re: Love Grimaldi's...just not on Sunday night

There are two Grimaldi's in NYC metro. I believe the one under the Bridge is the original. It was originally opened by Patsy Grimaldi. He sold it sometime in the 90s.

From what I've heard, the new owner was more concerned with franchising the operation than running a good restaurant. His landlord wouldn't renew the lease because of bad blood at some point so he moved down the street.

Apparently the city of Brooklyn hated the new owner, too. It's illegal to open a coal burning restaurant, but existing ones are grandfathered in. The city of Brooklyn begged Patsy to come back and gave him a waiver on the coal. He opened Juliana's a few years ago.

I've been to both and think they are probably the best pizzas I ever had. I highly recommend taking the subway over there. I would support Juliana's because it's the original. Then take a nighttime walk back across the bridge into Manhattan. One of my favorite memories from my first trip to New York.

Can anyone tell me how the Baton Rouge location compares to the NYC locations? I've heard a combination of New York tap water and weather are what make the difference in the pizza doughs and bagels.