Galleria Umberto is a cash only North End of Boston

pizzeria A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza. As well as pizza, dishes at pizzerias can include kebab, salads and pasta. Many pizzerias offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then take ...

that specializes in Sicilian-style pizza and was named an America’s Classic by the James Beard Foundation in 2018. They are open only for lunch and when they sell out, they close for the day. In 2022, ''Boston Magazine'' named them Best in Boston for Best Sicilian Pizza.

History

Umberto Deuterio founded Galleria Umberto in 1974 and passed it down to his sons Paul and Ralph. The building was originally a church. The New Brick Church, which was torn down in the 1840s and known locally as the Cockerel Church because of the shame of its rooftop weathervane. The spire of the church that replaced it was destroyed by a hurricane about 40 years later. The original rooster weathervane was designed by

Shem Drowne Deacon Shem Drowne (December 4, 1683 – January 13, 1774) was a colonial coppersmith and tinplate worker in Boston, Massachusetts, and was America's first documented weathervane maker. He is most famous for the grasshopper weathervane atop of Fan ...

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