March 17, 2007
WHEN NEWS CYCLES COLLIDE
No one seems to have really noticed it yet, but two of the larger NYC stories from the past few weeks have finally intersected. This hasn't resulted in a perfect media storm yet, but with the Sean Bell Shooting indictments on the way and St. Patrick's Day Parade shenanigans to report, it's possible local outlets are just sitting on this 'til next week.
Story one is the shocking discovery that rats in NYC like to hang out in restaurants––especially a KFC/Taco Bell in The West Village. In the weeks following the videotaped rat circus, one Health Dept. inspector was fired and scores of restaurants have been closed for health violations. Many restaurateurs are claiming they're the victim of a rodent witch hunt as a city agency attempts to redeem itself in the eyes of the public. One owner of a famous pizzeria, Brooklyn's Di Fara Pizza, took it in stride though:
Despite the crap news, Dom seemed pretty chipper, taking things in stride. "I'd only wear a hat if I were bald. I'd rather pay the fine than wear the hat."
Story two on everyone's front page is the quadruple homicide in the West Village Thursday evening, when David Garvin shot the bartender at DeMarco's Pizza to death, gunned down two unarmed auxilliary police officers in the street, and then died in a hail of bullets from police on Bleeker St.
The coincidence is more than the fact that a pizzeria was involved in both stories. The owner of Di Fara and the man quoted above is actually Dom DeMarco. DeMarco's Pizza is the Manhattan sister restaurant of Di Fara Pizza and run by Dom's daughter. So the DeMarco family has managed to find itself at the intersection of two of the biggest news stories emanating from the West Village in years.
[Di Fara link to Slice.com via Gothamist.]
Posted by Lexiphane at March 17, 2007 10:31 AM
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