Would You Pay $5 For A Truly Great Slice Of Pizza?
Di Fara's, the pizza place 12 blocks from my ancestoral home in Brooklyn, N.Y. and one of the absolute best places for pizza by the slice in New York City (hence anywhere in the universe), is now charging $5/slice...and getting it! I completely understand why.
Di Fara's is the pizza place around the corner from my high school's football field where we went before and after practice. It was a block away from the Avenue J station on the subway and so was a place I had to walk by at least a few times a week when it wasn't football season.
Back then Di Fara's charged the going rate -- 15 cents for a slice and 10 cents for a small coke -- and had people waiting in line. According to the New York Times, even though there are a bunch of other pizza places nearby (trust me on this) or, in economic terms, ample substitutes at lower prices, the lines still exist at Di Fara's even at these prices.
I wonder what a small Diet Coke goes for these days.
(My thanks to good friends and hiking buddies Dana Pickard and Joyce Elden for alerting me to the story in the Times.)
Why not go to an equally good
Why not go to an equally good pizza place that sells whole pies, bring two buddies, get a large pie (8 slices) for $15, and eat quickly so you're not the guy who ends up getting just two slices. Then you get 3 comparable slices for your $5, and you don't have to leave Manhattan (if you're in Manhattan), so you don't have to find your passport (and maybe change currency and maybe learn some other language, I dunno).
Depends on the slice
Its its a huge slice then yes. $5 for a slice in NY is not bad.
Depends on the slice
For a huge slice ready to go when I want it yep I would.
There are no other
There are no other substitutes for DiFara's Pizza. Dom is an artist, and the Pizza is unlike any other Pizza you will eat in your life.
It is like a visit to the Cathedral of Pizza Making...just amazing stuff.
Joe and Stan, If youz guys
Joe and Stan,
If youz guys make me go all da' way ta' Brooklyn fa' dis DiFara's pizza and it ain't da' best, ahm gonna come lookin' fa' ya'. And when I find yuz, BADDABOOM BADDABANG!
Of course if I love it, no need to worry about horse heads in your beds.