tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216600486003762392.post268647869325275304..comments2024-03-27T15:38:44.063-04:00Comments on Pizza Quixote: Interview: Rino Lacerra of Manhattan's Brick Oven Pizza 33Pizza Quixotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17883928558644129413noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216600486003762392.post-46266811945928723212013-09-23T08:08:13.722-04:002013-09-23T08:08:13.722-04:00Joy - great info, thanks! I spent 2 years visitin...Joy - great info, thanks! I spent 2 years visiting Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge, 2009-2001. There is not any good pizza in that part of Brooklyn any more. Had to go to Coney or Midwood or Park Slope or W'burg to get a decent pie. Say hi to Rino for me!Pizza Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883928558644129413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216600486003762392.post-86882295125447106992013-09-21T01:42:21.143-04:002013-09-21T01:42:21.143-04:00Great story ! I started eating Rino's pizza in...Great story ! I started eating Rino's pizza in 1982 when I got married and lived in Bay Ridge. He owned the Pizza Palace. Fast forward 31 years, my son moves to Murray Hill and I walked into Pizza 33 and took out two slices. One plain and one margarita. My husband says that's Rino's place. The pizza was the best and still is. I know pizza because i'm from BROOKLYN. Rino I will be looking for you and Connie ! Joy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216600486003762392.post-36381958057311232262013-06-23T09:48:00.400-04:002013-06-23T09:48:00.400-04:00Thanks for the comments... great story! It was fo...Thanks for the comments... great story! It was fortuitous to run into a pizza maker at a social setting. I know the feeling when your favorite restaurant changes or closes. But for now, with pizza, I'm finding that LOTS of good ones are opening.Pizza Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883928558644129413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216600486003762392.post-30076768548758719862013-06-23T06:49:40.092-04:002013-06-23T06:49:40.092-04:00Wow this one brings back memories. After moving o...Wow this one brings back memories. After moving out of Brooklyn in my early 20's, i had gone on a pizza haitus; busy with work, and having nothing noteworthy nearby, pizza became a very occasional afterthought.<br /><br />Then one day i happened upon a small pizza place in Staten Island. There was a unique looking wood-burning oven in there, and it produced a smallish-size pizza that i had never really seen before. Of course it was a neopolitan style pizza, with fresh mozzarella and just the right amount of sauce and fresh basil. I had not had pizza like this growing up. It was life-changing and it re-ignited my love for great pizza. This pizza place happened to be run by Rino and it was called Crispinos. Rino was semi-responsible for the weight gain that would ensue in the coming years as I could not get enough of his pizza, as well as the small menu of other food he would also prepare, all of which was fantastic. He would also eventually end up catering several of my families events over the next couple of years. Sadly, Rino expanded the restaurant and removed the focus on pizza (he may have even removed the oven - i don't remember). Then the restaurant disappeared altogether. But my love of pizza continued on and my journey to find my favorites continues on to this day. Thanks for sparking those memories!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640695548653471858noreply@blogger.com