Pizza
Each pizza pie is handmade by the elderly DeMarco, with slicked back hair and flour on his shoes, and the pizzeria is closed when he is not available. As he puts it: "I believe only one guy should make the pizza.” Three of his seven children work in the back of the restaurant.
He makes 100 to 150 pies a day, cutting fresh basil over the pies with a pair of kitchen scissors. DeMarco uses imported ingredients: flour, extra-virgin olive oil, San Marzano tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella cheese from Casapulla, Italy, freshly grated grana padana (a slightly salty hard cow's milk cheese), three types of mozzarella cheese, and hand-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese are all from Italy, and the basil and oregano is from Israel. He has a sunny windowsill box in which he grows thyme, oregano, basil, rosemary, and hot peppers.
The pizzas bake for a few minutes at about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The pizza is thin-crust and crispy, slightly shy of burnt, with a thin layer of savory, subtle, tangy sauce. It is served on a paper plate, over a sheet of wax paper.
In July 2009, Di Fara raised its price for a plain slice of pizza from $4 to $5, becoming the first $5-a-slice pizza place in New York City.
He serves classic New York-style pizza and Sicilian-style pies, as well as pasta, sandwiches, and other items.
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