Those of you in Atlanta, let’s just say I might have a non mandatory work evening free one night. Is it worth tracking down Varasano’s pizzeria?
Jeff Verasano is a total geek who spent year’s trying to recreate his favorite Patsy’s pizza at home. Actually a pretty interesting journey and his pizza tips are well worth the read here.
No idea, but now I reaaaally want some pizza… 
Sampiro or anyone else from the " greater" Atlanta area can feel free to chime in. 
I am intrigued but have no idea what the OP is talking about.
There is a huge multi-page thread over at Atlanta Cuisine (www.atlantacuisine.com). I haven’t been myself, but it sounds like the pizza is outstanding when he’s there babying it, but otherwise it is very hit or miss, lacking consistent results.
http://www.varasanos.com/PizzaRecipe.htm
Jeff Varansano is a total engineering/programmer kinda guy. I think he set the world record for solving the Rubics cube when he was a young teenager and shared how to do it.
The guy is also obsessed with making a pizza along the lines of Patsy’s in New York. Among other things, he figured out how to get a high temerature on his oven by using the self-cleaning function.
This link documents his pizza journey.
Fast forward, he opened up his own pizza joint in Atlanta. I have to be there in 2 weeks for a corporate event and wondering if it’s worth tracking down the restaurant? The OP was brief but I figured if one has to ask what it means, then you probably have no experience eathing there.
Also, gives me a chance to come back in and keep this thread alive while hoping someone that does know will fianlly sess it and post.
Jeez, I guess you can tell when I post from my PDA from the spelling errors.
Final bump, I might have time on Sunday night to try Varasano’s pizza but still not getting a thumbs up or down.
Simply based on the page linked above about his quest to make the perfect pie, I would go try it. Unless there’s some other really compelling place you want to eat at in Atlanta, what’s to decide? The guy’s obviously an artist. At worst, you get a really, really good pie, and at best, something sublime.
There is no secret-just use good quality ingredients. Flour-use a good quality flour (like King Arthur). Tomato sauce: fresh or high quality canned tomatoes work fine. Cheese: us full milk mozzarella. Basil: fresh only.
Do this, and you will have excellent pizza. the chains use the cheapest ingredients they can buy-one major chain doesn’t use real cheese! (They use a synthetic concoction of lard and dried milk)-God knows what this crap tastes like!
Its just like software-garbage in , garbage out.
Oh, and I’ve had pizza in Italy-mostly not as good as in the USA (too watery and gloppy).