Patsy Grimaldi, who died last week, was a crucial link between the early days of brick oven pizza and the pies that we eat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Owner Pat Cleary is a fourth generation pizza maker, and his family has generated about 100 pizza makers. He's from Central ...