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UPDATE: 'Illegal' Install May KO Grimaldi's Move

The Buildings Department yesterday put the kibosh on plans by the world-famous pizzeria to move into a larger space next door after learning that its operators quietly installed a coal-fired brick oven at the new site without approval.

Grimaldi’s wants to keep up with a new pizza joint heading to its current space at 19 Old Fulton Street in DUMBO, which will be run by pizza king Patsy Grimaldi.

As the Post reported Friday, the 80-year-old pizza legend is coming out of retirement to take over his old coal-fired cooker and the rest of the soon-to-be vacant Grimaldi’s space. The door was left open after landlord Mark Waxman opted to boot Frank Ciolli — who bought the tourist hotspot from Grimaldi in 1998 — once Ciolli’s lease expires at month’s end over a bitter rent dispute. (read more at NY Post)

More Pizza News: Grimaldi's Tossed Out

First Di Fara’s is shuttered by the DOH…and now this…

One of the city’s most famous pizzerias is being tossed out of its building — and adding injury to insult, the rival establishment that’s moving in is inheriting its unique oven.

Brooklyn’s Grimaldi’s Pizzeria will move its world-famous tourist hot spot on Old Fulton Street in DUMBO to a larger site next door as early as Nov. 29 because its landlord declined to dish out a new lease.

But staying behind is one of its biggest attractions — a coal-fired brick oven that will soon be churning out pies for a competing pizza joint. (read more at NYPost.com)

The Best and Worst of Halloween Candy

We have a very sweet tooth and love all things sugary…which may be why we love Halloween so much…free candy!  Serious Eats breaks down the best and the worst spookily themed treats.  In our opinion Mary Janes - aside from being handed a roll of pennies - were the worst thing you could get.