John's of Bleecker Street

John's of Bleecker Street, simply known as John's Pizzeria, is a historic pizzeria on Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

Founded in 1915,[1] the pizzeria serves coal fired brick oven pizza prepared in the style of a tomato pie.

Augustine suffered from health issues and offered 40% of the restaurant's shares to the current manager at the time, Pete Castellotti Sr., if he continued to manage the business, allowing Augustine to retire.

[10] Castellotti's ex-wife Madeline left her job as a personnel director of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a Manhattan law firm, to open a John's Pizzeria in the eighties on the Upper West Side.

[13] As of 2011, Adam Kuban of Serious Eats considered it an NYC Quintessential pizza for connoisseurs.

The "John's Original" pizza
The "John's Original" pizza