First American Style Pizza?

You've got to love the internet. I was reading the blog DIGG co-founder Owen Byrne, noted the interesting Pizzaria picture at the top, could not make out the name, Googled the address, and wound up at Lombardi's Pizza in New York, which claims to be the world's first American Style Pizza and still the best as rated by Zagats and other sources:



In 1897 an Italian immigrant reinvented a Napoletana staple food into one of the worlds most eaten foods. New York City was the birth place of New York style pizza. During the year of 1905, Lombardi's was licensed by the City of New York, becoming America's First Pizzeria.



Hey, is this important history or what?



I should note that claims like this are not necessarily undisputed. In Philadelphia it seems there are a lot more than *one* inventor of the Philly Cheesesteak, but more about that on the next post....

New York City

New York City is such a huge cultural and tourism icon it is very hard to effectively write a great set of New York travel tips. New York City remains one of the world's great cities and most significant business addresses with tens of thousands of corporate headquarters and company offices. The New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street rank among the most important business venues in the world. New York is also a tourist mecca with restaurants and lodging of almost every conceivable type as well as globally known attractions like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. I have not been to New York City in many years, though I was lost in the Statue of Liberty as a kid. I still remember that lady of liberty with some trepidation.

Some excellent New York City Travel information links:

History of New York State

Intro Video from NYC Tourism (a very cool New York Video)

NYC Tourism Website

CitySearch New York City

The Gothamist - a savvy New Yorker Blogs about her city

Online Highways New York

A worker building the Empire State Building in 1930 New York City. The Chrysler Building towers above the New York Cityscape but still well below what would become the world's tallest building for many years.

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