Juliana's Pizza

19 Old Fulton Street | DUMBO | built 1925

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1990

    Patsy Grimaldi opens Grimaldi's Pizzeria on Old Fulton Street

    In 1990 Pasquale "Patsy" Grimaldi, who had cooked at his uncle's Patsy's Pizzeria, started Grimaldi's Pizzeria on Old Fulton Street. He sold the brand name and franchise to Frank Ciolli in 1998, and Ciolli later moved the restaurant to a larger building next door.

    “Grimaldi opened Grimaldi's Pizzeria on Old Fulton Street in 1990.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2012

    December

    Grimaldi comes out of retirement and opens Juliana's in his old Grimaldi's space

    Grimaldi announced in 2011, at 80, that he was leaving retirement, but he had sold his name along with the brand rights. In 2012 he opened Juliana's, named for his mother, in the space Grimaldi's had left, which began a rivalry with the pizzeria next door. Lawsuits delayed a March opening, and it finally opened in December.

    “The original opening, slated for March 2012, was delayed due to lawsuits with Grimaldi's, and the final opening was in December 2012.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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