Mamma mia, that’s a lot of dough!
Di Fara Pizza, the famed Brooklyn pie joint that attracts famished fans willing to line up out the door, has raised its prices to a stomach-churning $5 a slice — making it possibly the highest-priced plain slice in the city.
“They must be out of their minds. It would have to be the best slice of pizza in the world,” said Phyllis Turim of Brooklyn, who doesn’t plan to find out for herself.
Jason Abrams, who lives very close to Di Fara, said, “Between my MetroCard and a pizza there, I wouldn’t be able to afford my rent.”
Adam Kuban, who runs the city-based pizza blog Slice, said, “If it were an everyday slice, no, $5 would be too much.
“But a lot of the people lining up at Di Fara are pizza tourists. It’s like a vacation — you don’t do it all the time, and you’ve already prepared yourself for the overcharge.”
Kuban hasn’t heard of a more expensive slice anywhere in the city.
Di Fara owner Dom DeMarco raised the price by a buck earlier this month — a year and a half after he hiked it to $4.
DeMarco, 72, insists on using only ingredients imported from Italy and making each pie himself.
“When I shop, I always buy what’s high-priced,” he said. “What I use, other pizzerias don’t use.”
The rising price of the ingredients, combined with higher shipping costs and sales taxes, contribute to the $16 it costs to make each pie, said DeMarco’s daughter, Margaret Mieles, who takes orders at the shop. Still, the pizzeria rakes in a hefty $3-a-slice profit.
Some Di Fara fans took the price hike in stride.
“Go somewhere else if you don’t like it,” said Charlie Fishbaum, 24, who ordered a $25 pie.
A Post taste test found the pricey pie delish — but the bang was hardly worth the bucks. Rizzo’s in Astoria, Queens, cost $2.50 a slice and had a super-thin crust and a strong, tangy tomato flavor. The Pizza Box in Greenwich Village sold slices at $2.75 that were pretty good, if generic. And at $2.50 a slice, Da Vinci’s in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, wasn’t too oily and had a pleasingly thin crust.
Price be damned, said former doorman Richie Randazzo, who hit the $5 million on a lottery scratch-off last year. “Nothing’s better than Dom’s pizza. Sex comes a close second,” said Randazzo, 45. “I’d pay $10 a slice for Dom’s whether I hit the lottery or not.”
Additional reporting by Beth Stebner