At a Glance
- Best Brewery Pizza: Ouray Brewery
- Best for Groups: Large pies split easily among hikers
- Price Range: $12–$22 per pie
- Dog-Friendly Option: Brewery patio
- Walk from Lumberyard: Under 5 min to Main Street
Pizza as Mountain Town Fuel
Pizza has an established role in the mountain town dining ecosystem, and Ouray is no exception. After a long day on the trails — whether you've been hiking to Cascade Falls, scrambling above the via ferrata, or spending the afternoon at the hot springs — a generous pizza with a cold beer is exactly what the body and the spirit need. Ouray's pizza options are casual, satisfying, and priced for guests who aren't treating every meal as a special occasion.
The Ouray Brewery offers the most prominent pizza program in town, serving pies that work well alongside a flight of house beers. The combinations are straightforward — classic toppings, honest dough, a wood-fired or stone-baked preparation that produces a proper crust — and the portion sizes match the altitude-fueled appetites of active travelers. The patio is dog-friendly, making it the natural choice for guests at The Lumberyard Condos who have traveled with dogs.
Where to Order and What to Get
Beyond the Brewery, several Ouray restaurants incorporate pizza into their menus as a secondary offering, and a couple of spots near Main Street specialize in it during peak season. The selection varies year to year and season to season — a small town's dining options are always shifting — so the best current source of information is The Lumberyard hosts, who keep tabs on what's operating and what's worth ordering. What's consistent is that the pizza in Ouray is built for hungry hikers: thick, filling, and generous.
For families staying at The Lumberyard, the pizza order from the Brewery travels well the short distance back to the condo if someone in the group needs to eat in. The kitchen has everything you need to serve and store pizza, and the comfort of eating around the condo table after a long day is sometimes preferable to waiting for a table at a busy restaurant. This kind of flexibility — restaurant or home, depending on the night — is one of the practical advantages of a condo rental over a hotel room.
Planning a Pizza Night in Ouray
A pizza night at the Brewery works best as an early-evening plan — arriving by 5:30 or 6pm to claim a table or patio spot before the summer crowds fill in. Weekend evenings in July and August can see waits, especially for outdoor seating. If you're a group of four or more, calling ahead to confirm wait times and whether outdoor tables are available for dogs is worth the two-minute call. Weeknights are generally more relaxed and still lively enough to feel social.
The Lumberyard Condos sits within five minutes' walk of Main Street and the Brewery. With five units sleeping up to 10 guests, it's a natural fit for the kind of group trip where a casual pizza-and-beer evening is the right call after a physically demanding day. Book directly at ouraycondos.com for the best rate — the property's dog-friendly policy and full kitchen make it particularly well-suited for groups who want flexibility in how and where they eat.
Making Pizza In at The Lumberyard
The full kitchen in every Lumberyard unit is more than adequate for making pizza at home. The local market carries pizza dough, quality sauce, and toppings, and the oven in each unit handles a proper homemade pie. For guests who want a low-key evening — especially mid-trip, when the novelty of going out every night has given way to appreciation for a quiet meal — making pizza in the condo is a genuinely good option that some guests prefer to even the best restaurant.
Ouray's Provisions shop carries a selection of artisan ingredients and prepared foods that elevate the cook-in experience. Picking up good olive oil, fresh mozzarella, and herbs from a thoughtful local shop, then making pizza in a well-equipped mountain condo kitchen, is one of those Ouray experiences that doesn't appear on any tourist website but gets remembered. The Lumberyard is designed to make this kind of stay possible — comfortable, flexible, and genuinely in the middle of everything Ouray offers.