This Brooklyn Pizzeria Was Just Named Best In New York

MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN — The Daily Meal, the same food blog behind "The 101 Best Pizzas in America" — or the closest thing on the internet to a definitive, annual critic's ranking of the nation's best pizza joints — is drumming up some more controversy this month with an offshoot list that names "The Best Pizza in Every State."

"There are plenty of states with pizzerias that have never found their way into the ranking, including Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Wyoming," the site says. "Today, those states are finally getting the credit they deserve."

New York's finest, according to the list?

Di Fara Pizza on Avenue J and East 15th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn.

"Domenico DeMarco is a local celebrity, having owned and operated Di Fara since 1964," the Daily Meal writes. "Dom cooks both New York- and Sicilian-style pizza for hungry New Yorkers and tourists willing to wait in long lines and brave the free-for-all that is the Di Fara counter experience."

"Yes, it's a trek, and sure, Dom goes through periods when the underside of the pizza can tend toward overdone, but when he's on, Di Fara can make a very strong case for being America's best pizza," the site says.

In 2015, for its own, review-based pizza rankings, TripAdvisor instead gave that honor to Juliana's in DUMBO, Brooklyn. (A burn on the more tourist-packed Grimaldi's next door.)

Looks like the Daily Meal was looking for something a little more hole-in-the-wall.

"Yes, you're better off getting a whole pie than shelling out for the $5 slice," the site says. Also: "You can’t go wrong with the classic round or square cheese pie (topped with oil-marinated hot peppers, which you can ladle on at the counter if you elbow in), but the menu’s signature is the Di Fara Classic Pie: mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano, plum tomato sauce, basil, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, onions, and, of course, a drizzle of olive oil by Dom."

Before you make the haul down to Midwood, here's some recommended viewing on Di Fara from the Daily Meal: "The Best Thing I Ever Done."

What do you think? Ranking on point? Let us know: simone.wilson@patch.com.

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