Posted on 03/21/2022 8:57:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A pizza man died last week. The pizza man.
Dom DeMarco was a legend. The immigrant from the Italian province of Caserta opened Di Fara Pizza on the most nondescript stretch of Avenue J in Brooklyn back in 1965.
The shop name was an amalgamation of his last name and that of his partner, whom he bought out in the late 1970s. He never bothered changing the name: It was all about the pizza. A lot of New York experiences come with a side of New York attitude. Your waiter at Peter Luger will be gruff. The hostess at the hot-restaurant-of-the-week will sneer. Be ready to order when it’s your turn at the Zabar’s counter or else.
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Good story.
RIP.
In the early 1980s there was this pizza place on 5th avenue and 20th street in Mahattan that to this day was the best pizza I ever had in my life. It was absolutely perfect and I use to eat there almost every day when I worked as a messenger. The crust, the dough, the sauce, the cheese. He had these garlic crumbs on the dough. it was unreal. I think in one sitting I ate 5 slices lol.
I don’t think it’s there anymore though, like everything else it’s now a fashion store to appease the commie trust fund brats who moved in and infested the city worse than cockroaches “Pizza is SO not environmentally sound Earth Child, it’s just contributes to climate change with those horrible ovens! Come, let’s go to Union square and TOTALLY protest capitalism and racist Trump” Ugh, I get nauseous just thinking about what that city has become today.
I always liked John’s on Bleeker.
He was talked a lot about on the internet 10 years ago. RIP Dom!
Believe it or not my favorite frozen pizza is at Aldi’s for under $3. It is thin crust too. I heat it in my largest covered frying pan on the lowest flame. Takes 30 minutes. Comes out with a crispy under crust.
About 10 minutes in I push 4 teaspoons underneath it, this keeps it from burning. I put my own mods on it such as more cheese. Options added such as cooked green pepper, cooked garlic, cooked onions, anchovies, more pepperoni and so on. I eat it hot, hot out of the pan. I refuse to eat luke warm pizza. Life is too short.
Lombardi’s on Spring was another good spot...
Yeah.
Sounds great. I’ll be over…😛
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I never tried the place incredibly enough!! And I am a pizza junkie lol lol. Next time I’m in the city I’ll try it, thanks. that’s if it’s even still there. I’ve seen it before, I think it’s near Jones street, but it could be closed down and turned into another freakin’ fashion store especially after the Scamdemic
Haven’t been there in 20 years. Great, garlicky, thin crust. No slices!
Was really awesome pizza. Hope it still is.
RIP to Dom. Anybody who brings or brought great pizza into the world deserves a special place in heaven.
Try it yourself if you have an Aldi’s near you to buy their least expensive pizze/ I think it is Mama Cozzis thin crust — Forget the oven with my method.
Soft spoken New Yorker is an oxymoron
Far better to be an oxymoron than a moron.
lol...not a personal attack on you!
Will do! In fact they just opened a new one last week, the older one near us was small. This one, a little farther away, is at least 3x the size of the old one!
The pizzas are right by the front door.😀
It's become what I always thought it was.
Been there twice, can't think of a single reason why I'd ever need to go there again.
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