By Pete Wells Patsy Grimaldi, a restaurateur whose coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge won new fans for New York City’s oldest pizza style with carefully made pies that ...

Patsy Grimaldi, who died last week, was a crucial link between the early days of brick oven pizza and the pies that we eat all around town today. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday.

Grimaldi’s quickly became famous for its hot, crispy pies with homemade crust and mozzarella cheese. Though pizza was nothing new in Brooklyn, Grimaldi’s was different. “…Patsy changed the New York ...