Park Slope: Reliable sources report to Eater that Lucali, favorite of both Beyonce and Alan Richman and undeniably one of the top pizza places in New York, is expanding to the South Slope. Reps at Lucali won't confirm, but the insider tells us it's moving into an old medical supply storefront on 6th Ave. and 20th Street near newcomer Lot 2. Given Lucali's owner and pizzaiolo Mark Iacono has one of the great stories in the business—having never made a pizza in his life, he took over a candy shop of his youth in Carroll Gardens three years ago and became an immediate hit—it's nice to hear he's successful enough to bring it to another neighborhood.
An Eater operative dropped by the South Slope site today, brought back a photograph that looks enough like the Google Maps one above that we'll just run what we'd already gotten from the Goog, plus this bonus intel: "Talked to a tenant. Said the space is TINY. Claims it used to be a front for the Russian mob." Noted for the record.
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