Some really shocking and saddening news from late yesterday afternoon: Lucali owner and head pizzaman Mark Iacono was brutally stabbed in Carroll Gardens allegedly by ex-con Benny Geritano, a longtime neighborhood local who Iacono has known since childhood. The two apparently had an argument earlier in the day, and Geritano came "seemingly out of nowhere" yesterday afternoon, Post sources say, and attacked Iacono with a kitchen knife:

"He stabbed him good, the back, neck and legs, but he is stable," a cousin who didn't give his name said at the hospital. "We don't know why this happened."

Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark, his friends, and family, and we wish him a speedy recovery.