Since local chef Taylor Rainwater entered the food industry 14 years ago, his greatest culinary passion has been slinging pizzas.
“I did pizza all through college, so four years of pizza education,” he jokes. “When I got out of college, I didn’t know what I was doing so I just kept cooking.”
He’s worked at Casper Fry, Durkin’s Liquor Bar, Madeleine’s Cafe & Patisserie and was most recently the head chef at South Perry Pizza for three years. But on Feb. 13, he and his wife, Chrissy Loe, opened their first restaurant, The Temple Tavern, at 706 W. Garland Ave…