Old Town Pizza Parlor

Old Town in Albuquerque has a lot of really quaint restaurants. Old Town Pizza Parlor fits the mold well. The front of the restaurant faces Rio Grande and is on the corner with Central to the south, so it's a great location. A group of friends and I decided to eat area because we spent some time that day at the Bio Park and Aquarium. Old Town is not a part of town that I frequent too often, but enjoy about 97% of the time, but only 97% of the time. The parking is atrocious down there, but such is life when you have a historic/tourist site that was built a few hundred years ago.

When you walk in the layout of the restaurant is a retro fitted house turn restaurant. There are a few small rooms that make up the two dining areas and the kitchen/counter area. The service here is good for counter service. The staff is quick and friendly. The beer selection here is good for a beer snob, such as myself. They carry Marble Brewing Company beer, which is great to see a local business support or carry the products of another local business. They also carry some of the Brewing Ommegang beers. Ommegang is a brewery that makes Belgian style beers that is located in Cooperstown, NY. The beers made by this company are pretty good. We begin the meal with some beers while we wait for our appetizer which was the Cheesey Garlic Fingers. This was pretty tasty and served with marinara sauce. With this being said how can you go wrong with a five cheese blend, butter, and garlic?

For pizza we ordered two of the specialty pizzas: the Ring of Fire and the Pizza Blanca. The Ring Of Fire did not burn, burn, burn but it was a pretty good combination of spicy things, such as green chile, chile flakes, and jalapenos. The various ingredients all blend together pretty well. The protein on this dish is spicy Italian sausage. A few of the ingredients on the the Pizza Blanca has a white sauce, chicken, and roasted garlic cloves. The roasted garlic cloves were soft and very flavorful. The toppings on the pizza were pretty good, but the crust is nothing spectacular. It's pretty average for flavor and texture, so Marginal crust. It's about the toppings and sauce at Old Town Pizza Parlor. I would give Old Town Pizza Parlor a rating of two and a half out of five stars.

http://www.oldtownpizzaparlor.com