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Albuquerque / Pizza

Dion’s Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 3, 2021February 10, 2021 - 17 Comments.

Toga! Toga! Toga! Ever since the misfit Delta Tau Chi fraternity threw the most debaucherous toga party ever in the 1978 “teensploitation” comedy Animal House, the toga party has been ingrained in the college party …

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Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 24 / Rio Rancho

M’Tucci’s Moderno – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

February 1, 2021February 10, 2021 - 14 Comments.

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere It’s up to you, New York, New York.” ~Frank Sinatra Jeff Spiegel, managing partner of the insanely popular M’Tucci’s family of restaurants has described flagship …

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Arizona / Dog Friendly / Italian / Pizza / United States

DeFalco’s Deli: Italian Eatery & Grocery – Scottsdale, Arizona

December 24, 2020January 10, 2021 - Leave a Comment

My Kim usually leaves the recitation of movie or television quotes to me (apparently it’s a guy thing), but every once in a while she’ll surprise me with an utterance or exclamation she could have …

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New Mexico / Pizza

Placitas Pizza – Placitas, New Mexico

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 - 1 Comment

Back in the 1960s before the world was “woke” a catchy television jingle painted a pretty bleak picture: “Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.  It’s like the spring without the fall.  There’s only one thing …

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Albuquerque / Hot Dogs / New Mexico / Pizza / Sandwich

AK Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 - 14 Comments.

“I hate it. I think it’s an abomination. There are so many awesome things here, I don’t know why that should be featured. It’s leading with your weakness. So much other great stuff.” ~Anthony Bourdain …

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Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

FORGHEDABOUDIT SOUTHWEST ITALIAN – Las Cruces, New Mexico

September 13, 2020September 19, 2020 - 22 Comments.

Genius, it’s oft been said, is ninety-nine-percent perspiration and one-percent inspiration.  Apply that equation to Bob Yacone and you’d be selling him far short.  So would the cliche “giving one-hundred-percent.”  Add a few more hundred …

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Bar & Grill / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / Pizza / Rio Rancho

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

July 14, 2020July 16, 2020 - 14 Comments.

The Tewa name “Oku Pin” which translates in English to “Turtle Mountain” has three meanings of significance to the people of Okay Owingeh, one of New Mexico’s great Tewa speaking Northern New Mexico Pueblos. “Oku …

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Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Mamacita’s Pizza – Abiquiu, New Mexico

June 20, 2020June 23, 2020 - 5 Comments.

If you’re up north in the Abiquiu area perusing Yelp because you’re jonesing for New Mexican food, would you heed the recommendations–good or bad–of someone from Mississippi or Delaware or Texas?  No way!  You’d look …

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Cafe Rio Pizza – Ruidoso, New Mexico

May 30, 2020June 6, 2020 - Leave a Comment

You might think that a beautiful town whose very name translates from Spanish to “noisy” would be boisterous and braggadocious abut all there is to see and do in that town.  Not so according to …

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Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Village Pizza – Corrales, New Mexico

May 17, 2020May 20, 2020 - 11 Comments.

Research has proven that taste buds are dulled by high altitude and cabin pressure, so as an aircraft climbs, our sense of taste diminishes by as much as 30 percent. That explains why many passengers …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Pizza / Sandwich

Slice & Dice – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 4, 2020April 8, 2020 - 16 Comments.

You might remember a 2004 documentary called Supersize Me in which writer-producer Morgan Spurlock explored the consequences on his health of a diet consisting solely of McDonald’s food for one month.  Spurlock has nothing on …

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New Mexico / Pizza / Rio Rancho

Davido’s Pizza & More – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

March 21, 2020April 2, 2020 - 6 Comments.

Some might call the American Realty and Petroleum Company (AMREP for short) a pioneering visionary for its early 1960s purchase of over 50,000 acres on the dusty Sandoval County plains that are now Rio Rancho. …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Italian / Pizza

Il Vicino – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 19, 2020January 23, 2020 - 8 Comments.

Undoubtedly the most oft-quoted line on Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” is “good fences make good neighbors.” Frost, a four-time Pulitzer Prize award winning American poet certainly didn’t have Il Vicino (“the neighbor”) in mind …

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Albuquerque / Pizza

Saggios – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 14, 2020January 16, 2020 - 18 Comments.

Where in New Mexico can you go to see his eminence Pope John Paul, II pontificate to Zorba the Greek, Anthony Quinn? Where can you go to see nattily attired cowboy John Wayne cavorting in …

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Albuquerque / Brewery-Pub / Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

Lava Rock Brewing Company – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 5, 2020January 30, 2020 - 2 Comments.

Mark Twain, who quit school at age twelve after having completed the sixth grade, would go on to be widely acknowledged as the father of American literature.  Despite being largely self-taught–valedictorian of the school of …

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Pizza Barn – Edgewood, New Mexico

November 23, 2019December 14, 2019 - 10 Comments.

“I love my pizza so much, in fact, that I have come to believe in my delirium that my pizza might actually love me, in return. I am having a relationship with this pizza, almost …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Food Truck / New Mexico / Pizza

Punchy’s Wood-Fired Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 22, 2019August 23, 2020 - 4 Comments.

In the parlance of the pugilist, “punchy” is synonymous with punch-drunk, the result of having been battered violently by an opponent. You know, like Rocky Balboa after a few rounds with Apollo Creed. Don’t ever …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Restoration Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 20, 2019April 27, 2019 - 1 Comment

My dad taught me very early on that all people have inherent worth and dignity and are deserving of respect and kindness. A lifelong educator, he had a knack for reaching students deemed incorrigible or …

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Dog Friendly / Pizza / Rated 25 / Texas / United States

Via 313 – Austin, Texas

November 23, 2018November 29, 2018 - Leave a Comment

It’s oft been said that among males (we’re such children), insults are a form of intimacy.  Perhaps because of societal expectations, many men aren’t comfortable expressing affection toward other males in physically demonstrative ways (even in …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 26

GIGI ITALIAN BISTRO – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 24, 2018August 4, 2019 - 12 Comments.

“If you can go through with what Gordon Ramsey puts you through there’s nothing much more you can do. I mean the berating from that guy is unbelievable, but the reward is even greater.” ~ …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Pizza

Farina Pizzeria – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 18, 2018October 11, 2018 - 11 Comments.

On May 14, 2011, I had the great honor, pleasure and privilege of being the first guest on Break the Chain, the weekly radio show (sadly no longer on the air) dedicated to showcasing the …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Korean / New Mexico / Pizza

Urban 360 Pizza, Grill and Tap House – Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 20, 2018July 14, 2018 - 6 Comments.

Babu: Our specials are tacos, moussaka and franks and beans. Jerry: Well, what do you recommend my good fellow? Babu:Oh, the turkey. ~”The Cafe, Seinfeld, Season 3, Episode 7 While perusing the menu at Urban …

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Albuquerque / American / Burgers / Closed in 2018 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Pizza

Groundstone – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

February 21, 2018October 11, 2018 - 18 Comments.

Kids say the darnedest things. That was the premise of popular radio and television shows hosted by Art Linkletter from the mid 1940s through 1969. Linkletter would engage children (usually aged three to eight) in …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

PK’s Restaurant & Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 17, 2018July 7, 2018 - 2 Comments.

When the Air Force notified me I was being reassigned to Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, friends who had been stationed in England warned me, “you can forget all about your favorite sports for three …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Sauce Pizza & Wine – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 2, 2017July 7, 2018 - Leave a Comment

To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of pizza in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Ed Levine ate nothing but pizza for an entire twelve month period, taking a representative pulse of the best from …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

Farina Alto – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 3, 2017July 8, 2018 - 12 Comments.

Much thought, deliberation and market research usually goes into the naming of a business, but every once in a while, one linguistic aspect or another isn’t fully explored to the nth degree. Take for example …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Pizza

Irrational Pie – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 29, 2017July 8, 2018 - 3 Comments.

Jethro Bodine, the country bumpkin with diverse career aspirations (brain surgeon, street car conductor, ‘double-naught’ spy, Hollywood producer, soda jerk, and bookkeeper) on the Beverly Hillbillies television comedy graduated highest in his class by a …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 25

ECLECTIC URBAN PIZZERIA AND TAP HOUSE – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 15, 2017October 14, 2018 - 25 Comments.

Looking around our table, my friend Ryan “Break the Chain” Scott astutely pointed out the relative scarcity of pizza at our table. Considering the Eclectic Urban Pizzeria and Tap Room may have been the most …

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Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

Forghedaboudit – Deming, New Mexico

April 8, 2017July 30, 2020 - 36 Comments.

Several years ago, former New York Times food editor Sam Sifton posited the “Pizza Cognition Theory” which declared “the first slice of pizza a child sees and tastes (and somehow appreciates on something more than …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Italian / Pizza

Pizzeria Luca – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 14, 2017July 8, 2018 - 7 Comments.

Can there truly be too many pizzerias? Perhaps only among pizzeria owners who don’t want much competition might you hear that ridiculous notion about one of America’s essential food groups. Take for example one monopoly-minded …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Pizza / Sandwich

Richie B’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 30, 2016September 28, 2018 - 2 Comments.

If you’ve ever wondered why New Yorkers fold their pizza slices in half lengthwise (aka the “fold hold”) and if you’ve ever attributed that practice to Big Apple quirkiness, you owe it to yourself to …

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Albuquerque / Pizza

Pizza Castle – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 31, 2016July 10, 2018 - 2 Comments.

There’s nothing like a topic about which opinions are wide and varied to stir up a good old-fashioned, highly spirited debate–an exercise in the Constitutional right of free speech. One topic which has been known …

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Albuquerque / Italian / Pizza / Rated 24

M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 24, 2016July 12, 2018 - 45 Comments.

“Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone..” —Stanley Tucci as Segundo in Big Night With a name like M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant, you might wonder if the Italian restaurant on the intersection of Coors and Montano …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Pizza

Slice Parlor – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 13, 2016July 12, 2018 - Leave a Comment

British soul superstar Adele recently revealed to fans in Los Angeles “I can’t eat pizza anymore guys, how bad is that?” She then proceeded to answer her own question about how bad it is: “It’s …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian / Pizza / Sandwich

Bricklight Dive – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 6, 2016October 14, 2018 - Leave a Comment

If we really are what we eat, I’m fast, cheap and easy. Fast, cheap and easy. That would certainly describe the stereotypical college diet, especially for freshmen. On their own for the first time, freshmen …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 23

Piatanzi – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 29, 2016July 12, 2018 - 18 Comments.

“Italy is an illusion, indeed, a mirage, the stuff of wishes.” ~Mario Luzi In the 1996 motion picture Big Night, two Italian restaurants across the street from one another operate in diametric opposition to one …

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