Little Italy says "Arrivederci" to Ray's Pizza

It's always sad to see a true original departing, it's even worse when it's my favorite pizza joint....
(From DNAinfo.com):
"Long-time fans and newcomers alike crowded into the Little Italy pizzeria for a last taste of Prince Street's reigning plain pie, tucking into $1.50 slices to bid farewell to a neighborhood institution.
Rays — which was opened in 1959 by Ralph Cuomo and spawned dozens of imitators across the city — was expected to serve its last slice Sunday night because a legal dispute with the building's landlord forced the 52-year-old institution to close. "

Sad, first Mulberry Street Bar , the 103-year-old tavern near the corner of Broome Street that provided the backdrop for scenes in "The Sopranos," closed last week after a notice from the Department of Health appeared in its window, and now Ray's....