  | Albuquerque - Northeast HeightsMario’s is great in the afternoon after the lunch crowds and before dinner for any size of meal. The sandwiches, calzones and pizzas are far more substantial. You and the guys just come in from a rousing game of golf? Stop in the afternoon and share Mario’s mega meat pizza or the
gumba
nachos. And there’s espresso and gelato, too. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Paisano’s CuisinePasta and Regional ItalianLunch: Mon-Fri: 11am-2:30pm
Dinner: Mon-Sun: 5-9:30pm (subject to change) Read more: Restaurant Review: The MMA Edition: Paisano’s (6/25/2009) Full review: Housemade pasta, presto lunch (10/12/2006)
This restaurant has been around for 35 years for a darn good reason—fresh pasta made and cooked to order. Owner Rick Camuglia carries on a fine Sicilian tradition of fresh ingredients, a cozy atmosphere like grandma’s kitchen, and pizzas and calzones made with fresh dough. Forget the cheesy chains with Chianti bottle drip candles and come in for the “presto” lunch, linger over the ossobuco
and stay for the spumoni and a cup of espresso. A million lovely carbs can’t be wrong, and neither can the
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voters who’ve given Paisano’s honors for Best Pasta.T (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 5 ] This unassuming Heights pizzeria could have been teleported in its entirety from a strip mall on Long Island, down to the grimy carpet and grease-encrusted arcade games. Founded in 1980 by a Brooklyn transplant, the pizza has that region’s classic thin-yet-chewy crust with generous carbuncles for gripping the slice. Snobs don’t like the canned mushrooms, but that’s part of this authentic strip-mall cuisine. Some say it’s the best pizza in Albuquerque. Try the pineapple-ham-green-chile and see what you think. Also on the menu: subs, hot and cold. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Pudge Brothers PizzaMonday-Thursday: 11am-10pm Friday-Saturday: 11am-11pm Sunday: 12pm-9pm (subject to change)
Really, it's all about the crust. A slice of pizza, no matter what its style, should stand on its own without the help of heaps of toppings. Venezia's New York-style slice ($2) does just that, right down to the last bit of carbohydrate crunch. You can add lots of the usual toppings (30 cents each) and some better-than-usual ones, like fresh garlic, fresh tomatoes and artichoke hearts. Thick-crusted, deep-dish, Sicilian-style pizza is available in one size, 12-inch by 16-inch ($12). The owner’s mother (who is from Italy) even gets in on the act with her famous marinara sauce; delicious, smooth-textured meatballs; chicken and eggplant Parmesan for heroes; and pasta dishes like meat lasagna and baked ziti. Open until 10 p.m. weekdays. (Alibi Staff, February 2, 2011) Add a Review Albuquerque - Old TownAlbuquerque Bar & Grill and Zia LoungeMo to Su from 6am-10pm
The Bar is open from 4pm-10pm everyday (subject to change) $$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Catering • Karaoke • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly Happy Hour!: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
 Golden Crown PanaderíaTues-Sat: 7am-8pm
Sun: 10am-8pm
Closed Monday (subject to change) Read more: Locovore: Golden Crown Panadería does green to a perfect golden brown (7/14/2011)
Walking into the Golden Crown Panadería, you have the sense of entering someone’s home. Countertops flow over with pan dulce, bolillos (Mexican hard rolls) and Appaloosa bread (dark and light rye swirled). A glass-fronted case proudly displays fruit empanadas and delicious flaky dessert flautas (in lemon and apricot) coated in powered sugar. Golden Crown's green chile bread is made with tomatoes, parmesan cheese, cilantro, onions and spices and decorated with the design of a coyote howling at the moon. And there’s fresh-baked pizza. And coffee drinks, and fresh-picked salads grown hydroponically just inside the front door. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 2 ]
The aroma of the "Ring of Fire" pizza—filled with green chile, red chile and jalapeños—flavors the air and makes you wanna sing some Cash. The pizzeria ladles on four signature sauces and offers a variety of salads, soups and excellent appetizers while you wait on that "Gut Buster" pizza (eight toppings of your choice). OTPP also has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet every day to satisfy your cheese cravings. The “Marble Monday” beer special is one of the best deals around. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 3 ] Albuquerque - SoutheastBesides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with spring mix greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Giovanni’sMon-Thurs:11am-9pm
Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: 4-9pm (subject to change) Cuisine: Pizza Full review: Thinner is better (6/7/2007)
Just thinking about the pizza here is enough to send our insulin levels into overdrive. The authentically crisp-yet-floppy New York-style thin crust is a perfect foundation for garlicky tomato sauce and a mountain of toppings. Buy it by the slice (just under a buck and a half plus 35 cents for additional toppings), as a pie (12, 15 or 18 inches) or Sicilian style (a rectangle with eight big slices). There are also mammoth baked calzones, rolls and stromboli. They’re all stuffed to the gills with delicious ingredients—which is exactly how you’ll leave if you eat one. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 8 ]  Pizza 9Sun-Thurs: 11am-11pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-midnight (subject to change) Full review: Duke City or Windy? The devil's in the details. (2/19/2009) Read more: Mina's Dish: Piggy’s, Plum and Pizza 9 (12/15/2011)
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough in a converted KFC on Gibson. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will The Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. The Italian beef sandwiches are tasty Chicago touches, with seasoned, thinly sliced beef and au jus. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll order an extra side of the “gravy.” Open until 11 p.m. on weeknights, midnight on weekends. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 2 ] Albuquerque - UniversityBrickyard PizzaMon-Thurs: 11am-1:30am
Fri-Sat: noon-2:30am
Sun: noon-midnight (subject to change)
Brickyard Pizza is known for fast slices and beers on the cheap. It's the only full bar directly across from UNM, making it the prime watering hole for your post-theater and post- or pre-class needs. It also sometimes has live music and, usually, more televised sports than you can handle. The best thing about Brickyard, though, is that it's also the only noncorporate pizza establishment with late-night delivery (until 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and until 1:30 a.m. all other nights) in Burque, which satiates an otherwise unfortunate void. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ]  Carraro's Pizza and Italian Restaurant & Joe’s PlaceMon-Fri: 11:30am-2am
Sat: 2pm-2am
Sun: noon-midnight (subject to change)
In the front, it's a standard restaurant laid out with a small bar and big window facing the street. Travel a short way through a blacklit hall and enter the kind of divey neighborhood hangout this city needs more of, complete with TVs, a jukebox, a ping-pong table, air hockey and arcade games. Though the entire menu is available no matter where you choose to spend your time, you can't go wrong with the twisty-crust pizza. Caroline the bartender makes the meanest Lemondrops and non-blended Margaritas around. Suck back one of her Bloody Marys, too, which she makes extra spicy with Sriracha rooster sauce. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Saggios serves up some of the biggest slices in town. Dotted with fat slices of sausage and loads of gooey cheese, it’s one of our top favorite ’za destinations. The crust is moderately thin, but the edges are puffed and crunchy, just like we like ’em. Even though it can be loud, the
trompe l’oeil
murals are even louder—dine in until 10 p.m. weeknights and 11 p.m. weekends. Don’t forget the espresso and cannoli! (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 2 ] Albuquerque - Upper Nob HillBesides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with spring-mix greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout until 11 p.m. on weekends. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Albuquerque - UptownMario’s is on the west side of Coronado Mall and open for continual service every day of the week. It’s great in the afternoon after the lunch crowds and before dinner for any size of meal. The sandwiches, calzones and pizzas are far more substantial. You and the guys just come in from a rousing game of golf? Stop in the afternoon and share Mario’s mega meat pizza or the
gumba
nachos. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Albuquerque - WestsideYou can bank on getting good pie here. From plain old cheese to the "super combo"—pepperoni, sliced ham, mushrooms, green peppers, red onions, black olives, beef, pork sausage and Italian sausage—all is well. Amadeo's makes them up to 26 inches across. The subs rate just as high. Toasted rolls, baked locally, are stuffed with your choice of meat (salami, ham, meatballs and so on), cheese and veggies. The meatballs are totally boss: Not too heavy with an almost silky texture, they come drowned in a spicy tomato sauce and smothered in mozzarella cheese. Closed Sunday. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ]  Amadeo’s Pizza and SubsMon-Thurs: 11am-8:30pm
Fri: 11am–9:30pm
Sat: 11am–9pm
Sun: noon-8pm (subject to change) Full review: Pizza on the edge (4/3/2008)
You can bank on getting good pie here. From plain old cheese to the "super combo"—pepperoni, sliced ham, mushrooms, green peppers, red onions, black olives, beef, pork sausage and Italian sausage—all is well. Amadeo's makes them up to 26 inches across. The subs rate just as high. Toasted rolls, baked locally, are stuffed with your choice of meat (salami, ham, meatballs and so on), cheese and veggies. The meatballs are totally boss. Not too heavy with an almost silky texture, they come drowned in a spicy tomato sauce and smothered in mozzarella cheese. Closed Sunday. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Besides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with microgreens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Besides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with microgreens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review | 
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