Totonno's

Anthony “Totonno” Pero arrived in New York from Naples in 1903, and while working in a grocery store owned by Gennaro Lombardi in Little Italy he first proposed the concept of selling pizza cooked in a coal oven. In 1924 he struck out on his own and opened Totonno’s Pizzeria Napolitana in Coney Island. Totonno’s hasn’t changed much in the century since – It’s still family-owned in the original location, the pizza recipe remains exactly the same, and it's the oldest continually run family-owned pizzeria in America, and possibly the world. In 2009, Totonno’s was named an American Classic by the James Beard Foundation.

Totonno’s grandchildren & great-grandchildren carry on the family legacy by crafting pizzas made with homemade mozzarella, dough made fresh daily, imported Italian tomatoes, and a whole lot of passion. It’s one of the few pizzerias in the country still allowed to bake their pizzas in a coal-fired oven, which imparts a distinct and flavorful char that just can’t be imitated, and locals and tourists alike line up around the block for a taste. Totonno’s is a Brooklyn landmark that’s survived fires, floods, and pandemics, and now it’s finally shipping nationwide!