Grimaldi Pizza Move Delayed
November 29th, 2011
Grimaldi’s move to 1 Front Street is delayed due to an untimely death in the family and the Department of Buildings has issued a stop-work order at the 1 Front Street location. According to the BOD website, the stop work order issued on 11/28/2011 is for “illegally installed coal burning oven @ 1st floor done w/o propper approvals & presents a potential danger to patrons”.
Russell Ciolli, son of Frank Ciolli, both owners of Grimaldi’s Pizza, died last Wednesday at 39. Our condolences go out to the Ciolli family.
Related:
{Patsy Grimaldi’s Coming out of Retirement to Take Over Original Pizza Location}
{Grimaldi’s Move POSTPONED Due To Death In The Family, Gothamist}
{Grimaldi’s Coal-Oven Troubles At New Location, HuffPo}
{Tragic News for Grimaldi’s, Grub Street}
{City blocks new Grimaldi’s from opening over illegal oven, Brooklyn Daily}
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November 29th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
My understanding is that Russell was the owner of the Garden City Grimaldi’s, while Frank owns the Brooklyn restaurant.
November 29th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
This NY Times article has new info and quotes that are not in any of the other publications: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/a-dash-of-drama-in-the-pizza-world/
December 18th, 2011 at 9:27 am
[...] time. The move to 1 Front Street was originally scheduled for November 29, but was delayed due to a stop work order for an illegal coal oven install. @FultonFerry posted the above photo on Twitter with the caption “Priceless: The look on [...]