Frank Morano

The Climb

Owner and Executive Chef at Prince Street Pizza, Frank Morano works in a format that rewards consistency over flourish. At the slice counter, the job is built on repetition, pace, and the exact timing of dough, heat, and service. His standing comes less from title than from the daily discipline of turning a menu into something customers can read, order, and return to by name.

Today

The Spicy Spring Pie is the clearest expression of that approach: a Sicilian-style pizza built with pepperoni, garlic, and tomato sauce. It is direct in its construction and confident in its presentation, the kind of pie that defines a counter by being easy to recognize and hard to forget. The rest of the menu extends that same logic through named pies with distinct customer recognition: the Naughty Pie, The Original Prince Pizza, the Vegan Square, the Boozy Broome, and the Oakey Smokey. Together, these names give Prince Street Pizza a working vocabulary. Under Morano, the craft is not abstract; it is a Manhattan address, a set of signatures, and a menu organized around slices and squares that carry their own identity.

Signature

Frank's signature dishes include Spicy Spring Pie, Naughty Pie, The Original Prince Pizza, Vegan Square, and Boozy Broome. Read together, they show a kitchen identity built around named items that customers can identify immediately and order again without explanation.

In Their Words Those statements sit in the public record alongside the food. In hospitality, the work is always public, and so is the accountability that comes with it.

Recognition

The Spicy Spring Pie is the piece most closely associated with Morano’s name. Its structure is simple and legible: pepperoni, garlic, and tomato sauce set inside a Sicilian-style format. That recognition extends across the rest of the menu, from the Sicilian and Neapolitan pies to the named signatures that anchor Prince Street Pizza. The measure of the work is visible in the repeatable act of stretching dough, firing pies, and serving them under a name customers know.