Now, why would someone refuse to try their pizza? UNM built a rather impressive basketball stadium, and given the imposing name: The Pit; what's the problem with that? Well they had some financial woes and thus needed to pay off the stadium costs. The solution? Sell the naming rights to a business. The stadium formerly known as The Pit is now known as the much less threatening "Wise Pies Arena aka The Pit".
To reiterate, I had no opinions prior to trying Wise Pies. Nate and I were invited to a UNM Young Alumni event of beer tasting and Isotopes Baseball with snacks provided by Wise Pies. The beer was from Red Door Brewing, a brewery located at 1001 Candelaria Rd NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87101. We sampled three of their beers: a milk stout, a blonde and a pale ale. All beers were just average except for the milk stout. The milk stout was sweet and tasted like espresso. Delicious for any coffee lover.
Now to the pizza! We were given samples of 3 of their varieties of pizza to try.
The first was their Fredo, made with green chile Alfredo sauce, roasted chicken, provolone cheese, Roma tomatoes and Parmesan. The pizza tastes exactly like chicken Alfredo; the cream, the cheeses goodness, God I think I'm gaining weight just remembering the taste.
The second was the Luciano; roasted bell pepper marinara, pepperoni, provolone cheese and green chile. It was good but not particularly memorable.
The third and final was the Gambino; roasted bell pepper marinara, provolone cheese, roasted bell peppers, red onions, kalamata olives, banana peppers, and Roma tomatoes. This pizza was probably my absolute favorite! The briny olives, the vinegar-y banana peppers, the bite of the onion!
We enjoyed their pizza so much that we decided to go to their store to order our own pizzas because single slices of pizza weren't enough (plus we were given a $5 voucher coupon).
Wise Pies pizza has three locations in Albuquerque and one in Rio Rancho. We visited the location at 106 Girard Blvd SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106.
Decor: good, it's decorated modestly. There's an abstracted full wall mural of the space formerly known as The Pit and tables and chairs are nondescript. The coolest thing about Wies Pies is that they are similar to a Subway in the sense that you can order pizzas your way. You can pick your crust (thin, traditional, gluten free, wheat) and pick your toppings. Another cool thing is that your pizza is served to your table in like 5 minutes and who doesn't love pizza going from toppings to being devoured by your mouth in 5 minutes?!
Food Taste: excellent, we ordered two more pizzas; a second Gambino and a second Fredo because they were so tasty.
Food Appearance: good, pizzas were cooked to perfection.
Cleanliness: good, tables and floors were both clean.
Service: excellent, one of the things that set Wies Pies apart is the service. The employee that brought out our pies made sure we had everything we needed and the employee who greeted us also showed exemplary service by walking us through the ordering options and taking a personal interest in our evening.
Total: 12/15
Now I can appreciate being upset about the name being changed, it is much less imposing but don't let that deter you from trying their truly delicious pizza. Believe me, you won't be disappointed.
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