Photograph by y_katsuuu Peter Kaminsky goes kayak fishing in Jamaica Bay and ends the day not with a meal of freshly filleted striper but with a sublime slice. Three guesses as to which pizzeria he's talking about: As we moved across the bay, the sun shone on the far shore. Riders on horseback from the nearby Jamaica Bay Riding Academy moved along the sandy edge of the bay. Cars whooshed along the Belt Parkway. Flocks of geese descended to their evening quarters. "Want to try a slice of the best pizza in the city?" [Sebago Canoe Club chairman Andy]... More

About a month ago, Slice received an e-mail from a mysterious gentleman going by the nom de blog of "Lonesome Hero." "You might be interested in the Pizza World Tour I recently went on," he wrote. We were interested, but Slice HQ was busy, too busy to make mention of LH's ambitious tour of the five boroughs in search of the best pizza in each one. Shamefully, the e-mail went unanswered until we were reminded about it when we met the Lonesome Hero at a foodblog event. It's time for us to correct that oversight. Lonesome Hero publishes A Year... More

Beautiful piece on Di Fara's Dom DeMarco in the Times today. In the first person, as told to Jeff VanDam. Choice quotes: When I opened the store, my partner's name was Farina. My name is DeMarco. So when the lawyer made the paper, he put the two names together. Di Fara. Di for me, and Fara for him. I bought my partner out in 1978, I think. I kept the same name; I didn't bother changing it.It was all Jewish then, but they weren't that religious. Then, little by little, it became very Orthodox. People, they got scared, and they... More

PHOTO OP Slice editor and publisher Adam K. (above) during a photo shoot Saturday for a small piece on piPod that the New York Daily News ran in today's edition.... More

Di Fara Pizza got major props on the WB11 last night. The Warner Bros. affiliate station is highlighting the best of New York this week, and it has deemed Dom Demarco's pies top of the pops. The ever effervescent Toni Senecal was on hand last night for a live broadcast from the Midwood pizzeria, where she claimed to have eaten six slices. Mr. Demarco, his daughter, and one of his sons looked a bit overwhelmed by Ms. Senecal, who, while it can be said displayed no lack of enthusiasm, seemed a trifle condescending toward our favorite pizzaman. We felt a... More

A friend's fiancé is in town on vacation this week. He lives abroad at the moment, and we decided he needed a good taste of home before returning to Europe. A trip to DiFara was arranged.What we had: just a simple plain pie. But that's not important.Here's what is: We noticed a woman waiting on her square pie at the counter. In front of her, two pint-size containers of sauce!Turns out you can buy sauce there—either the "uncooked," as the woman was calling it or the "cooked."The uncooked (though I suspect it spends some time simmering on the stove) is... More

UPDATE: All You Need to Know About Di Fara, 2009 » We at Slice believe that the passing of all special occasions should be marked with food. And what better way to start 2004 than with a delicious pizza? Nestled incongruously among kosher restaurants and variety stores in the largely Orthodox Jewish section of Midwood, Brooklyn, DiFara Pizza is easily our favorite pizzeria in the city. So when I woke up—late, not surprisingly—it was the obvious choice. I called Seltzerboy, Slice's wire editor, and we were off. Readers who have been to DiFara already know what makes it so good.... More

While doing a Google search for Di Fara Pizza, I happened upon this image of Dom DeMarco on the photo blog A Day in the Life. The photo, by Allison Garber, is part of a series A Day in the Life did in April, in which 200 photographers set out to capture a slice of Brooklyn life.More DiFara Pizza on Slice.... More

This one's a little late, but Dom DeMarco gets a nod from the Village Voice's 2003 Best Of list as the Best Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway Show: After you order a pizza, you could try to snag a table in the run-down seating area, but you'll have to wait an hour for your pie anyway and there's barely room for the customers who are eating. Plus you'll miss the second-best part: watching DOMINICK AT DIFARA PIZZA carefully assemble each order... "Run-down"? OK. I agree that the less-than-tidy dining area leaves a little something to be desired (a wipe-down of the tables every now... More