Pizza by the slice, wine by the steal
Plaza District · Oklahoma City · Pizza · Visit Website ↗
Updated July 2026
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · March 30, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Empire Slice House’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You're ordering at a counter, the walls are loud, and someone next to you is eating a slice the size of their torso — and yes, there's a wine list. It's short, California-forward, and priced like they actually want you to order a bottle. That last part is rare enough to notice.
Don't come here hunting for Burgundy or anything with a vintage that requires a conversation. The list is a tight handful of approachable California producers: Chop Shop Cabernet, Folly of the Beast Pinot Noir, Ballard Lane Chardonnay, Piu Gioia Pinot Grigio, and the AH-SO house pours anchoring the whole thing. It's not ambitious, but it matches the room — fun, unfussy, and built for pizza. The glaring gap is anything outside California, but honestly, that's a minor gripe when bottles are running $28–$32.
Eight to twelve options by the glass, mostly mirroring what's available by the bottle, with pours starting at $7 and topping out around $12 for the AH-SO house wines. The rotation doesn't appear to change much, but at these prices you're not paying for curation — you're paying for a good glass of wine with your pepperoni slice, and it delivers.
AH-SO Red — $12/glass or ~$28-$32 bottle
A house pour marked up barely 20% over retail is almost unheard of in restaurant wine. At $12 a glass for something that retails around $10, you're getting honest pricing in a world of $16 pours for $9 bottles. Order the bottle and split it.
Folly of the Beast Pinot Noir
Most people sliding into a pizza counter reach for a Cab or whatever's cheapest. Folly of the Beast is a Central Coast Pinot that has enough brightness and red fruit to cut through cheese and tomato without getting lost. It's the move if you want something a step above the house pour without overthinking it.
Chop Shop Cabernet Sauvignon
It's fine, but Cabernet and New York-style pizza is a bit of a mismatch — the tannins fight the grease more than they complement it. There are better plays on this list for the format, and Chop Shop is everywhere, which undercuts any novelty.
Piu Gioia Pinot Grigio + New York-style cheese slice
A crisp, light Pinot Grigio cuts the richness of a classic cheese slice cleanly. No competition, no clash — just a clean, easy combo that lets both the wine and the pizza do their thing without getting in each other's way.
The Bottom Line
Empire Slice House isn't trying to be a wine bar — it's a pizza joint that respects your wallet enough not to gouge you on a bottle. For a counter-service spot in the Plaza District, that's genuinely worth celebrating.
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