Jonathan Goldsmith, Padrone of Spacca Napoli, Chicago

<p>Over twenty years ago, Jonathan Goldsmith fell in love with traditional Napoletana wood-fired pizza while living in Italy, and then became a mid-life apprentice to the local pizza masters.  He then decided to bring the experience back to his hometown of Chicago, where this style was still a new thing. <a href="https://www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com/">Spacca Napoli</a><i> </i>was thus born on the North Side, and has become a pizza pilgrimage destination ever since, even in pizza-crazed Chicago, loaded with every style of pizza known to man.  There's something about the inner connection that Jonathan has with his pizza roots, a genuine soulfulness, that is experienced by his patrons, who view him as the <i>padrone</i> of <i>Spacca Napoli</i> and as their own link to the authenticity he so clearly honors. Jonathan returns to <i>Pizza Quest </i> in this episode to elaborate on his unexpected journey in becoming one of the pizza community's most beloved ambassadors of the true craft.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/PizzaQuestWithPeter">Click here for the video versions of Pizza Quest</a>. </p><p><i>If you count on HRN content, become a monthly sustaining donor at </i><a href="https://heritageradionetwork.org/donate" target="_blank"><i>heritageradionetwork.org/donate</i></a><i>.</i></p><p><i>Pizza Quest is Powered by </i><a href="http://simplecast.com/"><i>Simplecast.</i></a></p>