638100 Mon Jul 20 16:56:27 -0700 2009 6 18 Manhattan 0 4875522 As rumored. I weep. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/una-pizza-napoletana-has-closed-will-reopen-as-motorino/ Mon Jul 20 16:56:27 -0700 2009 19118 Jorel 1 4875547 Wow, bummer. I'm glad to have gotten my last pie a week or two ago, having not been there in a while. If he does indeed go to SF, I'll make a detour if I ever travel there. Mon Jul 20 17:01:49 -0700 2009 4875522 213669 silencespeak 1 4875858 I remember the first time I went there, I though $15 for a pizza was crazy until I tasted it and loved it. I remember the last time I went there and decided that even though I loved it, $21 was too much. I will be sad to see it go though, I hope Motorino can live up to UPN and do it at a more reasonable price! Mon Jul 20 19:00:20 -0700 2009 4875522 175010 BryanHarig 2 4875989 I'm sure it will be a bit less expensive for a pie, but not as good, a tradeoff we all debate daily. $21 for a UPN pie of this quality is very much worth it to me and many just as a $22 pasta at Babbo is even though I also like past dishes at Biance for $12. If there is a silver lining in UPN closing - and this guy has to squint really hard to see it - it's that the debate over whether $21 is too much to pay for a 'pizza' - ostensibly because we all grew up eating 'pizza' that was much cheaper - will die. Mon Jul 20 19:42:32 -0700 2009 4875858 19118 Jorel 1 4876070 I wouldn't assume that the prices will be dropping. Here's a quote from the NYT: “There’s not much I’m going to change,” Mr. Palombino said. “This place was very well put together. It’s the quintessential design of a pizzeria Napoletana.” If people were lining up around your block for a $21 pizza would you lower your prices? Mon Jul 20 20:16:53 -0700 2009 4875522 132418 hungrycomposer 2 4876108 Well, his Buffaline is $16 in Williamsburg, and not as good as the pies formerly made at UPN, but we'll just have to wait three weeks and see I guess. Mon Jul 20 20:36:35 -0700 2009 4876070 19118 Jorel 1 4879232 wow, right on the tails of that spread in NYmag too . . . good luck! Tue Jul 21 19:42:01 -0700 2009 4875522 12656 bigjeff