You can barely move for pizza joints in the Big Apple, but this one has some history. J & V, named for co-founders and friends John Mortillaro and Vincent DeGrezia, opened in 1950 and is thought to be one of the earliest places to sell pizza by the slice. Today, the restaurant, occupying a corner in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighbourhood, retains much of its homely 1950s charm and is still owned by the Mortillaro family.