So, everyone knows that Brooklyn, New York is known for it's pizza, among other things. I mean, Brooklyn pizza might be some of the best pizza I've ever eaten next to Pizza Town in Garfield, New Jersey, and besides, how can you go wrong with places like Spumoni Gardens in your town? Well, ask Di Fara Pizza, who was shut down on Monday by the City Health Department for 67 health violations. Yes, I said 67 health violations!
Fans of the legendary Brooklyn pizza joint Di Fara's were sad to hear that the legendary pie slinger was shut down on Monday for failing a health inspection. Di Fara Pizza, known for their $5 slices, is often called the best in the city, and winning the top spot from Zagat in 2010 and 2011, with a line that can stretch around the block on a nightly basis.
Last week, a New York City Health Department inspection found 67 health code violations at the Midwood pizza joint, including signs of mice and flies, food stored at too-high temperatures, and workers wearing soiled garments. This wasn't the first time that the cult eatery had Health Department troubles, as they've been shut down twice in 2007. Dom DeMarco Jr. brushed off the violations and said that he and his family expects to reopen on Wednesday, but only if his dad and owner, Dom DeMarco Sr., who still makes every pie with his own hands, as he has for nearly 50 years, feels up to it! Dom Jr. explained that sometimes when this happens, his dad looks at it as a little bit of a break from the business.
The shutdown did, however, prompt some gloating from rival owner Gino Dedonato at the nearby Benny’s Pizzeria, as he called Di Fara's 'filthy, disgustingly filthy!' Dedonato went on to say that DeMarco doesn’t clean, and that his pizza is not even worth the money, but loyal customers weren’t buying Dedonato's gloat as they continued to buy his pizza! Some say they'll even wait an hour for a Di Fara pizza.
Okay, don't get me wrong! A good pizza is a good pizza, but if the place is not clean, I doubt that I would ever frequent this place. To be honest, this could be a job for Chef Ramsay and his Fox TV show "Kitchen Nightmares". I mean look at the picture above. The guy making the pizza isn't wearing gloves, and he's cutting the basil with scissors. WHAT? It was only a matter of time that this shop was closed down. If there were 67 violations and I only named like 4 or 5 of them, I can only imagine what the other 60 violations can possibly be!
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