Lombardi 's Pizza - Wikipedia Lombardi 's Pizza Coordinates : 40 ° 43 ′ 18 '' 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 / ZIP Code 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. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History Gennaro Lombardi started the business in 1897 as a grocery store at 531⁄2 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. 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. 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 List of Italian restaurants List of restaurants in New York City References Jump up ^ Asimov, Eric ( June 10, 1998 ), `` New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback '', New York Times, retrieved September 24, 2006 Jump up ^ Nevius, Michelle & Nevius, James ( 2009 ), Inside the Apple : A Streetwise History of New York City, New York : Free Press, ISBN 141658997X, pp. 194 -- 95 Jump up ^ Fox, Nick ( July 27, 2011 ). `` Trenton Pizzeria Stakes Claim to Being the Nation 's Oldest ''. The New York Times. External links 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. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lombardi%27s_Pizza&oldid=832420860 '' Categories : Italian restaurants Italian - American culture in New York City Pizzerias in New York City Restaurants in Manhattan Restaurants established in 1905 SoHo, Manhattan 1905 establishments in New York ( state ) Re-established companies United States restaurant stubs Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from April 2013 Coordinates on Wikidata All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Edit links This page was last edited on 25 March 2018, at 22 : 22. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the first pizza place in america
Answer: Lombardi's