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Paulie Gee's Opening Tonight in Greenpoint
A reminder, in case you don't already know: Paulie Gee's is opening tonight at 6 p.m. We were able to go to a friends and family night on Saturday at the new Greenpoint wood-oven pizzeria, and our man J. Kenji Lopez-Alt snapped some photos. They're in the gallery above, if you should feel like previewing what you might find tonight. No word yet on what the opening-night menu might be. When contacted for comment, Mr. Giannone said, "Not yet. I'm up to my ass in alligators." Update: We now have the menu. It appears after the jump. Paulie Gee's 60...Video: Paulie Gee's, from 'Feast'
NBC New York's Feast blog has a great video of Paulie Gee talkin' 'bout his baby. He gets into his motivations, influences, and what he hopes the experience will be like for folks in Greenpoint and all over. Paulie Gee's opens Tuesday, March 9, 2010. See also: An Evening with Paulie Gee, Pizza Madman of New Jersey » Paulie Gee's 60 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11222 (Franklin/West streets; map)...Paulie Gee's to Open Tuesday, March 9
Paul Giannone, putting the first pie into his Stefano Ferrara wood-fired oven. [Photograph: Jennifer Galatioto, who happened to get some preview PG pizza] We've watched Paulie Gee (aka Paul Giannone) go from backyard pizza enthusiast to budding pro pizza-maker over the last couple of years. Today, we finally have word on when Paulie Gee's, his Greenpoint, Brooklyn, pizzeria will open: Tuesday, March 9, 2010....Elegante Pizzeria: A Slice of Bay Ridge
Elegante Pizzeria 6922 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11209 (Bay Ridge/Ovington avenues; map); 718-745-9715 Pizza Style: New York Oven Type: Gas Price:Slice $2.25 Bay Ridge has changed a lot since Tony and Phil Varvara bought Elegante Pizzeria in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. That was back in the early 1980s, but Elegante actually dates back to 1960. For the first two decades of the pizzeria's existence Bay Ridge had little demographic turnover and was populated by a mix of Italian and Greek immigrants. These days the strip of Fifth Avenue is increasingly populated by Lebanese/Arab immigrants and their first-generation children. Kebab houses...Joe Biden's Secret Service Detail Eats at Grimaldi's
[Photograph: Adam Kuban] From Slice'r Matt comes an email heads-up that Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, visited Brooklyn's River Cafe for a belated Valentine's Day meal. The New York Daily News reports: As the veep and his wife dined, Secret Service agents gobbled down pizzas from the nearby iconic Grimaldi's Pizzeria. They always say that cops (or in this case, law-enforcement/security types) know where to eat....Totonno's: REOPENED!
I am now at Totonno's, and IT IS OPEN. Lawrence Ciminieri is making pies, and his mom, Cookie, is looking rested but is as irrascible as ever. Videographic evidence, after the jump....Totonno's Reopening: Friday? That's What We Hear
[Photograph: Adam Kuban] So, yeah. The Wednesday reopening? Didn't happen. Totonno's owner Lawrence Ciminieri says the weather KO'd him. But the latest bit of news we have to report in the anticipated Totonno's reopening is that the Coney Island pizzeria will be firing up tomorrow (Friday, February 12). All the items are in place, Ciminieri told Ed Levine by phone last night, and, Ciminieri says, someone from the mayor's office is going to be there at the reopening ceremony. As promised before, Ciminieri will be making the pies tomorrow....Totonno's Reopening Wednesday, February 10
[Photograph: Adam Kuban] Our man Ed Levine just got off the phone with Totonno's owner Lawrence Ciminieri, who tells us that Totonno's is reopening next Wednesday, February 10 at noon. Ciminieri says he himself will be making the pies that day. We're confident that this is the real deal this time. Ciminieri says he will have the necessary permits in place, and that the pizzeria will be ready to go on Wednesday....Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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