Is Di Fara Moving To New Jersey?

Dom DeMarco (Flickr user SpecialKRB)

The rumor mill is buzzing today with the news that legendary Midwood pizzeria Di Fara, recently recovered from a nasty run-in with the DOH, might be expanding to New Jersey. Could it be true?

Pizza blog Slice noticed a status update on Di Fara's Facebook page reading "[Di Fara Pizza] thinks the town of Red Bank, NJ, is a great place for some really special pizza...Coming Soon ;)." The comment ignited a firestorm of responses, prompting the restaurant to clarify: "Di Fara Pizza not going to say much more right now but NOOO, Dom is not retiring and Di Fara will continue to operate just as is...will keep you posted ..."

As others have pointed out, Di Fara patriarch Dom DeMarco is unlikely to give up his Brooklyn baby, but the pizzeria has grown twofold in recent years, with both Vegas and LaGuardia sister restaurants up and running. A possible New Jersey move, however, does raise the question: would the lines be short enough to warrant a cross-state lines trip, or are you better off camping out in Midwood instead?

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By Jamie Feldmar in Food on January 3, 2012 5:20 PM

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lightstays

I'm not sure "best pizza in the city" is really saying anything if it could be replicated by any retard who can figure out how to grow sweet basil and liberally use a top-shelf olive oil.
But, hey, New Yorkers seem to enjoy paying 500 to 800% more than the real price of their meals.

"Tim Osman"

Great pizza, wonderful and devoted pizza maker, complete shithole of a location

Guest

If you could only see how filthy the five star restaurants are before the inspector shows up, you would never eat out anywhere. Who cares if he has some furry friends?

Simply the best pizza in the city, period.

Caffiend

Hey, FWIW, it may be the best pizza in the world but.... Once again, (Like the 2nd time in a week) in my best Samuel L. Jackson inflection, "Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie but I wouldn't know cause I don't eat the filthy mother-fucker."

If you can't get an A on the relatively easy NYC DOH assessment, and you feel the need to move your establishment into Jersey, by all means.... We still have Mark's in Red Hook. But, at the end of the day, Dom DeMarco has been in business for a long time, and I'm sure he's a smart guy. These are just rumors, and I'm sure that at the end of the day he'll do what's right for him, his business, and his customers.