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Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 23

Perea’s Tijuana Bar & Restaurant – Corrales, New Mexico

November 9, 2019November 17, 2019 - 24 Comments.

The curious appellation “Tijuana Bar” dates back to the 1920s when the 18th amendment to the Constitution established Prohibition in the United States during the period 1920 to 1933. Because Prohibition forbade the sale of …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico

Santiago’s New Mexican Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 1, 2019November 4, 2019 - 5 Comments.

In Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet, the immortal soliloquy “what’s in a name” is uttered for the first time. In business, the power of a name in branding a company is everything. …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / New Mexican / New Mexico

Bacon Jam – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 - 14 Comments.

“I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican

Los Cuates – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 12, 2019October 17, 2019 - 27 Comments.

Of the five variations of twins that occur commonly throughout the world, the most common fraternal (non-identical) occurrence is male-female twins which transpire in about 40% of all twins born. Fraternal twins may share up …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican

El Patron – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 29, 2019October 2, 2019 - 10 Comments.

I was a strapping lad of fifteen when hired as a “box boy” at a country store in Peñasco. Now, being a box boy at a small village country store is to being a bagger …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / New Mexican / New Mexico

Rutilio’s New Mexican Foods – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 20, 2019October 5, 2019 - Leave a Comment

Although its nickname may be “The Hub City,” Belen actually translates from Spanish to “Bethlehem,” which itself is a Hebrew word for “House of Bread.” Meander through the city and it’s not the aroma of …

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Duran’s Station – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 - 8 Comments.

Homer Simpson: “Five-alarm chili, eh? (Takes a bite) One…two…Hey, what’s the big idea?” Ned Flanders: “Oh, I admit it. It’s only two alarm, two and a half, tops! I just wanted to be a big …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / New Mexican / New Mexico

Hurricane’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 11, 2019September 30, 2019 - 4 Comments.

“What is it with you New Mexicans and your fascination for natural disasters?” my Maryland transplanted friend Jessie Miller once asked me. When I inquired as to what he was talking about, he elaborated that …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Sandwich

2G’s Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 13, 2019August 14, 2019 - 11 Comments.

In May, 2018, Yelp published its listing of the 50 best restaurants in Albuquerque. Only three of them came from the not-yet-done-revitalizing East Downtown (EDo) district. The two that won’t surprise anyone are The Grove …

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Albuquerque / Bernalillo / New Mexican / New Mexico

Abuelita’s New Mexican Kitchen – Bernalillo and Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 1, 2019August 4, 2019 - 10 Comments.

Abuelita–perhaps no word in the vernacular of Spanish Northern New Mexico evokes such veneration, reverence and, for those of us who have lost these heaven-sent treasures, a melancholy ache not even time can erase. The …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico

Monica’s El Portal – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 21, 2019July 23, 2019 - 7 Comments.

“It feels so true when I’m with you I’m free A place I go that feels like home to me It feels so true It’s time well spent when I’m with you.” ~Feels Like Home …

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Albuquerque City Limits – Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 28, 2019July 6, 2019 - Leave a Comment

“It’s when I reach the city limits that my sense of security ends and my sense of adventure begins.” ~Anthony T. Hincks Author: Verbs in Storyland Why is it the term “city limits” conjures the same type …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 24

Sophia’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 19, 2019June 20, 2019 - 24 Comments.

Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. In a February blurb announcing Dennis’s return, the Albuquerque Journal called his new venture “REMIXX.” …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Rated 23 / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

Cecilia’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 - 47 Comments.

Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that even when assigned kitchen duty, he remained so enraptured in adoration of the Eucharist that angels had to stir the pots …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / The Secret Life Of / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

El Pinto – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 24, 2019June 1, 2019 - 56 Comments.

Over the years, perhaps no restaurant across the Land of Enchantment has garnered as much recognition from the national media as has El Pinto.  Rather than recap all its accolades across the years, let’s focus …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico

Ana’s Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 21, 2019March 23, 2019 - 10 Comments.

Several ominous scenarios went through my mind when Ana told me, “I’m sorry.  We don’t accept credit cards.”  Would I be asked to wash dishes for a couple of hours to pay for my meal?  …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Burgers / New Mexican / New Mexico

Duke City Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 8, 2019March 16, 2019 - 7 Comments.

In the 1970s and 1980s,  Reese’s Peanut Butter cups commercials consisted of a series of vignettes.  Each vignette depicted the collision of two daydreamers–one eating peanut butter and the other eating chocolate.  The peanut butter eater …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / Rated 27 / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

MARY & TITO’S CAFE – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 27, 2019October 18, 2019 - 82 Comments.

Old-timers whose opinions I respect consistently rate Mary & Tito’s as Albuquerque’s best restaurant for New Mexican food, a restaurant that has been pleasing the most savvy and indoctrinated palates alike since 1963. It takes …

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Albuquerque / Brunch / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico

Cantina Nueva – Garduños – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 9, 2019August 24, 2019 - 4 Comments.

Garduños just can’t seem to keep up with the Joneses, at least in terms of familial propagation. The 2010 United States Census indicates more than a million instances (1,425,470 to be precise) of the surname …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican

Mac’s La Sierra – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 18, 2019January 19, 2019 - 10 Comments.

But the Lights of Albuquerque, will soon be shining bright, Like a diamond in the desert, like a beacon in the night. And I wonder if she’ll take me back, will she understand? Will the …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / New Mexican

Red Ball Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 17, 2018October 22, 2018 - 6 Comments.

1922 was a year of firsts for Albuquerque and New Mexico.  At 15,462 citizens, Albuquerque’s population constituted for the first time ever, more than half the population of Bernalillo county.  The state’s first skyscraper, the …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Steak

Cafe 6855 – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 7, 2018October 11, 2018 - Leave a Comment

The cover page of the May 20, 2013 edition of Time Magazine depicts a twenty-something woman sprawled on the floor taking a selfie. In large type above the photo is the caption “The Me Me …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico

Rollin’ On In Food Truck – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 6, 2018October 9, 2018 - Leave a Comment

While their brick-and-mortar counterparts can afford to have multi-page menus to please a wide variety of palates, mobile food kitchens (that’s food trucks to you, Bob) are somewhat at a disadvantage. By sheer necessity, food …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico

Tomasita’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 3, 2018October 7, 2018 - 3 Comments.

Much as I like and respect Bob of the Village of Los Ranchos (BOTVOLR), the most prolific commentator on Gil’s Thrilling…naming this blog for him has never been a consideration.  Like Bill Richardson, the former …

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Albuquerque / American / New Mexican / New Mexico

Copper Canyon Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 21, 2018September 9, 2018 - 2 Comments.

“The Copper Canyon of northern Mexico–a place so huge and desolate that even today there are still some native people who have never seen an automobile.” ~Victor Villasenor Beyond Rain of Gold If you’ve ever …

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Breakfast / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Tortilla Flats – Santa Fe, New Mexico

July 21, 2018July 29, 2018 - 10 Comments.

“Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold.” ~John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat In his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck introduced the literary world to the downtrodden denizens of Tortilla Flat, an impoverished barrio on …

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Albuquerque / American / New Mexican / New Mexico

Milly’s Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 17, 2018July 18, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Until rather recently, if there was a wide diversity of opinion about Albuquerque’s restaurant scene, it wasn’t widely shared. Albuquerque’s two daily periodicals, the Albuquerque Journal and the Albuquerque Tribune as well as a number …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico

Little Anita’s New Mexican Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 11, 2018October 11, 2018 - 5 Comments.

My friend Scott Pacheco may never forgive me for dining at Little Anita’s New Mexican Food in Old Town. Scott hates Little Anita’s, but not because of its food, ambiance or service.  He hates Little …

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Albuquerque / American / New Mexican / New Mexico / Southern

Stripes Biscuit Co. – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 27, 2018July 7, 2018 - 5 Comments.

Southern humorist Jerry Clower once quipped “One of the saddest things is the sound of them whomp biscuits being opened in more and more houses these days. Whomp! Another poor man is being denied homemade …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / Rated 23 / Vegetarian/Vegan

El Patio de Albuquerque – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 25, 2018July 7, 2018 - 13 Comments.

For more than a quarter century, award-winning journalist Charles Kuralt had the type of job any aspiring sojourner would envy. He hit the road on a motor home, crisscrossing the fruited plains where waving fields …

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Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Steak

Las Ristras Restaurant – Corrales, New Mexico

May 20, 2018October 11, 2018 - 15 Comments.

Based on interviews conducted with Hollywood luminaries who’ve starred in movies or television shows shot in New Mexico, you might think our state either doesn’t have a symbol of hospitality or that symbol is something …

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Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Santa Fe

Casa Chimayo – Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 22, 2018October 11, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it holds a place in popular imagination as the Lourdes of America, a reference to the …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico

Cocina Azul – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 10, 2018July 7, 2018 - 24 Comments.

Ever the lexicologist, my first inclination at seeing the mantra “panza llena, corazon contento” emblazoned on any restaurant’s menu is to ponder the veracity of the audacious claim that filling the belly can leave diners …

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New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 24

Teofilo’s Restaurante – Los Lunas, New Mexico

December 20, 2017July 7, 2018 - 5 Comments.

Several years ago award-winning Albuquerque Journal columnist Leslie Linthicum (since retired) penned a wonderfully evocative column entitled “Spanish Names Fade into History.” Leslie observed that if you frequent the obituaries, especially those published on the …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Closed in 2018 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican / New Mexico

Chile Time Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 24, 2017January 4, 2019 - 4 Comments.

“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.” ~Ecclesiastes 3 Autumn …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico

Matanza New Mexico Local Craft Beer Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 15, 2017October 13, 2018 - 6 Comments.

“At school, whenever I heard the word matanza, hog butchering, My face warmed up with joy and my heart beat a happy sound. It was a heavenly time for me. Images of sizzling chicharrones, crisp, …

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