'Time Out New York' Q&A with Dom DeMarco

Posted by Adam Kuban, July 6, 2007 at 12:05 PM

The weekly events magazine puts three questions to the legendary pizza maker:

1. How do you feel about some of the changes?
I have to wear a hat. I don’t like it. I guess I have to get used to it, but it’s going to bother me. The worst thing is the window. I don’t like to close the window. I have been opening the window for 42 years. Now they say I can’t open it anymore.

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Tags: Brooklyn, Di Fara, Midwood, NYC

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I see pizzeria side windows open across all of Brooklyn. I never see those things closed. It's too hot to close them. Where are they getting this shit?

JFores at 7:33PM on 07/06/07

I agree, JFores. Not only pizzeria side windows but entire fronts of restaurants with their French doors and sidewalk cafés. I guess Dom & Co. have become a high-profile target now and the DOH makes them dot all the I's and cross all the T's.

Adam Kuban at 8:13PM on 07/06/07

What about puttting a screen on the window?
If I had to guess using my restaurant experience, there is a different between an open window where food is stored and prepared, than where its open in a dining area, probably a certain amount of feet from the serving area. That's just a hunch though.

You know, all in all, after all the fussing and fighting I do against DiFara's, that little interview really turned it around for me. The guy is doing what he loves to do and that should say enough. It shouldn't be about what standards I'd like him to hold up too, be it speedier service or a consistant pie. So, I will say it...I am sorry Dom!

Keep on working, and keep on loving what you do! I support you fellow pizzamaker!!

Scarboni at 4:52AM on 07/07/07

Since they reopened I have seen Dom without hat or gloves and the window open.

Toby at 12:54PM on 07/12/07

He must put them on when cameras come out, because I've seen tons of pictures of him with the hat on. He looks cute with it on. Heh.

Adam Kuban at 1:09PM on 07/12/07

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