example, if you are in my City, New York and you are one of these people, "Those In the Know," you might go to any one of these restaurants. right now in the year 2011 these restaurants would be; Minetta Tavern, Bar Pitti, The Waverly Inn, Pastis, Momofuku Ssam, The Standard Grill, John Dory at The Ace Hotel, and at least 6 others. Same goes for LA, London, Paris, Rome, and so-on.
   In Venice there are many restaurants, but really just one more or less that "Everyone Who is Anyone" will go when in town. One, that one is "Harry's Bar." No other restaurant in the World quite like it. If you are of the Jet Set, The In Crow, those "In-The-Know," you'll know one thing for sure, when you go to Harry's Bar you will be amongst the all of The "in Crowd" will be there and nowhere else. Well this is a bit of an exaggeration to make a point, but this point is true 85% of the time.

Ernest Hemingway & Friends at Harry's Bar

VENICE, ITALY

And of the place, Harry's Bar, Venice. And i keep saying Harry's bar Venice, for it is thee only one, but there are many others around the World with the same name. There is only one Great "Harry's Bar" and that is Harry's Bar, Venice at the Vaporetto stop of San Marco.
Yes, and of Harry's. The restaurant is Wonderful. It has a beautiful casual elegance in the decor. The place is always filled with the "Beautiful People," the service is great, and the food Fabulous. Though at a price. Harry's bar is very expensive. For some this is of no consequence, but if it is expensive for you, it is definitely worth a splurge. The place is awesome.
After-All, they invented the "Bellini" Cocktail here. And
Beef Carpaccio as well.

If you go to harry's Bar, you will Love it. The place is filled with quite a exciting energy. It's a experience you'll always remember. So, do remember, The World's Coolest restaurant, Harry's Bar, Venice that is.

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

HARRY'S BAR

The BAR

VENICE

The GRITTI PALACE HOTEL

ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S FAVORITE HOTEL

VENICE

NEED a ROOM at The GRITTI

ANYWHERE in VENICE

And WORLDWIDE

BOOKING.com

POSITANO

The AMALFI COAST

AMAZON.com

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JOE'S DAIRY CLOSING and NEW YORK LOSES ANOTHER GREAT OLD INSTITUTION

Yes folks,sad but true, Joe's Dairy is closing. After 60 years in business, the beloved little Cheese Shop, a.k.a. "Jimmy The Cheeseman's Store" from The Pope of Greenwich Village, will sell their last ball of fresh Home Made Mozzarella (The best in The City) at 6 PM today May, 11 2013, and New York and the Italian Community of South Greenwich Village loses but one more beloved institution.

This is particularly a major blow to we Italian-Americans who lost our much loved Rocco Restorante on Thompson Street in The Village last year. Rocco's, after 90 years in Greenwich Village lost it's lease last year and The Torissi Boys quickly swooped in to open "Carbone," which promised to be a classic Old School Downtown New York Italian Red Sauce Joint like Rocco's was, but with $50 Veal Parmigiano and $52 Veal Marsala on the menu, it just doesn't seem so.

And so my friends we lose another beloved old New York Mom-and-Pop business to greed landlords.  It's a Sin, and we all wish something could be done about this scourge. Bye-Bye Joe's we'll surely miss you there on Sullivan Street, and we're gonna miss New York's Best Mozz. So we're do we go now? I still refuse to set food in that awful, overprice commercial enterprise Eataly, that's for tourist and another type of person I will not mention. Guess I'll have to walk down to DiPalo's. Joe's was only 2 blocks from my house. I'll miss it so.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

CUOZZO DOESN'T Say "VEAL IS BEST In CITY" HE GIVES CARBONE 2 STARS

UNLIKE VIRGIL SOLOZZO in THE GODFATHER

CUOZZO DOESN'T Say "VEAL IS THE BEST In THE CITY"

Finicky (Notoriously "Off The Mark") New York Post Food Critic Steve Cuozzo gives Carbone a luke-warm 2 Stars and quotes The Godfather, saying" The Veal is not the Best in The City," a line made famous by Al Litieri as Vrigil Sollozzo tells crooked New York City Police Captain McColskey, when he ask, "How's the Italian Food in this restaurant (Louie's)?" Solozzo tels him to get the Veal, it's the best in the city. Well Cuozzo definitely didn't think that of the Veal at Carbone.

Cuzzo on Carbone's Pasta 

"Pasta monotonously lacked contrast or texture. Only one of six I tried rang the bell: modestly named, immodestly priced ($30) spaghetti de mare. The joy lay less in showoff elements like rock shrimp, bay scallops and razor clams, than in crackling tomato, garlic, chili, parsley and garlic. Most others evoked mediocre trattorias, especially dry and clumpy angel hair begging for more olive oil."

Cuzzo on Carbone's Clams:

Clams three ways batted .333; while oreganata clicked, neither lardo on top of casinos, nor sea urchin in a “fantasia” preparation was my idea of heaven.

Steve Cuozzo's Fianl Statement on Carbone:

"A restaurant born of so much talent and expectation should dazzle us from inizio alla fine. Carbone flickers like a teasing moon through billows of pomp — in a town full of truly great Italian places, it’s an offer I’ll gently refuse."

$50.00 VEAL PARMESAN Is ENOUGH For TWO

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW "THE BIGGY" YET To COME

CARBONE vs CARBONE

THE RIGHT CARBONE!

OR IS IT WRONG?

Alessandor Altigieri (Owner Carbone Restorante 38th Street) has been getting a lot of extra business lately at his restaurant 

Carbone Restorante (aka The Wrong Carbone) in Hells Kitchen New York ... The source or root of the extra business is coming from an unlikely source, a rival New York restaurant, Carbone, New York's # 1 Hottest Restaurant of The Moment a.k.a. "The Right Carbone" down on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village.

Altigieri says he has been getting reservations request and delivery orders from people thinking they are ordering from the hot Carbone of the moment ... Altigieri also says, "Many people from Long Island or other places (New Jersey & Westchester) come by Limo, they "Eat" at my restaurant (by Mistake) and when they are finished they are very Happy ...

THE WRONG CARBONE!

OR IS IT RIGHT?

ROBERT DiNERO

as YOUNG "VITO CORLEONE"

THE GODFATHER PART II

SUNDAY GRAVY PASTA SAUCE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE

SUNDAY GRAVY

$35.00 A JAR

The  WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE

ITALIAN JARED PASTA SAUCE

Mamma mia! That’s a lot of money to mangia.

At $35 a jar, Sunday Gravy is the most expensive pasta sauce in town — and the price tag is giving some people agita. “You’re kidding me, right?!” belched one Facebook poster. “Who in their right mind would pay $35 for sauce?”

The ruby-red delicacy costs far more than celebrity blends made by Mario Batali ($7.80), Lidia Bastianich ($6.80) or Rao’s ($8).

And it’s more than double the $16 for a plate of pasta with meat sauce at Eataly’s La Pasta or even a $22 penne with veal and pork ragu at Il Buco.

IF YOU THINK THIS IS An ABSURD PRICE and WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN TASTY ITALIAN SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY alla CLEMENZA alla FRANK SINATRA

GET YOURSELF A COPY of DANIEL BELLINO-ZWICKE'S AWESOME BOOK

"La TAVOLA" ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS ADVENTURES of THE TABLE

With MANY GREAT RECIPES INCLUDING SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA, THE WAY FRANK SINATRA LIKED IT ... MANGIA!!!

IF YOU MAKE THE SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY RECIPE in "La TAVOLA" IT WILL COST YOU ABOUT $35 to $40 to MAKE a LARGE BATCH THAT WILL FEED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE or MAKE 20 SERVINGS of SAUCE WITH PASTA and SOME MEATBALL PARM SANDWICHES ... YOU'D HAVE to BUY 5 JARS of SUNDAY GRAVY The WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE JARRED PASTA SAUCE, COSTING YOU ABOUT $175 .. If you MAKE YOUR OWN SAUCE YOU WILL SAVE ABOUT $130.00, YOUR SAUCE WILL BE BETTER, IT'S MORE FUN and YOU CAN GET A GREAT NEW ITALIAN FOOD BOOK (La Tavola) To BOOT .. BASTA!

WORLD'S 100 BEST RESTUARANTS

MOMOFUKU SSAM BAR

East Village, NEW YORK, NY

5. Eleven Madison Park # 10
11. Per Se # 6
19. Le Bernadin # 19
29. Daniel # 25
63. Blue Hill at Stone Barns # 77
86. Momofuku Ssam Bar # 37
91. Masa # 90
93. Momofuku Ko # 79
98. Jean George  # 66


World's 100 Best Restaurants? according to Who? Restaurant Magazine UK, that's who. Restaurant magazine is a Restaurant Industry Resources Magazine sent to restaurants all around the country and all around the world.

Well, New York as everyone knows is a one of the World's Great Restaurant and Food City's, some would say the best, others not, at any rate, we are among-st the world's best. And on that Top 100 Best Restaurants of The World List, New York has almost 10% of the top 100, or 9 restaurants to be exact. And New York's own Chef Michael Chang has two restaurants of The World's 100 Best with his Momofuku Saam Bar at # 37 and Momofuku Ko at 79 out of 100 .. Bravo David ... And speaking of Momofuku, did you ever wonder what it means? 
Lucky Peach that's what.. And David Chang is definitely one of those, a Momofuku  Lucky Peach ...

David Chang

LUCKY PEACH

PASTRAMI On RYE "NEW YORK'S OWN SANDWICH

PASTRAMI
On RYE
KATZ'S DELI
New York's Own Sandwich
LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK

SINATRA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT

PATSY'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT

West 56th STREET, NEW YORK, NY

SINCE 1933

Everyone knows patsy's was Frank's Favorite. Everyone in the know or who knew Frank. Patsy's on West 56th Street was a long time favorite of Sinatra, who started eating at Patsy's ever since his Star Began To Rise back in the 1940's .. The Dorsey Brothers, Tommy and Jimmy brought Frank there for his first of thousands. Frank was going to Patsy's ever since his New York Hoboken days, when he moved to Hasbrouk Heights New Jersey just a few blocks from famed Jersey Mob Boss Willie Moretti, who was Sinatra's real-life Don to the fictitious Don Vito Corleone and Johnnie Fontaine (Sinatra) in Mario Puzzo and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.

Frank's favorites at Patsy's were; Clams Posilipo, Veal Milanese (extra Crispy), and Meatballs (Veal Meatballs). Patsy's has become a sort of shrine to the great one, Francis Albert Sinatra and should be on the bucket list of anyone who calls themselves a major fan of the man, "Sinatra."

 

FRANK SINATRA

OLD SCHOOL ITALIAN RED SAUCE JOINTS

Past & Present

CELEBRATING The 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of HIS BIRTH in 2015

Frank Sinatra Born 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey

Frank Spent a Lot of Time in New York

PATSY'S

Sinatra's Favorite Italian Restaurant

STILL HERE !  West 56th Street, New York, NY

ROCCO'S

THOMPSON STREET GREENWICH VILLAGE

GONE

Now It's CARBONE

Inside the former Rocco's

Now The Most Expensive Red Sauce Joint Around

It's CARBONE

JOHN'S of 12th STREET

Since 1908

STILL HERE !!!

GINO'S

Above and Below

GONE !!!

A Waiter and the Famous Zebra Wallpaper at GINO'S

No Longer With Us

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner Dine at Patsy's

Rafetto's Past Shop, Greenwich Village New York

SINCE 1906

STILL GOING STRONG

 CAFFE REGGIO  

SINCE 1927

STILL GOING STRONG on MACDOUGAL STREET

GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK

FERDINANDO'S SICILIAN SPECIALTIES

SINCE 1904

STILL With US on Union Street, Carroll gardens, Brooklyn, New York

"The Only Place left to get a good Vasteddi (Beef Spleen Sandwich) in NY

JOHN'S PIZZERIA

Bleecker Street greenwich Village, NEW YORK

SINCE 1927

STILL with US !!!!

Ferdinando's Brooklyn

Get The VASTEDDI SANDWICH

PIEMONTE RAVIOLI

SINCE 1920

Grand Street LITTLE IATALY,  NY NY

STILL with US !!!

Read About Italian-American New York

in Daniel Bellino's Best Selling SUNDAY SAUCE

Recipes and Stories of Italian-American New York

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SOPHIA

"JUST BECAUSE"