Tarrantino's, Broad St.

Tarrantino’s is the pizza joint right behind Tarrant’s Cafe, a very delicious and comfortable, slightly upscale restaurant on Broad St.  Run by the same people, you will get Tarrantino’s pizza on the Tarrant’s menu if you choose to dine in.

But what I don’t understand is why I always seem to get a better pizza when I walk through the front doors of Tarrant’s and sit down for a meal.  The pizza is absolutely brilliant.  Superb ingredients and cooked to perfection.

However, the three or four times I’ve ordered straight from Tarrantino’s, whether I choose delivery or take out, I’ve gotten inedible, uncooked shit on more than half the occasion.  Don’t get me wrong, the pizza is still made with the same soft mozzarella, a wonderfully subtle, savory tomato sauce and very fresh crust, but the cooks never, EVER, cook my pizza until it is done cooking.

Why is this?  Do the pizzas actually come from a different oven when ordering from Tarrant’s Cafe?  I’m almost certain they do not, as I have a friend who serves there who tells me otherwise.

Last night I ordered a medium pepperoni.  My total was around $14 which is leaning towards the expensive side, but the pizza here is worth it.  This time, however, I told the guy on the other end to cook my pizza a little longer than you usually do, to ensure that I received my pizza with a fully cooked crust.

Did they listen?  Maybe.  But either way, the cook didn’t get word and my pizza was, as usual, uncooked in the middle.  I begrudgingly consumed half the pie, still enjoying the most wonderful invention food has ever given us, but the pizza didn’t really taste GREAT until i was half way done with each slice, where the dough had enough time to form a solid crust.  Then, and only then, was this pizza so damn delicious, that even through all the distress Tarrantino’s has caused me, I will still recommend this pizza to anyone looking for great New York style pie.  Just make sure you dine in.

And give their white pizza a shot too, I hear they’re great.