The Classic Crust of a Half Pint Taproom Pizza

A perfect dinner, and late night snack, too

Pepperoni pizza with ricotta from Half Pint Taproom / all photos by author

Although I first moved to Texas in 2000, I had never been to Wichita Falls until I arrived in April, and when I got here, one of the first questions I started asking was “Where’s the best pizza in the Falls?”

I got a number of answers, and I’ve been sacrificing for the sake of science by personally eating all of them to determine for myself who has Wichita Falls best pizza?

I work from home and don’t know many people in Wichita Falls yet, so I literally had nowhere to go and nobody to see on this particular evening, and I just felt like I needed to get out of the house. For no reason at all, I got a little dressed up and went to Half Pint Taproom to sample the pizza people had been telling me about.

I’ve already written about Progress Pizza’s excellent Detroit-style, and Stone Oven’s garlicky hand-tossed pizza, and both of them are strong contenders for best pizza in Wichita Falls. However, the crust on a Half Pint Taproom pizza is the closest to a classic pizzaria-style crust that I’ve tried yet. It’s crisp and a little crackery on the edge and thin and floppy in the middle, just like cousin Sal used to make down at the corner pizzaria.

Half Pint’s pizzas are made in a brick oven and they have an entire menu of specialty pizzas you can choose from, but I’m an easy customer on that front because I’m always ordering some variation of pepperoni, and Half Pint’s was great.

The red sauce was sufficiently zesty, and their pepperoni pizza comes with ricotta on it which I found a little bit salty in a great way — it added a little something that I didn’t expect to an already great pizza. My niece says Half Pint’s pizza is her favorite in the Falls.

The service was great at Half Pint — my server was training a new server, and with the bartender, I think three or four different Half Point employees touched my table while I was there. Very attentive.

Also, the price point is totally reasonable. My pizza and a couple of sodas came to $16. With great pizza, affordable prices and good service, it’s easy to see why Half Pint Taproom draws people from all walks of life.

All that said, I think my favorite thing about Half Pint Taproom’s pepperoni pizza is how good the leftovers are with an icy soda at 10 PM while you watch Netflix.

I’m gonna make a point to go back and catch a live show in the Restoration Hall next time, but for now, I can’t recommend their pizza highly enough.

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