DeMarco, owner of famed Di Fara Pizza, dies
Domenico DeMarco, the founder and owner of the famed Di Fara Pizza in Midwood, named by many as the best pizza in New York, has died at the age of 85.
According to the Di Fara website, DeMarco came to New York in 1959 from Italy and at first worked on a farm. He opened Di Fara at 1424 Avenue J in 1969 after hearing that there was a “good pizza spot” there.
In recent years, the neighborhood became solidly Orthodox Jewish, making the non-kosher Di Fara an anomaly on Avenue J. Nevertheless, at any time of day, there were long lines of visitors from other parts of New York or tourists waiting outside in line for pies or slices.