New York\u2019s pizza scene<\/a>, long before slices were on every corner. Over the decades, it\u2019s hosted its fair share of icons, including Frank Sinatra, who famously had pies flown to him, and even played a behind-the-scenes role in The Godfather, where cast and crew reportedly gathered ahead of filming.<\/p>\n![\"patsy's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774100992_711_image.webp.webp\")
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This new location leans into the legacy without being stuck in it. The 96-seat space introduces a more expansive \u201cpizzeria con cucina\u201d format, meaning you\u2019ll still find the coal-fired classics, but with a full Italian menu to back them up. There are staples like Margherita, Hot Soppressata and Vodka pies alongside more indulgent options like Spicy \u2019Nduja and White Truffle.<\/p>\n
The kitchen is led by executive chef Pietro Aletto, who\u2019s worked at Feroce and Loreto, as well as with some of New York\u2019s biggest culinary names. His menu stretches beyond pizza into dishes like mozzarella-stuffed suppl\u00ec, mezzi rigatoni alla cacciatore and whole butterflied branzino. (One standout is a deconstructed tortelloni with ricotta, tomato and \u2019nduja.)\u00a0The cocktail program includes a Pepperoni Martini, a clarified Pomodoro Americano and an Amaretto Affogato that\u2019s equal parts gimmicky and intriguing in the best downtown way.<\/p>\n
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Freehand New York, known for its creative crowd and layered design, has restored architectural details and matched them with a bold interior\u2014think brass accents, marble floors and deep green upholstery\u2014that all nod to Patsy\u2019s original look without feeling like a time capsule.<\/p>\n
Patsy\u2019s has also partnered with Promise Hospitality Group, with plans to take this updated format to other cities across the country.\u00a0For now, though, this is a distinctly New York story: an old-school pizza legend, reinvented just enough to keep things interesting\u2014without messing with what made it iconic in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s pizza royalty is heading downtown and bringing nearly a century of coal-fired cred along with it.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,2590,9,24,2591,63,821,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-170570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-eating","tag-nyc","tag-restaurants","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}