Pizza Man: A Sad Night at Sal and Carmine’s
Last night, we walked up to Sal and Carmine’s to get a pizza.The gloomy weather matched Carmine’s mood. It was so sad to see the 
legendary pizza man, minus longtime partner Sal, standing all by himself in his pizza joint, gazing mournfully out the shop’s window fronting Broadway.
Asked about the circumstances surrounding Sal’s death in May, Carmine said, “the painkillers killed him.” According to Carmine, Sal went to the ER seeking relief from a bout of severe back pain. He was given pain medication. Soon, his kidneys shut down. Then, “he had a heart attack,” Carmine said, his voice registering barely above a whisper.
We walked home with our pizza, our mood’s dampened from this impromptu condolence call.
Sal and Carmine’s
2671 Broadway
New York, NY
212 663 7651
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July 22nd, 2009 | Tags: 10024, 10025, 10026, Morningside Heights, pizza, sal and carmine's, upper west side | Category: Manhattan, new york restaurants, pizza, restaurants, upper west side
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