slice of life

Gennaro Lombardi, an immigrant from Naples, opened a Little Italy grocery in 1897 that grew into America’s first pizzeria.

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One of his employees, Antonio Totonno Pero, began making pizza to sell in the grocery but most folks could not afford the 5cents it took to buy the whole pie.

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It was Tontonno’s genius to begin asking folks what they could afford, then cutting them slices in keeping with their offers. 

Genius.

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Business took off and never looked back. Today there are over 400 places to get a slice in New York City.

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By 1924 Totonno left Lombardi and opened Totonno’s in Coney Island with a coal brick oven, and the New York style of pizza was a thing.

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New Yorker’s fold their slices, 

then pick them up with their hands.

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You gotta know when to fold ‘em.

NYTimes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York-style_pizza

Have a great vacation in Italy, Mr. Mayor.