Maybe it's the fact that it's 2 a.m. and I've been breathing kerosene fumes for the better part of the day (don't ask), but I got a huge kick out of this Chowhound post that Slice friend Joe D. passed on to me. Under the heading "DiFara's: The Final Word," user "Food Maven" imparts wisdom for the ages: The pizza at DiFara is very good. The real problem is that the pizza in 99% of all the other places sucks. Brilliant.... 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

SAY NUMBER 13: Dom DeMarco, Slice's "Italian hero," makes the cover of this week's Village Voice. The alt-weekly's Robert Sietsema tallies his top 100 Italian restaurants, DeMarco of Di Fara fame clocking in at lucky thirteen. Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice runs down his top 100 Italian restaurants. Seeing as how pizza is Italian or Italian American (depending on style), there are more than a few pizzerias in the mix. The usual suspects appear throughout as well as a few surprises and what might be hidden gems. Following, we've digested the list, ignoring any nonpizza establishments. For the full... More

Our friend "n" e-mailed us yesterday afternoon. Subject line: "Di Fara Scoop". Message: "Did you hear that Dom closed the shop for a week for remodeling?!" Well, "n," we didn't know that. I called down there today, though, to see when the pizzeria would reopen. The man on the other end said they're already back up and running. We're going to have to make a trip there to check out the new digs.... 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