Di Fara to Sell Di Fara T-Shirts

According to a Di Fara Facebook status update, the pizzeria will be selling T-shirts soon: "Received notification that T-shirts will be in our possession on Wednesday June 23! We will have them in four colors — black, white, light blue, and pink! All but the white will be selling for $15; the white will be $14." See also: Restaurant Shirts Are the New Concert Tee »...

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5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 15, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: apparel, Di Fara, T-shirts

Vegan Pizza ... at Di Fara?

I've always thought the thing that really makes a Di Fara slice or pie so good was the trio of cheeses Dom DeMarco adds liberally to the pizza there. The notion of getting a vegan slice there sort of blows my mind. But that's just what EcoFriendlyNYC's Yvonne Wang did recently, ordering a slice sans cheese with mushrooms, onions, garlic, and peppers.

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36 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 10, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Tagged: Di Fara, EcoFriendlyNYC, vegan pizza

All Di Fara Plain Pizzas Are Safe for Vegetarians

Because we haven't posted about Di Fara in, oh, a month and a half ... [Photograph: Adam Kuban] Maybe only diehard Di Fara freaks knew this, but at one point, the sauce for the square pies was meat-based. That's no longer the case, according to the Di Fara Facebook Fan Page: Isaac Sitt: Just curious, my understanding is that the round pies are completely vegetarian (no meat or chicken stock in the sauce) and the squares are not vegetarian. Please confirm, thanks, and Happy Easter! Di Fara's reply: Years ago the sauce used for the square pies was meat-based. We...

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 5, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, vegetarian pizza

Video: 'Eat This New York' Searches for the Best NYC Pizza

The relatively new food blog Eat This New York searches for the best pizza in the city but finds that, "Pizzas are just like you and me—they're all so different. Instead of trying to be the best, you just have to be yourself." With bonus tips on picking up women and Italian pronunciation. And a surprise appearance by chef Art Smith. Pizzerias visited: Grimaldi's, DUMBO, BrooklynKesté Pizza & Vino, Greenwich Village, ManhattanRizzo's, Astoria, QueensDi Fara (of course), Midwood, Brooklyn Watch the video, after the jump....

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, February 11, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, Eat This New York, Grimaldi's, Kesté Pizza and Vino, Rizzo's, videos

Dear Slice: 'I Was There When It First Opened'

This guy was there when it first opened, too. [Photograph: A. J. Kinik/An Endless Banquet] I got this great email from longtime Slice reader Norman: Was talking to a guy I worked with in England for several years today. I knew he was from Brooklyn, but unsure which part. I got on to mentioning Di Fara's and sent a photo—this was his reply:...

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 25, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Tagged: Dear Slice, Di Fara, Norman, pizza history

Video: Di Fara's Fame Spreads to Brazil

Reaching in to the Slice mailbag, we've got a dispatch that seems to have been sitting in the inbox far too long. But here it is nonetheless. A missive from longtime reader Makanmata. Adam,I thought your readers might be interested to know that Dom's well deserved fame has now spread to Brazil.Walking down the street in Rio de Janeiro last week, my eye was caught by a pizza appearing on a television playing above a juice bar that I happened to be passing by. I quickly realized that it wasn't just any pizza, but a DiFara pie—and a wide shot...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: Brazil, Dear Slice, Di Fara, Makanmata, TV, videos

Deflowering More Di Fara Virgins

[Photograph: Adam Kuban] Last time I posted about taking Di Fara n00bs out to Midwood, my bowling teammate Tien Mao was like, "I still haven't been to Di Fara. We should do an end-of-season bowling team trip out there." So, finally, after much planning and many false starts, the members of I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter made the trek to Di Fara yesterday morning....

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14 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 11, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, Di Fara virgins, I Can't Believe It's Not Gutter

Video: MORE Di Fara Footage

Just got a comment on the previous Di Fara video alerting me to this one here. These guys are a couple a characters! I love it....

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 5, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, videos

Video: Di Fara Footage from 'Internets Celebrities'

From the Slice inbox, an email from Rafi Kam of Internets Celebrities (the same guys who did the Ghetto Big Mac video): I thought I'd throw this video your way, if only because your site is where I did my homework before our Di Fara trip last week. If you're thinking, What?!? Another damn Di Fara video, cut it out. This one is, like "Pizza on a Rainy Day," really well done—like how at the 26-second mark it focuses on the clock and the passing of time. Because, really, that's a huge part of the Di Fara thing, for...

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1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 5, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, Internets Celebrities, Rafi Kam, videos

Video: More Di Fara Footage

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 24, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Di Fara, videos