Domenico 'Dom' DeMarco, founder of iconic Brooklyn pizza joint Di Fara Pizzeria, has died at age 85. DeMarco's attention to detail and passion for all things pizza turned Di Fara's into a pizza staple of the city, frequently turning up on best of lists.
in 2004, "When I got here, I spent three months in Long Island, in Huntington, working on a farm ... then somebody put a bug in my head and said there's a good spot on Avenue J. I didn't even know Avenue J existed."
He opened Di Fara with a business partner whose last name was Farina. "So when the lawyer made the paper, he put the two names together: Di Fara," he recalled to the Times. In 1978, DeMarco bought his partner out but kept the name. For much of the last 50 years, DeMarco was directly involved in the creation of each pizza pie, importing ingredients from Italy multiple times a week. The pies were all topped with fresh basil and a signature drizzle of olive oil. Slices cost just 15 cents when it opened in 1965, but are now $5 a pop. Even so, the place was almost always swamped with people trying to get a taste, and visitors could expect an hour-long wait, at times.
DeMarco's attention to detail and passion for all things pizza turned Di Fara's into a pizza staple of the city, frequently turning up on best of lists from the likes of Zagat, Village Voice, the Times,
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