Dion’s is a privately owned group of pizza restaurants based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[1][2] Dion’s was founded in 1978 by Jon Patten and Bill Scott, long time childhood friends from Birmingham, Michigan.

The pair moved to New Mexico and bought a small pizzeria called New York Pizza in Albuquerque with the intention of converting it to a Greek restaurant.

[3] Upon opening, the Greek menu was mildly successful but the customers frequently requested pizza.

[5][6] In 1979, a year after opening their first restaurant, Dion’s built their second location in the North Towne Plaza shopping center in Albuquerque, NM.

In the early days their stores were located in strip shopping centers around Albuquerque, but starting in 1987, Dion's quickly evolved into free-standing buildings.