609-397-0212

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609-397-0212

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History of Nicola Pizzeria

Lambertville's Oldest Family Owned Restaurant

The History of Nicola Pizzeria is a tale of family and daring that begins with a 19 year old stowaway on a merchant vessile making the 31 day voyage from Venice Italy to Baltimore Maryland. Nicolo Maltese arrived penniless in the New World with only the shirt on his back and a passion to live out the American Dream. He got in on the ground floor satisfying a culinary craving that soldiers had carried home from Italy during World War II. Nicolo spent his youth cutting his teeth in a variety of jobs in NYC, most important of which was his work with a pizzeria in Time Square.
Maria Bibolini: Italian Merchant Ship
Nicolo Maltese
Stella and Nicolo Maltese

In 1968 Nicolo and his wife Stella opened the first of 13 restaurants, in Lambertville New Jersey. Nicola Pizzeria is Lambertville's oldest "pizza shop"! In those days the tossing and twirling of pizza dough was a spectacle to neighborhood children who would come to watch Nicolo make his soon-to-be famous pizza pies. Believe it or not, at that time anchovies were the most popular topping. Over the course of its growth Nicola Pizzeria's menu has evolved to feature homemade lasagna, fresh antipasto with Boars Head meats, delicious salads, and a huge array of satisfying sandwiches and sides.

Nicola Pizzeria 1968
Nicolo in Lambertville
Nicolo Making Pizza

Today Nicola Pizzeria is owned and operated by Nicolo's son Sal, who has been making pizza in Lambertville since he was old enough to stand on a crate to reach the counter in his father's shop. Maintaining the family tradition that has sustained generations; Sal is proud to work side by side with his wife Wendy, son Alex, daughter Stella, and nephew Nick, in running the family business that remains both humbled by its roots and honored to serve the wonderful community where the dream was born.

Nicola
Sal Maltese
Maltese Family
Nicola Pizzeria

Family Owned Since 1968

We Deliver!
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Nicola Pizzeria

Family Owned Since 1968

Restaurant:
609-397-0212

Delivery:
609-397-3663