Note: I needed a break from nourishing the minds of my subscribers to nourish the belly of the blogger. I visited a local spot, Di Fara Pizza. Of course, all digested experience ends up on Walden's Blog....
Midwood, Brooklyn is famous for three things: Isaac Mizrahi, Barbra Streisand, and Di Fara Pizza on Avenue J. The pizza served at this tiny establishment is revered by publications including "Zagat Restaurant Guide 2007" and online at chowhound.com. The pies are crafted by the legendary Domenico DeMarco. Olive oil, fresh mozzarella and parmesan, and herbs grown in the store play a role in every round or square. It looks great. How does it taste?
Good question. In order to know, you have to wait for it. You have to wait for it like a New Yorker, which means you either leave immediately, or you wait until the seed has grown into the fully matured basil plant. While you wait, the legendary Domenico
(Domenico DeMarco)
.
DeMarco and his assistant consciously avoid your gaze. If either catches it by accident, the response is a look of exhausted disdain, as if to say "how dare you show your face here--can't you see I have customers?!" It is possible you may wait four days, the maximum amount of time a person can survive without water (Source: Ms. Johnson, College Gate Elementary). Of course, you can buy a bottle of water while you stand in "line" (an amoeba-shaped formation in which no one is clear on who is next and if any individual asserts herself and attempts to order, she is soundly contested by at least a third of the amoeba). You may wait 128 days, the record number of days a human can remain alive without food (Source: Christina Ricci). It smells and looks great--and some poor soul in tattered clothes and a long beard is picking up the order, but that isn't you. You only have a goatee. Meanwhile, the legendary Domenico DeMarco never stops. He makes pie after pie and never opens his mouth to sample a sprig of anything, The Original Sisyphus's Pizza. It is possible you may die before you have placed an order.
How does it taste?
Delicious! The next time you have 128 days off you should absolutely go.
1 comment:
Any blog post that cites Christina Ricci's extensive scientific knowledge AND makes mention of Sysiphus is aces in my book.
But damn... the pizza better be pretty amazing for a wait like that. Then again, I'm usually wearing tattered clothes and a long, scraggly beard (and the smell of basil can only improve... other aspects of my persona)... so perhaps it's the place for me.
If I place my order now, perhaps it'll be ready by the time I drive there from Portland!
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