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Has DiFara been repainted recently? It's been a year or two since I've been there, but I could swear the walls didn't used to be that eye-searing green color.

"there will be two banks on every corner"

what do you mean by "will be"? have you been to the upper west side lately? there already is two banks on every corner. generally its bank#1, duane reade, bank#2, macdonalds, childrens clothing store, bank#3

And every Duane Reade has a Chase ATM in it, so that's kind of like another bank.

As soon as "artisinal" pizzas were mentioned, I clicked away from the linked blog. I've lived in NYC my entire life and did fine growing up without artisinal pizza. As for "too much" oil on a pizza? Please -- draining a slice of pizza is as New York as folding it.

All I want to say is +1 for the Velvet ad.

I enjoyed Mr. Mao's write up on difara. (and pictures) Will he return at a later date?

Although an invaluable source of local information, your opinion has gone out the window with a headline defaming Domenic DeMarco's establishment. Maybe that is how the underground blog world works, by linking your friend's blogs as favors, I dunno, but that may have been too high a risk to take.

He didn't defame the place, he critically reviewed the pizza. There is a difference, you know.

But we live in eXXtReME world now! If you say anything negative about any person, place or thing, that means you HATE IT and want to bomb it into oblivion!

He's not just a friend! He's sitting at the desk across from me. But I agree with him- a little too much oil on those pies.