By 1969, the clown was gone and the name had been changed to Pizza Town USA after Gennaro “Jerry” Chiarello became the proud ...

Update below: The well-documented origin story of New York City pizza goes something like this: in the late 19th century, Gennaro Lombardi immigrated to the United States from Italy, and in 1905, the ...

Pizza as we know it showed up in New York City around the early 1900s at Lombardi’s in Little Italy, though the city had precursors served in bakeries the previous century. Lombardi’s was followed by ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you consider the crunchy, traditional pizza slices from Gennaro's Pizzeria a gold standard for excellent versions around New York City, take advantage of these next few days.

In 1905, an Italian immigrant named Gennaro Lombardi decided to push some pizzas into a coal-fired oven in Manhattan. People gobbled them up, and next thing you know, his grocery store in Little Italy ...

Customers love it when Giuseppe Guardascione emerges from his restaurant kitchen and greets them at their table. They rave about his chicken cacciatore or his calamari marinara or his veal marsala.

Note: This is an abbreviated version of the full Taste Test review, with a star rating based on multiple visits. See the complete version on our subscriber site ExpressNews.com. Gennaro’s Trattoria is ...