New York State is home to many firsts and one of them is that it is home to America s first pizzeria. In fact, it s home to the first and second oldest pizza in the country.
In the Utica area, if you ask people about the oldest pizza they would go directly to Bleecker Street where the style is sauce on top at O’scugnizzo Pizzeria. O’scugnizzo was founded in 1914, according to their website by Eugeno Burlino. He only sold tomato pie (a pizza without mozzarella cheese) and back then it sold for just a nickel. Burlino was then succeeded by his son, Angelo “Chops” Burline, who made O’scugnizzo what it is today, according to the site.