Totonno's Coney Island Reopening Early June

Posted by Adam Kuban, April 24, 2009 at 4:20 PM

Totonno's, as it used to look. Photograph from timkang on Flickr

I've had a lot of you emailing me or asking me in person: When is Totonno's in Coney reopening?

As you should know, there was a fire at the legendary coal-oven pizzeria on March 14. When last we talked to Totonno's owner Lawrence Ciminieri, he said he thought the place would reopen in a month's time—which would be around, oh, now.

I just got off the phone with Ciminieri, and he tells me that the target reopen date is now early June.

"It took four weeks just to get the permit to start work," he said. "We'll start May 1, and hopefully it'll take four weeks to rebuild. So early June."

Slice will keep an eye on the Totonno's rebuild for you and bring your word of the reopening. If for some sick reason you don't check the site daily, though, Ciminieri says you should just call Totonno's before making a trip out there: 718-372-8606.

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Tags: Brooklyn, coal-oven, Coney Island, NYC, Totonno's, Totonno's fire

3 Comments:

Was the oven destroyed in the fire?

hondo3777 at 3:16PM on 04/27/09

@hondo3777: No. It's intact.

Adam Kuban at 4:10PM on 04/27/09

i'm relieved that he wasn't just being an optimist when he said they would be able to reopen. it's pretty amazing that they will be open for most of the summer if everything goes as planned. that's the best news i've heard all week (all month? all year?).

sloppy at 2:37PM on 04/29/09

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