THE ORIGINAL

First stop, the original LOMBARDI'S PIZZERIA in the shrinking neighborhood of Little Italy. This place was said to be the first in the U.S., meaning every pizza place thereafter was influenced by this guy. It's also said that Gennaro Lombardi taught the pizza greats that started other pizza places around the city that we'll be visiting. Their specialty pie is apparently the clam pie. Sounds odd to me but I'll have to try it.