which at the time made it the best restaurant in America, period. Presiding over it all was its chef and eventual owner, André Soltner, who came to New York to run the kitchen when he was 29 and ...

Grimaldi was considered a pizza visionary, and tributes have poured in from fellow pizza chefs, competitors and aficionados.

André Soltner's Alsatian Pizza "During the first decade or so of its existence, the kitchen at Lutèce turned out the best restaurant ... up to as a young chef in New York because we had to ...

In Grub Street’s tribute to Soltner titled, “The Best Chef in New York,” editor Alan Sytsma noted that after Soltner bought the restaurant, it was run like a bistro, diverging from seating ...

which at the time made it the best restaurant in America, period. Presiding over it all was its chef and eventual owner, André Soltner, who came to New York to run the kitchen when he was 29 ...