LongIsland.com Best Pizza on LI Contest 2002

And the winners are...

 Best 'REGULAR' Pizza
Pietro's Pizza of East Meadow

 Best 'SICILIAN' Pizza
Giuseppe's Pizza & Pasta of Huntington Station

 Best 'MARINARA' Pizza
John's Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant of Mastic Beach

 Best 'GRANDMA' Pizza
Vinnie's Mulberry Street of Hicksville

 Best 'WHITE' Pizza
Pizza Palace - Gaetano's Restaurant of West Babylon

Congratulations to the winners of the Best Pizza on LI Contest 2002!

Click here to view the PHOTOS!

The LongIsland.com Best Pizza on Long Island Contest
was an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SUCCESS!

Pizzerias across Long Island competed for the chance to
be judged the BEST PIZZA on LI. Voting was set up on the
Web site where visitors could vote for their favorite pizza.
We tallied the votes and invited the top pizzerias in each
category to join us for a pizza bake-off and festival.

The LongIsland.com Pizza Festival 2002 took place on the
weekend of Oct. 5 & 6, 2002 at Adventureland in Farmingdale.
There was pizza related activities including pizza making, pie
tossing, pizza sampling, pizza judging, a charity raffle, rides,
games and attractions.

A panel of Celebrity Judges taste tested pizza to determine
the best in each category. Celebrity Judges included:

• Tony & Tina from the Off-Broadway Hit Tony N' Tina's Wedding
• Bud Harrelson The Greatest Shortstop in the history of the
  New York Mets and co-owner of the Long Island Ducks
• "DJ CHEF" Marc Weiss Food Editor of Best Of Long Island
  Restaurants Magazine & host of the DJ CHEF TV series
• Chris Clopton of the New York Dragons
• Barry Landers, Veteran sportscaster, former radiovoice of the
  NY Islanders and play by play announcer of High School and
  College Sports on Cablevision and Sports Channel NY
• Mitch Shapiro, VP Public Relations/Volunteer for the Long Island
  affiliate of The Foundation Fighting Blindness
• Alan Granat, President & CEO of Artisan Columbia Printing &
  Graphic Arts Center
• Rose Torrillo, Marketing Director for Adventureland
• Gene Confredo, Sales Manager for LongIsland.com
• Mr. Long Island, pizza lover and resident guru of all things Long Island

Event goers were able to participate by purchasing discount tickets for
sample slices of pizza, zeppoles, garlic knots and italian specialties.
The kids were able to partake in demonstrations on how to make their
own pepperoni rolls and mini-pizzas including rolling out the dough and
selecting toppings. Pizzeria owners donated their time, expertise and
supplies to make this the biggest pizza event on Long Island.

A portion of the proceeds from the LongIsland.com Pizza Festival
goes to Long Island Cares and Island Harvest. These two non-profit
organizations dedicate their time and services to help feed the hungry
on Long Island. You can support the efforts of these organizations
by pledging a donation...see information below.

Click here to view the PHOTOS!

A portion of the proceeds raised from the 'Best Pizza on Long Island Contest'
will go directly to LICares.org and Island Harvest to help fight hunger on LI.

If you wish to support the efforts of these organizations,
please make checks payable to the individual organizations,
or use the Donation Form. All donations are tax deductible.

Long Island Cares Inc.
10 Davids Drive
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone (631) 582-3663
Fax (631) 273-2184
Email

Island Harvest
199 Second Street
Mineola, NY 11501
(516) 294-8528
Fax (516) 747-6843
Email

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