Red Ball Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
1922 was a year of firsts for Albuquerque and New Mexico. At 15,462 citizens, Albuquerque’s population constituted for the first …
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Cafe 6855 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The cover page of the May 20, 2013 edition of Time Magazine depicts a twenty-something woman sprawled on the floor …
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Rollin’ On In Food Truck – Albuquerque, New Mexico
While their brick-and-mortar counterparts can afford to have multi-page menus to please a wide variety of palates, mobile food kitchens …
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Tomasita’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Much as I like and respect Bob of the Village of Los Ranchos (BOTVOLR), the most prolific commentator on Gil’s …
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Copper Canyon Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“The Copper Canyon of northern Mexico–a place so huge and desolate that even today there are still some native people …
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Tortilla Flats – Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold.” ~John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat In his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck …
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Milly’s Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Until rather recently, if there was a wide diversity of opinion about Albuquerque’s restaurant scene, it wasn’t widely shared. Albuquerque’s …
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MARY & TITO’S CAFE – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Old-timers whose opinions I respect consistently rate Mary & Tito’s as Albuquerque’s best restaurant for New Mexican food, a restaurant …
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Little Anita’s New Mexican Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico
My friend Scott Pacheco may never forgive me for dining at Little Anita’s New Mexican Food in Old Town. Scott …
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Stripes Biscuit Co. – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Southern humorist Jerry Clower once quipped “One of the saddest things is the sound of them whomp biscuits being opened …
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El Patio de Albuquerque – Albuquerque, New Mexico
For more than a quarter century, award-winning journalist Charles Kuralt had the type of job any aspiring sojourner would envy. …
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Las Ristras Restaurant – Corrales, New Mexico
Based on interviews conducted with Hollywood luminaries who’ve starred in movies or television shows shot in New Mexico, you might …
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2G’s Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In May, 2018, Yelp published its listing of the 50 best restaurants in Albuquerque. Only three of them came from …
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Sophia’s Place – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. …
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Casa Chimayo – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it …
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Cocina Azul – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ever the lexicologist, my first inclination at seeing the mantra “panza llena, corazon contento” emblazoned on any restaurant’s menu is …
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Teofilo’s Restaurante – Los Lunas, New Mexico
Several years ago award-winning Albuquerque Journal columnist Leslie Linthicum (since retired) penned a wonderfully evocative column entitled “Spanish Names Fade …
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Chile Time Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a …
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Matanza New Mexico Local Craft Beer Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“At school, whenever I heard the word matanza, hog butchering, My face warmed up with joy and my heart beat …
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Duran’s Central Pharmacy – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In an early episode of the Andy Griffith Show, while contemplating a job offer in South America, Andy tried to …
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Lollie’s New Mexican Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the frontier wilderness of New Mexico–long before the advent of culinary schools and home economics classes–a cook’s credentials weren’t …
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Garcia’s Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
One of the central themes of William Faulkner’s magnus opus Absalom, Absalom! is that no two people experience the same …
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Pana’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The term “red or green” has connotations beyond New Mexico’s sacrosanct chile. For restaurateurs across the Duke City, red or …
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Hurricane’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“What is it with you New Mexicans and your fascination for natural disasters?” my Maryland transplanted friend Jessie Miller once …
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Papa Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In 2009, James Beard Award-winning food journalists Jane and Michael Stern published a terrific tome entitled 500 Things to Eat …
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Casa de Benavidez – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
There are restaurants throughout the Duke City that have seemingly always been “there.” They’re as much a part of the …
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Burritos Alinstante – Albuquerque, New Mexico
A couple of days before my Kim and I were to be married (some three decades plus ago), my mom …
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Los Chavez Cafe – Belen, New Mexico
Vamos todos a Belen Con amor y gozo. Translated from Spanish, those words–lyrics to a traditional New Mexican nativity song–mean …
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Apple Tree Cafe – Corrales, New Mexico
Apple trees have had a bad rap ever since a conniving serpent (probably a lawyer or politician in disguise) in …
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Casa Diaz – Bernalillo, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The siren song of a small town living has always appealed to Irma Rodriguez who just can’t see herself in …
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Cervantes Restaurant & Lounge – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In 1706, a group of Spanish colonists were granted permission by King Philip of Spain to establish a new villa …
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Sadie’s Dining Room – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque and Sadie’s Dining Room have come a long way since 1950. Back then the Duke City’s population was 96,815, …
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El Comal Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico
From a social connectedness perspective, 1995 was the dark ages. The internet as we know and love it today was …
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Beto’s Cocina – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
It’s a folly of the human condition that we tend to go looking for exciting food in all the shiny …
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Old Martina’s Hall – Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
Between the years 2000 and 2014, The Taos News had the prestigious distinction of being named the best weekly newspaper …
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Perea’s Tijuana Bar & Restaurant – Corrales, New Mexico
The curious appellation “Tijuana Bar” dates back to the 1920s when the 18th amendment to the Constitution established Prohibition in …
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