Breaking: Anthony Mangieri May Be Selling Una Pizza Napoletana to Motorino Owner

Posted by Adam Kuban, July 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM

Prompted by an item on Eater, we're going to let go with some news we've been sitting on for a couple months—it appears that Anthony Mangieri may be selling Una Pizza Napoletana and that Mathieu Palombino of Motorino may take over the space.

An unnamed and well-placed source told us in late April that renown pizza-maker Mangieri had been thinking about selling his space and oven to an existing pizzeria. Mangieri told the source he was thinking about leaving Manhattan's East Village and opening a new pizzeria either in New Jersey or San Francisco.

So when I saw this item on Eater, I figured the "existing pizzeria" had to be Motorino and called Palombino for comment. [After the jump, what may become of the original Motorino space... ]

When we spoke in early June, Palombino indicated that Mangieri was still on the fence about the sale, but that Mangieri initiated the beer/wine license transfer to see if they could get Community Board approval on the transfer before going any further with a sale.

"I love that pizzeria and respect Anthony. If anything happened to it, I would cry," he said.

Mangieri has operated the celebrated Neapolitan-style pizzeria since October 2004.

Palombino told me that if the sale goes through, he will operate two Motorino locations.

7 Comments

Tags: Anthony Mangieri, East Village, Manhattan, Mathieu Palombino, Motorino, NYC, Una Pizza Napoletana, WOW!

7 Comments:

wow wtf?
gianluca
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nextgospel at 2:19PM on 07/10/09

"I love that pizzeria and respect Anthony. If anything happened to it, I would cry,"

Am i dreaming or didn't he once arrogantly say his Pizza was better than UPN?

seriouspizza at 2:43PM on 07/10/09

hmmm..i guess i better take out that second mortgage and head over to upn since i've never been there.

sloppy at 3:22PM on 07/10/09

Well, if Mangieri moves to SF, he will be joining good company. Until the last few years , the pizza in the City absolutely SUCKED ! But man, things have changed. A pizza renaissance is bringing absolutely great pizza to the city by the Bay. I will have a more in depth review coming soon but I have to admit that I'm "suffering" from pizza intoxication. I just walked out of Tony Geminagni's new pizza restaurant, Tony's Pizza Napoletana. This award winning pizzaiolo is as passionate about crust, sauce and cheese as anyone I've ever met. He has 4 different ovens making 4 different pizza styles in an elegant space in the heart of North Beach. The Margherita I just devoured left nothing to be desired. Tony's place, which has been open for less than 2 weeks, also operates a pizza school in the morning where he trains and certifies pizza makers. With sophisticated and hip pizza purveyors like Geminagni, and the folks behind Delfina, A16 and Gialina, SF may be on the way to becoming the pizza capital of America.

L.A. Pizza Maven at 7:23PM on 07/10/09

@LAPM: I want a report on TPN! Four different styles? That's insane.

Adam Kuban at 7:25PM on 07/10/09

the city will suffer a great loss if ever he decides to move...again.

leyway at 9:09PM on 07/10/09

The report is coming.with fotos of course..the place is insane...something for everyone...long live pizza!

L.A. Pizza Maven at 12:57AM on 07/11/09

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