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...posh new pies are, of course, edging well beyond the typical $2-per-slice range. But even at the fanciest pizzerias, this glammed-up Gotham classic offers more value - and sheer fun - than most other tables in town. "Pizza is wholesome, inexpensive and always accessible," says Bob Giraldi, owner of Tonda Pizzeria in the East Village. "Perhaps that's why it is so appropriate for this particular economic moment." (See 10 things to do in New York City...
Conversation in Italian flows as freely as the tomato sauce at Tonda, where Neapolitan chef Michele Sceral - whose family has been firing pizza for more than a century - bakes his pies in a revolving, wood-burning, $30,000 oven heated to nearly 1,000 degrees. Giraldi says his goal with Tonda is to elevate pizza from "the merely good, to the truly great." Sceral's individually portioned results include pies loaded with curious combos including roasted eggs, speck, asparagus, mozzarella and tomatoes ($15) and a carb-loaded potato, pesto and string bean...
...Jack Nicholson. The joint is now about as in as any place off the eaten path gets. And if they are not part of the show themselves, show-biz proprietors know how to put one on. "Eating has become the evening's entertainment for people," says Director-Producer Bob Giraldi. He conceived his 15-month-old Positano in New York "as an artistic creation. A restaurant is a major production. It is like doing a good film...
...effect was not quite right for Director Bob Giraldi...
According to Jackson's associates, Giraldi asked the singer to move more slowly and ordered the fireworks "heated up" a bit. The combination proved volatile. On the fiery fifth take, as pop music fans the world over swiftly learned, sparks from a smoke bomb ignited Jackson's hair, sending the singer to the hospital with second-and third-degree burns on his scalp. Jackson is expected to recover fully, though he may require cosmetic surgery to replace his hair in the burned area. His physician last week stressed that the injuries could have been much worse...