The Battle of the Bellucci’s is over.
Two pizzerias in Queens that were locked in a food fight over use of the name have reached a court settlement — with the chef who boasts the eponymous moniker backing down.
In the doughy dust-up, the owner of Bellucci Pizza in Astoria, Leo Dakmak, sued his former chef and onetime con-man, Andrew Bellucci, for trademark infringement in June for opening the near-identically named joint, Bellucci’s Pizzeria.
Their feud had raged hotter than a brick oven after a quarrel at the original restaurant ended in Bellucci quitting in October 2021 and opening the new pizzeria just eight blocks away.
But Dakmak on Monday agreed to dismiss the lawsuit and settle the case — three weeks after Bellucci announced on social media that he’d change the name of his eatery, according to court documents filed in the Eastern District of New York.
“I’m low-key flattered that the first shop decided to keep Bellucci as part of the name of its restaurant. It means my name and reputation is recognized and has value,” Bellucci, 58, told The Post.
“I’m rooting for them to put out a product worthy of my name,” he said. “I wish them the best.”
Bellucci said he wasn’t allowed to discuss the details of the settlement but noted that, “From a pragmatic stance, using my full name should help avoid confusion.”
“I’m very happy to move forward,” said Bellucci, who was sent to federal prison in 1996 for embezzling money from a law firm he worked for in the 1980s.
“I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t have the stomach for it anymore. It’s just really a distraction,” he said.
A large sign at his shop had already been changed when The Post popped in for a deliciously crispy slice of cheese pizza Wednesday.
Dakmak said the two slice masters had struck a deal to end the court battle.
“We negotiated and both parties are happy,” Dakmak said, declining to elaborate. “I just didn’t want two pizza places with the same name on the same block.”
The two shops are both located on 30th Avenue in Astoria.
The dismissed case, first reported by Patch, came after Bellucci said on Instagram that he’d change the name of the restaurant to “Andrew Bellucci’s Pizzeria” in mid-November.
“Please call us by our new name,” he wrote.
In the lawsuit, Dakmak had claimed that the “rival pizzeria’s” similar name would cause customers to confuse the restaurants online and in person.
He also alleged Bellucci had “defamed” the original shop by calling his shop “The Real Bellucci’s” on Instagram.
Bellucci has previously worked at the iconic Big Apple pizzerias Lombardi’s and Joe’s.
His journey from jail to 30th Avenue is now chronicled in a seven-part docuseries called “Untitled Pizza Movie,” by filmmaker David Shapiro.