{"id":56348,"date":"2020-11-20T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=56348"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:47:32","slug":"placitas-pizza-placitas-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=56348","title":{"rendered":"Placitas Pizza &#8211; Placitas, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_56350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56350\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56350 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 525px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 525\/700;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1920w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-225x300.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 225w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-768x1024.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-1152x1536.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1152w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01-1536x2048.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01.jpeg?size=128x171&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01.jpeg?size=384x512&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza01.jpeg?size=512x683&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Placitas Pizza Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Back in the 1960s before the world was &#8220;woke&#8221; a catchy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-qyzH0SCmzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>television jingle<\/strong><\/a> painted a pretty bleak picture: &#8220;<em>Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like the spring without the fall.\u00a0 There&#8217;s only one thing worse in the universe.\u00a0 That&#8217;s no Aunt Jemima at all<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 Frankly, there&#8217;s one thing worse than Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.\u00a0 That would be a village with no pizza.\u00a0 A Village With No Pizza.\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t that sound like a horror story about a dystopic place where residents are haunted by insatiable cravings for an essential food group?\u00a0 In actuality, that horrific situation described the village of Placitas where, for generations, residents had to find pizza elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">As in all\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/horror-movie-cliches\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>clich\u00e9d horror movies<\/strong><\/a>, escape to an idyll that proffers pizza was fraught with obstacles.\u00a0 Thankfully instead of axe wielding killers and cars that don&#8217;t start, those obstacles included having to drive to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=2299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pizza 9<\/strong><\/a> in Bernalillo or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Davido&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> in Rio Rancho.\u00a0 Only the Israelites wandering in the dessert for forty years seemed as long as driving through Bernalillo where perpetual construction of Highway 550 remains a twisting and turning, stop-and-go nightmare.\u00a0 The alternative (and probably quicker than driving through Bernalillo) is driving to Albuquerque, some 25 miles away.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56351\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza02-scaled-e1605921551404.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56351 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; 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font-family: Verdana;\">Fittingly, just before Halloween of the dreaded year 2020, the Placitas pizza plight mercifully came to an end when the Placitas Pizza Co. opened for business.\u00a0 Located within the Homestead Village Shopping Center next door to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=3252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blades Bistro<\/strong><\/a>, it&#8217;s a welcome sight for pizza paramours&#8211;even in the midst of lockdown in place restrictions.\u00a0 Placitas Pizza makes it easy to sate your pizza cravings; you can call in your order or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toasttab.com\/placitas-pizza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>order online\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> six days a week (currently 11:30AM to 8:00PM every day but Tuesday).\u00a0 Dough is made fresh everyday and fresh ingredients are sourced from local farmers&#8217; markets.\u00a0 No matter what time of year, you can be sure you&#8217;re eating the best of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">It&#8217;s not solely about pizza at the Placitas Pizza Co.\u00a0 The menu features a three bread-based item antipasto section as well as three insalatas.\u00a0 There are also five sandwiches on the menu, including a vegetarian sandwich.\u00a0 Specialty pizzas are available in ten-, twelve-, fourteen- and sixteen-inch sizes.\u00a0 There&#8217;s even a gluten-free cauliflower crust option (available only in the ten-inch gluten free size).\u00a0 You can choose from among eight specialty pizzas, including one vegetarian option.\u00a0 You can also build your own pizza with the meats and veggies you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56352\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56352 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 525px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 525\/700;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1920w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-225x300.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 225w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-768x1024.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-1152x1536.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1152w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03-1536x2048.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03.jpeg?size=128x171&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03.jpeg?size=384x512&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PlacitasPizza03.jpeg?size=512x683&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Slices of Lavori<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Our inaugural order was for the curiously named <em><strong>Lavori<\/strong><\/em> (pepperoni, sweet Italian sausage, bell peppers, onions, olives, mushrooms, and green chile), an Italian term which essentially translates to &#8220;the works.&#8221; \u00a0 We asked for pepperoni and green chile on only one side of the pie (my side) and were happily accommodated.\u00a0\u00a0 While some pizzas are made with a crust rigid enough to support the weight of a dachshund&#8211;or at least the weight of its ingredients, the Lavori&#8217;s crust is delicate\u00a0 and requires special handling.\u00a0 Yes, it&#8217;s flip-floppy and difficult to eat without ingredients falling off.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a bad thing.\u00a0 We prefer this style to cardboard crusted pizzas as stiff as an ironing board.\u00a0 The ingredients are excellent, a nice balance of high-quality meats and veggies in generous proportions.\u00a0 The sauce is nicely seasoned, rich and delicious, with just enough oregano to be noticed.\u00a0 It&#8217;s easy to predict that villagers will be as delighted with their pizzas as we were with the Lavori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">In a year many are calling the worse of their lives, Placitas Pizza is like a ray of sunshine to the village which can no longer be called &#8220;The Village Without Pizza.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Placitas Pizza Co<\/strong>.<br \/>\n221 NM 165 Suite I<br \/>\n<strong>Placitas, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n(505) 508-1671<br \/>\n<strong>Website<\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlacitasPizzaCo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 20 November 2020<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: N\/R<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: The Lavori<br \/>\n<strong>REVIEW #1192<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the 1960s before the world was &#8220;woke&#8221; a catchy television jingle painted a pretty bleak picture: &#8220;Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like the spring without the fall.\u00a0 There&#8217;s only one thing worse in the universe.\u00a0 That&#8217;s no Aunt Jemima at all.&#8221;\u00a0 Frankly, there&#8217;s one thing worse than Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.\u00a0 That would be a village with no pizza.\u00a0 A Village With No Pizza.\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t that sound like a horror story about a dystopic place where residents are haunted by insatiable cravings for an essential food group?\u00a0 In actuality, that horrific situation described the village of Placitas where, for generations, residents had to find pizza elsewhere. 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