The stromboli at Tony DiMaggio’s Pizza on Monterey Road is a real San Jose gem. So it was heartbreaking — and hunger-inducing — when the restaurant was shut down for nearly a year for repairs following a devastating roof fire in July 2024.

Fans checked in on the progress regularly on social media, noticing when the new sign when up last May and hoping for good news. That came in June of this year when Tony DiMaggio’s reopened its doors exactly 11 months after the fire. The regulars showed up in droves.

“We actually had to close early all three days that first weekend because we kept running out of food,” said Jack DiMaggio, who runs the restaurant on Monterey Road that his parents, Anna and Tony DiMaggio, opened on Dec. 31, 1977. • Anna DiMaggio prepares two trays of stromboli for serv

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