At 32 Spring Street, in Nolita, New York. The nearest station is Spring Street (6) or Bowery (J, Z).

Which museums and sights are near Lombardi's?

Brooklyn Bridge is 1.7 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.3 km away, The High Line is 3.0 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Lombardi's known for?

The coal oven, The claim, Nolita. The pizzeria licensed on Spring Street in 1905 and long held to be the first in the United States, baking whole pies in a coal oven.

When did Lombardi's open?

In 1905. Licensed as a pizzeria in 1905.

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Lombardi's

American pizza is usually said to begin here. Gennaro Lombardi sold tomato pies from his grocery to the factory hands of the neighbourhood, and in 1905 took out a licence as a pizzeria.

What it is: Pizzeria
Opened: 1905
Area: Nolita
Nearest museum: Brooklyn Bridge, 1.7 km

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What Lombardi's is known for

The coal oven
The pies are baked in an oven fired with coal, which gives a thin crust with a charred edge. They are sold whole, not by the slice.
The claim
The Pizza Hall of Fame recognises Lombardi's as the first pizzeria in the country. Later research has found others that opened a few years earlier, but none that lasted.
Nolita
The pizzeria is on the corner of Mott Street, a few minutes north of Little Italy and Chinatown.

What to know

Licensed as a pizzeria in 1905
The tenor Enrico Caruso was a customer
Closed in 1984 and reopened in 1994, a block from the first shop

Where Lombardi's is

Address

32 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012, United States

Nearest station

Spring Street (6) or Bowery (J, Z)

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

Tomato pies wrapped in paper

Lombardi's first shop was at 53½ Spring Street. He trained the men who went on to open the other old pizzerias of the city, and passed the business to his son.

The original closed in 1984. Ten years later his grandson reopened it a block away, in premises chosen because they already had a coal oven.

Lombardi's: common questions

Where is Lombardi's?: At 32 Spring Street, in Nolita, New York. The nearest station is Spring Street (6) or Bowery (J, Z).
Which museums and sights are near Lombardi's?: Brooklyn Bridge is 1.7 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.3 km away, The High Line is 3.0 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Lombardi's known for?: The coal oven, The claim, Nolita. The pizzeria licensed on Spring Street in 1905 and long held to be the first in the United States, baking whole pies in a coal oven.
When did Lombardi's open?: In 1905. Licensed as a pizzeria in 1905.

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Rating from Google

4.2

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