Lawrence Ciminieri, in front of the Totonno's oven we hope to be eating pizzas from again soon. I called Totonno's owner Lawrence Ciminieri to find out more about the fire damage horrified Slice reader Rob S. discovered when he went to the original Coney Island location yesterday. Ciminieri says, "Everything is going to be fine. The fire broke out in the coal storage area when we were closed. It must have been ignited by something backed up in the oven. The back two rooms are gone. The dining room is fine. The oven will have to be re-bricked, but... More

Legendary Pizzeria Vows to Reopen Totonno's, as it used to look. Photograph from timkang on Flickr This is horrible news. I just got this from Slice reader Rob S.: I just wanted to let you and loyal Slice readers know that I went to Totonno's in Coney Island this morning, and the place has burned down. Apparently this morning at around 8 a.m. the place caught on fire. When I visited around 1 p.m. all the windows were broken and there was serious fire damage.Hopefully they will open again soon! Update: The Headlines Roll In Fire at Totonno's pizza of... More