Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Tony's Pizza will be Famous on 1st Avenue

Tony's Pizza opened in early June at 128 Second Ave. between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.

As we've noted, a second Tony's Pizza is coming to 231 First Ave. between 13th Street and 14th Street. As you can see with the recently installed signage, this will be a Tony's Famous Pizza (not sure at the moment what the difference is between the two locations).

Our pizza sources say that these pizzerias are affiliated with Antonio's Pizza Cafe on Court Street in Brooklyn. (Their description of a Fugheddaboudit Pizza matches exactly with the one at the Court Street location.) Antonio's owner (and Brooklyn native) Sal Casaccio also operated Tony's Famous Pizzeria.

Tony's is taking over the storefront from Vinny Vincenz, which quietly closed in April.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2021 at 8:45 AM

    Clearly Tony has gotten greedy here and is using the legacy of Vinny Vincenz. We'll see if it lives up to the East Village classic.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 27, 2021 at 10:54 AM

    Nothing says “Yeah, don’t even bother with this one” quite like the word “Fugheddaboutit” on the menu or signage of an Italian restaurant.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 27, 2021 at 1:14 PM

    Vinny Vincenz had "legacy"?

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    1. AnonymousJuly 27, 2021 at 5:03 PM

      "Defeating" Two Bro's in the dollar slice battle of 1st Ave a few years ago

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  4. AnonymousJuly 27, 2021 at 3:40 PM

    Tried this pizza once recently. Not as bad as Stromboli but I won't have it again. Nolita Pizza, which was at this location right before this new place, had really good pizza. But the landlord, Icon, gave them a hard time negotiating a new lease so they closed. But they still have their other location on Kenmare Street.

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  5. Vidal: Inside- OutJuly 30, 2021 at 9:58 AM

    I miss Nolita Pizza.

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