Pizza and similar creations are common throughout Italy, and a number of streets claim the honor of having made up pizza in the first place. Not that pizza's invention could ever be verified - the vision of slipping a flattened disk of dough graced with a topping into a hot oven and cooking it promptly is surprisingly childlike and many people must have come up with it independently.

When old world adventurers became familiar to the New World, they were introduced to tomatoes, which they then shipped back to their home cities. The Italians needed something a little different to add to their bread-filled diet. The majority of the population of Naples, Italy was the initial to lay tomatoes along bread. Some of the older folks didn't want to employ tomatoes at 1st because they assumed this delicious red fruit was venomous, but as the time passed it became a definitive part

However, modern pizza has been attributed to American Italian Rafaela Esposito of Naples. In 1888, Esposito who owned a restaurant called the Pizzeria Petri baked what he called "pizza" in particular for the visit of Italian King Umberto I and Queen Marguerite.

The 1st pizza restaurant in North America was opened in 1905 by Gennaro Lombardi at 53 1/3 Spring Street in New York City.

What are the Features of Hand Tossed New York Pizza?

One of the features of the New York style pizza that truly does establishes it apart from other kinds is the manner in which it is served. The average New York style pizza is served by offering the diner a very large slice. In fact, often the slice is so wide that the New York style pizza eater will fold the spectacular, slim portion of pizza pie over producing something of a pizza sandwich.

There are a great number of other flavorful foods on the menu in a pizza restaurant pizzeria restaurant other than pizza. Calzones and veal cutlet hero sandwiches are a good example of this kid items. Some pizza restaurants are also having more exotic toppings such as Cajun chicken and artichoke hearts. Variety sound to be the name of the game. There are even surprising number delis that have set out to offer pizza to their customers. There is also plenty of more imported style of pizza that is becoming more and more visible like Japanese pizza and pizza by the inch. These pizzas appear to deliver more especial topping on top of the different version of the dough that is visible

Some of the great New York City pizza restaurants

La Villa 1330 Broadway, 10001, 212- 714-2118

Shalom Pizza 359 Grand St, 10002, 212- 598-4178

Famous Original Ray's Pizza 319 E 6th St, 10003, 212- 645-8404

Pizza Italia 11 Stone St, 10004, 212- 514-7770

West Village Pizza Inc 82 W 12th St, 10011, 212- 691-6787

Cafe Rustic 230 E 29th St, 10016, 212- 448-9147

Fat Sal's Pizza 730 10th Ave, 10019, 212- 541-6900

Pinnacle Restaurant 600 W 115th St, 10025, 212- 662-, 1000

Hanna's Pizza 1376 Lexington Ave 10128, 212- 987-9130

Giovanni's Italian restaurant 1011 Columbus Avenue, 10025, 212-663-7000

Marcella pizza and restaurant 151 East 60th Street, 10022, 212-319-3528

Carmella's 30 water street, 10004, 212-809-0999