Gennaro Lombardi
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Gennaro Lombardi was an Italian immigrant who moved to the United States in 1897, and known for opening the first pizzeria in the United States, Lombardi's.[1][2] He opened a small grocery store in New York City's Little Italy. An employee of his, , also an Italian immigrant, began making pizza for the store to sell. Their pizza became so popular that Lombardi opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, naming it simply Lombardi's.[3][4]
Although Lombardi was influenced by the pies of Naples, he was forced to adapt pizza to Americans. The wood-fired ovens and mozzarella di bufala were substituted with coal powered ovens and fior di latte (made from cow's milk), and so began the evolution of the American Pie.[5] In 1924, Totonno left Lombardi's and followed the expanding New York City Subway lines to Coney Island, where he opened Totonno's.[1]
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- ^ a b Asimov, Eric (10 June 1998). "New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ Seidell, Streeter (2007-10-15). "Where burgers, fried Twinkies and Fat Darrells began". CNN. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ "104 Years of Pizza in New York". NYMag. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ Turim, Gayle (2012-07-27). "A Slice of History: Pizza Through the Ages". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ Reinhart, Peter (2003). American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1-58008-422-2.
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