THE Ultimate Slice

If you know what's good for you, you know NY pizza is unparalleled in its deliciousness and diversity. When do we eat pizza? Let me count the ways. (feel free to contribute some of your own)

1) There is the ubiquitous early morning breakfast pizza - either leftover (I, sadly, rarely come home with leftovers - it's all eaten way before it makes it into cold storage!) or purchased on the street on the way to work. Rational: it is a complete meal! ...starch, veggies, protein, what a way to start the day.

2) The mid-day snack slice: or, the leisure slice. This is the slice that can be eaten anywhere and usually for me, it was on the go. Either heading to work, taking a break from work, or celebrating not being at work. Usually the mid-day slice is one that is easily accessible to whatever your current location is. So, if in the West Village, the slice would be from Bleecker St. Pizza (hot, oven fresh- delicious pizza, awful website) , or maybe Two Boots (if looking for some more sustenance and heavy toppings). When I was living and teaching on the UWS, Sal and Carmines was the destination. Even if it meant trekking up 15 blocks in the slushy snow for a hot salty slice.
On a very sad note: Sal, of Sal and Carmine's passed away last week. Read about it here and here such a loss in the world of artisan pizza makers...

3) Pizza For Dinner: on those nights when you I am either too lazy to cook, to hot to cook, to far from a kitchen to cook, too poor to eat for more than $5. That is when pizza for dinner comes to play. Usually pizza for dinner is 2 slices and some beer (real or root). Ordering from where ever is closest. Amazing hot pies from Sal and Carmines or moderately decent Cafe Viva Pizza back in the olden days of the UWS. Joes of Bleeker or the red vinyl booths and glass boots of Two Boots, Park Slope.

So the gist of the blog is really to tell you all about the best pizza in the world. And that is at Di Fara's on Ave. J.
I know I am slow to the game. I know I am about 10 years behind the pizza times and I also know that you told me so many times over. Oh well. Better late than never, right??


Yes, I've read the new Newsweek's (trying to hard to be a less fluffy weekly) short editorial piece about NY slices. The writer mentioned some key pizza masters and laments the imminent death of the pizza masters who are not passing down their legacies to the next generation. For a wonderful NYC pizza article, check out this wonderful photo journal on The Eaten Path)



Hot, salty, crispy, delectable everything. Crust, sauce, cheese, fresh herbs cut to order and sprinkled liberally on each slice. ahhhh. heaven, if I believed in it, would be a slice of Di Fara's.

If you haven't explored the wonders of Midwood, Bklyn. Head over. In addition to the above magic of Di Fara's (beware the long lines and secret society rules to getting a slice without pissing people off), there is a strange shnitzle bar called Shnizies and an outpost of the Pickle Guys of the LES. Food, glorious food.