March 23, 2007
DiFara's Update
I know I've got a lot of pizza-loving New Yorkers reading this site so I figured I'd post the update from pizza-lover-currently-living-in-DC, Philip Klein:
Okay, I know this is slightly ridiculous, but I just spoke to Dominick's son on the phone, and he said they'll be open either tomorrow, or Monday, they are just waiting for health inspectors to give them the final okay. Basically what happens is that the health inspectors come and they start finding violations and adding points, and if you accumulate enough points, they shut you down until you fix the problems. One of the things they always nail Dominick on is his refusal to wear hat and gloves--he always gets an automatic two points for that. He said that because of recent news reports of rats in restaurants, the health department is under fire, so now they're getting real tough. In any event, crisis averted, it seems. Praise the Lord!Posted by Karol at March 23, 2007 02:38 PM | TrackBack
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Gawker ran excerpts from the Health Department report. Sounds like mouse shit on the prep table was a bigger problem than not wearing a hat. Unless you think this was a Domino's sponsored conspiracy.
Posted by: Charles Star at March 23, 2007 03:05 PMI heard they are closing down his son's pizza joint, demarco's because of the shootings.
Posted by: Not Dawn Summers at March 23, 2007 03:31 PMhey......he came to my office the other day. my boss made a point of making me meet him. ol.
Posted by: brent j. at March 23, 2007 04:46 PMMr. DeMarco or Philip Klein?
Posted by: Karol at March 23, 2007 04:47 PMI, for one, prefer no gloves/hat. Whenever I go to Subway, I want to ask, "I'm sorry, but would you mind taking off those nasty medical gloves?"
Posted by: thomas at March 23, 2007 05:08 PMooooooo. klein. lol. he brought american spectator stuff for me to hand out at the wednesday mtg. even helped me hand it out. good guy.
Posted by: brent j. at March 23, 2007 09:05 PMfunny that i cam upon this post b/c i was thinking of going to difara's after work today. didn't realize it had been closed down. i love difara's but i can see why they'd get closed down by the health dept. doesn't stop me from eating the pizza though, haha
Posted by: anna at March 26, 2007 04:50 PMThat's some crap if you ask me. I went to the NYC website to check on Dominick's violations and all the other violations in restaurants on his street. I see all the Kosher restaurants have higher numbers in terms of violations but they haven't shut down. Makes you wonder.
