BEg2 ch28 Tom’s Pizza

[Michael Bailey]

https://www.landmarkwest.org/theywerehere/508-columbus-avenue/

The building also played host to multiple popular Italian restaurants.
Tom’s Pizzeria opened at 508 Columbus in 1957 and quickly become a
neighborhood staple. First run by Tom Sciarrino, Sr. the business was
eventually taken over by his son and namesake in 1962. Due to the area’s
rising rents during the early 1990s which lead to an influx of chain stores
and high-end boutiques, Tom’s Pizzeria was threatened with closure. The
restaurant was so well-liked that patrons would soon deluge property owner
ABC Realty with phone calls begging them to let the pizzeria stay. Real
estate demand won out and Tom’s Pizzeria sold its last slice in 1994. A few
months before the restaurant’s shuttering, in a sweet gesture of nostalgia,
Sciarrino, Jr. “turned back the clocks” to 1957 and charged just 15 cents
for a slice and a dime for a soda.


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