Tarrant’s is really, really good

And I’m not just saying that  because I’ve recently moved in with one of their managers.  Their pizza as of late has been off the chain.  The crust, the sauce, their white pizza.  Everything.  It’s great.  And the best part?  Most of this shit I’ve been reheating in the toaster oven long after roommate brings it home.

White pizza with tomato, spinach, feta and enough garlic to repulse your girlfriend tonight.  I reheated these slices (sorry Ellen, I ate em both.  For the sake of my work!) more than 12 hours after it had been originally served.  A little dab of water and give it about3 minutes directly on the grate on high heat and it’s good to go.

What makes Tarrant’s pizza so great lies in the crust.  For me, the crust is the most important part of a good pizza.  I know a lot of snooty pizza lovers will say that all of the ingredients are just as important as the other but this is where my tastes fall out of sync with the elite paisanos of pizza.  You see, bread in itself is probably my favorite thing to eat in the world.  As a kid, I would eat entire boxes of Papa John’s bread sticks by myself.  It wasn’t rare for my to just grab a slice of Wonder bread and ball it up into a doughy mass and chew on it for a while.  At restaurants, I was the first one to ask for more free bread.  Its addicting and pretty much bad for you, but that’s what makes it so delicious.

I can deal with sub-par cheese and a dirty, sweet tasting sauce as long as the crust is delicious.  No, I’m not saying Tarrant’s ingredients fall short in any category.  Everything is great.  With all the praise that we give 8 1/2 Pizza on here, I am not afraid to say that my craving for pizza as of late lies solely with a small Tarrant’s cheese pizza.  At $9.99 most people would say it’s overpriced and yeah, maybe it is a little.  But maybe it’s not.  The old adage “You get what you pay for,” is something that I’ve repeated to myself and others my whole life.  This isn’t a guideline that anyone should follow by any means, but generally better things cost more money.

This beauty I was able to eat not long after it was cooked.  White pizza with spinach and mushrooms.  One of the best white pizzas I’ve had in recent memory and the crust was so perfectly cooked I had to ask who threw it together.  My roommate’s mom bakes some crucial stuff in Tarrant’s kitchen.

You can think what you will, but I’m not biased at all!