It’s a cold slice of reality.
The third-generation owners of Totonno’s, a century-old Brooklyn pizzeria that credits itself with being among the first to bring pizza to the US, say they’re ready to put the place up for sale since there’s no one left to run the family business.
The historic Coney Island shop is one of the oldest family-owned pizzerias in the country, drawing tourists from “all over the world” — and the likes of Michael Bloomberg, Cyndi Lauper and Rob Reiner, co-owner Antoinette Balzano told The Post.
But the James Beard Award-winning institution can only move forward with a new owner, since Balzano and her sister, co-owner Louise “Cookie” Ciminieri, don’t have any younger relatives to inherit it…