Update
It's over. Was only a short 10-minute segment at 10 a.m. EDT. New York State Senator Jeff Klein was a guest on the show, and he had some more info on the situation at Di Fara.
Klein: "The Department of Health right now may be overreacting. Because of the Taco Bell incident, they're going out and giving violation after violation."
Senator Klein said he had been studying California's system as an example, in which a grading system is used to identify cleanliness levels at restaurants.
Klein: "They have seen in California a substantial decline in food-borne illness. And business has increased. Restaurants that get an A or B have increased business by 15 to 20 percent."
So would a Cali-style DOH grading system help Di Fara?
No, Klein said. Di Fara is "somewhat of a special case" because of the multiple inspection failures (five of six failures in the past 18 months).
"If you fail two in a row," Klein said, "You go on an accelerated program—inspections every six months, every three months—and you have to pass two inspections in a row to get out of the [accelerated] program.
"They went on the program, and they didn't do it."
hi all? my wife and i live literally right around the corner from difara pizzeria and while we absolutely loathe the hype that's made it impossible for us locals to get what should be normal service, we love the fact that you appreciate his pizza as much as we do. dom is a great chef and he and his family are a credit to this neighborhood and to this city. between this and the demarco's shooting two months ago, they have suffered enough. having said that, i've contacted the family and had two lengthy conversations with dom's daughter, margaret. as you can imagine, the whole family is distraught and all they can do now is wait for the court date on the june 14th. and so, in effort to stimulate community support, i am - with margaret's careful input - drawing an online petition, the purpose of which is to just stick to the facts and make the issue as apolitical as possible: http://www.petitiononline.com/difara07/petition.html this out-of-the-way joint has a rhythm all its own and thankfully it does. it's the best of everything new york city has to offer. so unless you want a ray bari or a sbarro in it's place - or what's worse, another bank! - i urge you to show your support. thanks for reading and say 'no' to a generic nyc!,? bryan swirsky
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hi all? my wife and i live literally right around the corner from difara pizzeria and while we absolutely loathe the hype that's made it impossible for us locals to get what should be normal service, we love the fact that you appreciate his pizza as much as we do. dom is a great chef and he and his family are a credit to this neighborhood and to this city. between this and the demarco's shooting two months ago, they have suffered enough. having said that, i've contacted the family and had two lengthy conversations with dom's daughter, margaret. as you can imagine, the whole family is distraught and all they can do now is wait for the court date on the june 14th. and so, in effort to stimulate community support, i am - with margaret's careful input - drawing an online petition, the purpose of which is to just stick to the facts and make the issue as apolitical as possible: http://www.petitiononline.com/difara07/petition.html this out-of-the-way joint has a rhythm all its own and thankfully it does. it's the best of everything new york city has to offer. so unless you want a ray bari or a sbarro in it's place - or what's worse, another bank! - i urge you to show your support. thanks for reading and say 'no' to a generic nyc!,? bryan swirsky
Slice bryan swirsky at 4:20PM on 06/08/07