Two New York pizzerias, both alike in dignity, prospered in the Big Apple as coal-fired descendants of the same famed Italian ancestor: Pasquale “Patsy” Lancieri, the inventor of by-the-slice pizza.

Erika Adams is the former deputy editor of Eater’s Northeast region, where she covered Boston, Philly, D.C. and New York. Based in Boston, she has spent years covering the local restaurant industry.

Patsy Grimaldi, who died last week, was a crucial link between the early days of brick oven pizza and the pies that we eat all around town today. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll ...

You can hardly walk a block in New York without finding good Italian food. But some restaurants have a more impressive pedigree than others, and Patsy's on West 56th Street might have the most ...