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| - Ok so let me start out by saying that I've been to Di Fara in Brooklyn and it is life changed pizza. Seriously, you haven't tasted anything like it before, guaranteed. I was through the roof excited to hear of Dom DeMarco's, so I dropped everything to dine here with some friends and family immediately.
It is an upscale looking restaurant with a bar area and a dining room that opens up to patio seating. It can get quite loud inside and the chairs are seriously giant, but overall has a really great feel to it. I loved the giant pictures of Vespa's on the wall and that they leave you a bottle of water on the table, very Italian touches. Our server was good, not great and definitely not overly available.
We started with calamari, eggplant pizzettes, and the SOHO salad. The calamari smelled great, but I don't eat calamari. I tried a bite of the eggplant, but again I am not an eggplant fan so was not impressed. Everyone at the table really enjoyed them though. I thought the salad was good, a mixture of lettuce, asparagus, green beans, fennel, fontina, and a light truffle vinaigrette. I would have liked a little more flavor from the vinaigrette, but it was a fun mixture of ingredients overall.
We decided to go with the legendary Di Fara Special pizza. Now, the pizza they serve in Brooklyn is of course thin crust, so please tell me why this pizza has a thick crust! It was good, although the pepperoni was seriously lacking in flavor and the cheese pulled off the pizza with every bite, but it wasn't necessarily a bad pizza. I enjoyed the flavor of the olive oil and the crust (and I am not generally a crust person). But, if you are going to have a Di Fara special pizza it would have to be a thin crust simple pizza, just like you would get in Brooklyn!
I do wish I had gotten the opportunity to sample the NY style thin crust pizza, maybe next time. I found this place a bit pricey and a little lackluster. We definitely have better options in Vegas.
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