Rizzo's Fine Pizza

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Rizzo's Fine Pizza
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Established1959 (1959)
City New York City
County New York County
State New York
CountryUnited States
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Rizzo's Fine Pizza is a pizzeria in New York City, with locations at 31-33 Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens and 17 Clinton Street in Manhattan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Rizzo's Fine Pizza is known for their thin-crusted, Sicilian-style, square pizza. [4] [7]

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