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Don Draper and the rest of the Sterling-Cooper Ad Wizzards couldn't come up with a commercial that could make me want pizza and Tobasco any more than this one - seriously.

Sadly Mel's is a pretty sub-standard chain. SF is crazy for yelp, huh?

Her practices as a restauranteur are all great.

That being said, I still can't separate a sense of smugness from Alice Waters when she talks about Chez Panisse. Its kind of like when a parent talks about their wonderful, successful children -- "Mark had his pick of the Ivys, but he decided to take a year off to go to Costa Rica -- we feel it's important for him to explore other cultures, and Harvard will always be there when he gets back!" That kind of thing.

Seriously, the hottest table in town is now a night stand.

I took my girlfriend and my folks visiting from out of town to Di Fara's recently - it was all three of their first times. With the commute, the wait, and my own hyping up of the place, I was worried that they would be underwhelemed by the finished product. I couldn't really tell if any of them were enjoying the pizza while we were actually splitting the pie, but on the train ride back, with the collective experience in their minds, it seemed like everything clicked.

Take this experience and the actual product and compare it that of a place like Grimaldi's. Sure, the pizza there is fine, fine, fine, and you get your pizza in 15 minutes, but you can see the two pizzaolas in the center of the room banging out pizzas like they could do it in their sleep. Eating a Di Fara's pizza, you taste the fruits of Dom's fussing.

I don't think any gathering that that involves this thing can be called a "pizza party".

I think the reality is that slice overall have gone up, but people haven't caught up to that yet. My local pizza place (which is no great shakes) charges $3.50 for a slice with toppings now, and I've seen that become the standard at a lot of other place. A slice of Artichoke is hovering around the $5 range too. I think for better or for worse, Di Fara's has just become the pizza price barometer, because its always been pricier, and far superior than most slices.

I can't believe UPN has closed. Man, this is a huge bummer. I never got the chance to try this place, but after NYMAG's profile on him last week, I was putting this on my list for the weekend. Oh well, at least he went out of NY on a high note.

One of the funniest bits, too. Another favorite food related bit of Bruno: when he gets drunk on carbs.

The Question is: When you eat General Tso's Pizza, do you get hungry again 2 hours later?

Great write up. I still feel, personally, that Clover Brewed Coffee is kind of like Acapella music: Just because its complicated and quirky doesn't mean its necessarily very enjoyable...

I want to see this movie, I want to try this pizza.

These guys are smarter than NASA!