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Sal’s Pizzeria, a Local Favorite, Returns to Oneonta’s Main Street
By FLORECITA SILVERIOSUNY Institute for Local NewsONEONTA
When you walk into Sal’s Pizzeria on Oneonta’s Main Street, the smell of fresh dough and tomato sauce hits you first. It’s an aroma of tradition. Behind the counter is Johnny Grigoli, a man whose life has been intertwined with pizza since he was 9 years old.
Johnny’s back. He sold the place a few years ago, but it became available again and, in August, he restarted.
“People would stop me on the street and say, ‘Please take it back,’” he recalled.
The business has been in the family since October 19, 1977—48 years ago.
Said Grigoli with a smile about the opening, “It was my birthday, too.”
Sal’s Pizzeria began as a family dream rooted in Brooklyn and built with hard work in upstate New York.
