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Patsy Grimaldi, who was credited with launching NYC’s coal-fire, brick-oven pizza craze in the 1990s from his Brooklyn pie shop, died of natural causes Thursday night, according to close friends. He was 93. “He was a visionary who maintained a life-long passion — maybe obsession — for making and sharing great pizza,” his longtime friend and business partner Matt Grogan told The Post. “He will go down in history for his generosity and for simultaneously launching a renaissance of artisan pizza-making in New York City, and for pioneering a path to making Brooklyn cool.” Grimaldi was raised in Bronx, the...

By Nicolas Vega,CNBC • Published February 17, 2024 • Updated on February 17, 2024 at 11:17 am New York City has long been known for two things: being expensive and its pizza. Now, it's known for its expensive pizza. The five boroughs are officially home to the priciest pizza in the nation, according to new research from Clever Real Estate. A large cheese pizza in the Big Apple will cost you $28.60 on average, according to the research. That's nearly double what a plain pie will run you in Richmond, Virginia, the home of the country's cheapest pizza, where the...