JIMMY'S HISTORY



“Giacomo Lombardi set his foot on American sole as a 12 year Italian immigrant in 1938. As most Italians did, he converted his first name into an American version; JIMMY.

Jimmy was a Neopolitan, originating from Naples in Italy, the “birth place” of the pizza that we know today. His mother was famous in town for her exquisite dishes, of all her repertoire of pizzas, and settling in “Little Italy” – New York, she took up baking pizzas to make ends meet.

Young Jimmy was operating as a street vendor for his mother, and soon a well known picture in “Little Italy”, walking around with a small tin stove on his head, calling out to attract customers.
The first steps of the paved way for the opening of his first pizzeria.

In 1945 soldiers returning from WWII brought with them a taste for certain foods, and pizza was at the top of their list.

Jimmy was one of the first Italians that understood that Americans had a different taste for pizza, especially in respect of the tomato sauce and the amount of cheese. He adjusted his mothers recipes and opened his first “Jimmy's Pizzeria” in the hearth of Brooklyn in 1948.

It should soon be proven that Jimmy had found the quickest way to the American hearth, and in his noble and humble way, he brick by brick laid the foundation of what should be one of America most rewarded pizza chains. At his death in 1998, the chain consisted of 63 outlets.

Jimmy never forgot his origin as an immigrant and used considerable parts of his business profit(s) to support culture and society. In this way the name JIMMY'S
became conceptual throughout America.

We are very proud of being granted the opportunity to us his name in Spain today.”