n 73 59 44 w 40.72155 n 73.995624 w 40.72155 ; 73.995624 lombardi s storefront in february 2013 restaurant information established 1905 food type italian pizzeria street address 32 spring street corner of mott street city new york city county new york postal code zip 10012 country united states website www.firstpizza.com lombardi s is a pizzeria located at 32 spring street on the corner of mott street in the nolita neighborhood in the borough of manhattan new york city . opened in 1905 it has been acknowledged by the pizza hall of fame as the first pizzeria in the united states . 1 history edit gennaro lombardi started the business in 1897 as a grocery store at 53 spring street and began selling tomato pies wrapped in paper and tied with a string at lunchtime to workers from the area s factories . in 1905 lombardi received a business license to operate a pizzeria restaurant and soon had a loyal clientele including italian tenor enrico caruso . he later passed the business on to his son george . 2 in 1984 the original lombardi s closed but re opened ten years later a block away at 32 spring street run by gennaro lombardi iii gennaro lombardi s grandson and his childhood friend john brescio . this change in location and ten year hiatus surrendered the title of america s oldest continuously operating pizzeria to papa s tomato pies in trenton new jersey which opened in 1912 and has sold pies without interruption since . 3 the relocated reopened lombardi s uses a coal oven to bake its pies the way the original did . it is unusual in not selling slices highly popular throughout new york city . only whole pies made to order are sold . in 2005 lombardi s offered entire pizzas for 5 cents their 1905 price to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first pizza sold at its original location . see also edit list of italian restaurants list of restaurants in new york city references edit asimov eric june 10 1998 new york pizza the real thing makes a comeback new york times retrieved september 24 2006 nevius michelle ; nevius james 2009 . inside the apple a streetwise history of new york city . new york free press . isbn 141658997x . pp. 194 95 fox nick july 27 2011 . trenton pizzeria stakes claim to being the nation s oldest . the new york times . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to lombardi s pizza . official website slice of the city new york pizza magazine article this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lombardi % 27s pizza & oldid 725381014 categories italian restaurantsitalian american culture in new york citypizzerias in new york cityrestaurants in manhattanrestaurants established in 1905soho manhattan1905 establishments in new yorkunited states restaurant stubshidden categories use mdy dates from april 2013coordinates on wikidatacommons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 june 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view