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Bianco was born in the Bronx in 1960, and grew up in Ossining, New York. [4] [5] He had asthma as a child, forcing him to stay inside, where he watched his aunt cook. [4] At age 13 he began working at a local pizzeria. In 1985, he won two plane tickets anywhere in the United States and, on a whim, chose to go to Phoenix. [4]
The restaurant was originally opened by Chris Bianco in 1987, in a grocery store which is now AJ's Euro-Market & Deli located in central Phoenix. He moved locations once before Pizzeria Bianco found its home in downtown's Heritage Square in 1996. [5] [6] Bianco was born in the Bronx, and grew up in Ossining, New York. [7]
By 2005, Pizzeria Bianco was hailed in the book “Slice of Heaven” as the best pizza in America. The Food Network, the New York Times, Gourmet and Martha Stewart arrived heaped additional ...
Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely separate and independent of any county. Each borough is represented by a borough ...
New York–style pepperoni pizza, displaying its characteristic thin foldable crust. New York–style pizza is traditionally hand-tossed, [7] consisting in its basic form of a light layer of tomato sauce [4] sprinkled with dry, grated, full-fat mozzarella cheese; additional toppings, if desired, are placed over the cheese. [7]
Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, or Midtown West on real estate listings is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west.
By the mid 1950s, the location came to be L&B Spumoni Gardens, with the spumoni factory, a pizzeria and a luncheonette all on site. [8] In 2016, one of the co-owners, Louis Barbati, 61, was murdered outside his home in Dyker Heights. [9] In 2019, another co-owner, Patricia Barbati Coffey, 56, died after a seven-year battle with ALS. [10]
[33] [34] The New York Times wrote in 2009 that Di Fara is "one of the most acclaimed and sought-after pizza shops in New York City". [10] In 2011, Zagats again gave the restaurant a food rating of 27, the top pizza restaurant food rating in New York City. [35] That year, the New York Daily News readers rated it the #1 pizza in the city. [36]