“Their crust/dough is completely different now. Much worse. It’s like a tough cracker now. I legit couldn’t bite through it.”
H3
4.8/10
AI-generated summary
People are split on this one. It's America's first pizzeria, still coal fired, and some say the is the best in the city. Plenty of others say the fell off and the crust is tough like a cracker now. The common advice is to go for the history, not for the best pie in town.
NYC classic — Long credited to Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi, who is said to have sold tomato pies at the Spring Street grocery from 1897, it is enshrined by the Pizza Hall of Fame as America's first pizzeria, though later research points to Filippo Milone. It closed in 1984 and reopened a decade later under Gennaro Lombardi III. Wikipedia
“Their crust/dough is completely different now. Much worse. It’s like a tough cracker now. I legit couldn’t bite through it.”
H3
“It wasn't super exciting, but I've been told their clam pizza is the thing to try here.”
H2
“so if youre curious about a historical pizza its worth it”
H2
“You can do WAAAY better than Lombardi's.”
H2
“most of the “good” pizza places (John’s, Grimaldi’s, Juliana’s, Lombardi’s)”
H2
“the pizza is pretty good. Not amazing, but pretty good.”
H2
“Pizza go to Lombardis”
H2
“I'll be damned if it isn't still top tier pizza. I think it's the best white pizza in the city.”
H2
“lombardis pizza omg”
H2
“I really dig the variety of white pies Lombardi's has.”
H2
“And I know it's significantly more expensive, but I'd do John's over Lombardi's.”
H2
“Overpriced pizza with pictures of the owner everywhere.”
H2