A quick five to ten-minute walk away from campus Wild Pepper Pizza is a great place to eat for all grade levels. Being located at the furthest end of the King Soopers parking lot, a vehicle is not required to reach it making it easily accessible for students.
Pricing tends to be an important factor in where students choose to eat. Wild Pepper Pizza’s pricing is not too expensive, being a little less expensive than its competitors. The slices are four dollars which is decently priced for its size, but the small subs are a little expensive at around nine dollars which is not the best price compared to other sandwich places in the vicinity.
The food quality is mediocre and inconsistent, the pizza varies drastically from day to day. On most visits, one can get a good slice with a crispy crust and good flavor, but on other visits, you may get a soggy crust. This of course is based on luck as the system of Wild Pepper Pizza is based on having pre-made pizza for students to quickly pick up. Its downside being that you could be taking back a pizza that’s been waiting for a while. Wild Pepper Pizza also offers subs, though it’s not of the same caliber as their pizza, the subs are also not ideal as when received both judges received burnt subs. The subs are not recommended as the pros of getting a pizza don’t translate in this category.
Wild Pepper Pizza usually has very quick service as there are fresh ready-made slices waiting for students, but if you want anything other than cheese or pepperoni pizza it could be up to an eleven-minute wait, which is comparable to other places nearby. An upside to Wild Pepper Pizza is there is barely a line to order, which is great for students in a rush.
The atmosphere within is never the same, as I (Shishyan Bhatta), have seen it be completely empty to have too many people. The first time Bhatta and Yabe Beneberu visited, the smell of pizza was strong, the place was packed, and the slices were hot. We sat on a line of chairs against a wall, due to the limited space there is not the traditional table to eat on while dining there if it’s moderately packed. Once we sat down and started eating there were customers who were prank-calling the restaurant nonstop, making the employee working the register have to confront them, not a pleasant first impression.
However, when Bhatta and Beneberu went back to try other items it was completely different as the place was empty and they had a table all to themselves. The atmosphere varies from day to day, the amount of people electing to dine in the restaurant, and by the uncontrollable factor that the sliced pizza readied for students is not as fresh as one would like.
Wild Pepper Pizza is the place to go if you are looking for a cheap, easy, quick place to grab a pizza and walk back to class, the customer service is welcoming, though due to the limited space, it can get crammed leaving you with few options for places to sit if you opt to stay. Wild Pepper Pizza has a good argument for being the best pizza place near CT so we wondered how it’ll stack up to the other pizzeria nearby, Dion’s. So stay tuned for the next edition of CT Cuisine, where we will rank Dion’s head-to-head against Wild Pepper Pizza.
