Esquina Pizza / Copita Wine Bar — Restaurant in Santa Fe

This place has fabulous pizza. They’re getting five stars based on restaurant (combined, because it’s also a wine bar which is adjacent) atmosphere, quality and flavor/taste.

They are ABSURDLY expensive at 50 dollars for two 12” pizzas. You would have difficulty finding better pizza in Santa Fe though (there is 1, and it has ridiculous hours, and is a food truck). Their dinning area is also quite small especially in the winter months (where it is halved). That said, if taken to go, it holds its quality fairly well for 15 minutes.

Small gripes up front, Now for the good. It is wonderfully tasty. They have all sorts of eccentric toppings and are the only pizza place I’ve ever found (outside of my own kitchen) that has blue cheese. Pepperoni and blue cheese, I highly recommend it. They claim their mozz is made in house and its delicious flavor gives me little reason to doubt said claim. Their pepperoni’s are top notch, likely sliced in house as well given their flavor and casing (notice the cupping, usually only found in whole stick peps). My mother’s pizza was equally wonderful with its specialty Italian sausage, hot honey and basil.

Now for the personal preference part. This leaned a little to the Neapolitan side but wasn’t quite there, thank God. We all know what Neapolitan tastes like because they all taste mediocrely the same. This wasn’t that, it had a wonderful crunch and chew to it, similar to a Neo but landed more on the NY style side. Their dough had a 3 day ferment and flavor and it was clear they put a lot of effort to get it right and consistent. Again, personally preference on my side… I prefer a bit more NY style side with a firmer crunch on the bottom but that’s me. This undoubtedly suits this, rhymes with Guppie, town very well.

It was wonderful, give it a try but...

I recently found a great pizza place while checking out recommendations in Santa Fe through “Santa Fe Gems” on Google Maps, which also mentioned Churro Bar. The pizza was cooked just right—neither too charred nor undercooked. The crust was satisfying, not too thick or thin, and the sauce and pepperoni were delicious.

I saw positive reviews for the mushroom pizza and heard it was really good. Interestingly, while I was waiting for my order, two ladies came in, and one recommended the mushroom pizza to her friend.

Overall, the service was quite fast. The staff member who helped me was friendly and even provided ranch dressing for the inconvenience of my online order not arriving promptly. He also suggested how to enjoy the hot honey with the pizza.

I would definitely recommend this place, and next time, I plan to try the mushroom pizza.

Just a heads-up: parking can be a bit tricky to find...

We discovered this restaurant by going to its sister restaurant Paloma. There are so many reasons to try Esquina Pizza.

OMG everything is made from scratch - you can taste it in the sauce, dough and even the cheese. The bake of the crust is crisp and clearly cooked in a stone oven. Very authentic flavors and texture. Like dining in Italy.

We also enjoyed the Caesar salad which I am normally not wanting from any restaurant because they all taste the same. Not the case here. One of the best Caesar Salads we have ever enjoyed. Light and refreshing dressing (again, made from scratch).

Delicious olive appetizer - roasted and seasoned/specialty flavors too. Yum!

There are exceptional New Mexican and Mexican restaurants in Santa Fe. This is an exceptional pizza place and a tasty alternative to SW dishes (even though we love New Mexican and...