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Backstreet Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 28, 2019December 29, 2019 - 8 Comments.

Old Town Albuquerque. Locals love it. We appreciate its unique architecture and have tremendous affection for its character and personality. We hold its religious celebrations in reverence and admire the passion with which its secular …

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Breakfast / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Tesuque Village Market – Tesuque, New Mexico

November 2, 2019November 7, 2019 - 1 Comment

The most successful Indian revolt in North American history occurred on August 10th, 1680. On that day, more than 8,000 warriors from the various Native American pueblos in New Mexico put aside deep historical differences …

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Colorado / Dog Friendly / Southwestern

Gray’s Coors Tavern – Pueblo, Colorado

August 31, 2019September 7, 2019 - 28 Comments.

Dante Alighieri’s classic poem “A Divine Comedy” recounts a spiritual journey in which the author was guided by ancient Roman poet Virgil through hell, purgatory, and paradise.  Their path takes them through the nine circles …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Southwestern

Casa Taco – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 25, 2016July 9, 2018 - 10 Comments.

“Nowadays, hoy en día, with our world full of war and violence and lack of love, a world full of greed A world of domination, grasping power, venal stupidity, real evil. Don’t get me started. …

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Breakfast / New Mexico / Rated 23 / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Plaza Cafe Southside – Santa Fe, New Mexico

August 14, 2016July 12, 2018 - 4 Comments.

Santa Fe’s oldest restaurant (circa 1918), the Plaza Cafe is so popular that long waits to be seated are commonplace. Compound that with the hassle of trying to find a parking spot that isn’t a …

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Albuquerque / New Mexican / New Mexico / Southwestern

Canvas Artistry – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 12, 2015July 15, 2018 - 4 Comments.

“Edible art” isn’t just some trite phrase pedantic food critics use when food has aesthetic values that delight our senses. Mankind has been been intrigued by the concept of food as art since the dawning …

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New Mexico / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Coyote’s Rooftop Cantina – Santa Fe, New Mexico

August 15, 2015July 15, 2018 - 2 Comments.

National Geographic Traveler once described Santa Fe as “a hypercultural hybrid–equal parts Wild West and New Age, Native American and Hispanic, old money and old hippie”…a city “used to mixing things up and still creating …

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Closed in 2020 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Eloisa – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 25, 2015April 19, 2020 - 9 Comments.

Expansive views bathed in salubrious, sun-kissed air punctuated by languid breezes. Cerulean skies graduating in depth and brilliance the higher they climb above the horizon. Surreal topography of unnaturally contorted, dappled sandstone formations and juniper …

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New Mexico / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Del Charro Saloon – Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 13, 2014July 15, 2018 - 3 Comments.

Can it truly be that the more things change, the more they stay the same? In 1776, Fermin de Mendinueta, governor and captain-general of the Spanish province of New Mexico, declared that “Santa Fe settlers …

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Arizona / Rated 24 / Southwestern

The Turquoise Room – Winslow, Arizona

June 22, 2014July 15, 2018 - 24 Comments.

The concept of “fast food” had a far different connotation during the Southwest’s Frontier days than it does today. This is especially true if one traveled via railroad through hundreds of miles of desolate, open …

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New Mexico / Santa Fe / Southwestern

La Cantina at Casa Sena – Santa Fe, New Mexico

May 11, 2013July 17, 2018 - 1 Comment

In the dark ages of 1979 when the world wasn’t nearly as connected as it is today, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ruled the airwaves throughout the United Kingdom just as it had since its …

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Breakfast / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011 / Santa Fe / Southwestern

La Plazuela at La Fonda – Santa Fe, New Mexico

February 3, 2013July 17, 2018 - 3 Comments.

History and Hollywood have glamorized the Colt 45 revolver as the “gun that tamed the West.” Known as the “Peacemaker,” the .45 caliber pistol was used by all the famous lawmen and cowboy heroes of …

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Breakfast / Brunch / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Santa Fe / Southwestern / The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Cafe Pasqual’s – Santa Fe, New Mexico

November 8, 2009July 21, 2018 - 6 Comments.

Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that when assigned kitchen duty, angels had to stir the pots to keep them from burning.  It’s ironic therefore that San Pasqual …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2011 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Southwestern

Casa Chaco – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 2, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

In A.D. 850, the ancient Anasazi began building the pueblos archaeologists posit were the hub of an ancient culture inhabited in its heyday by more than 5,000 people. By A.D. 1000, Chaco Canyon was the …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2013 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Southwestern

Peppers – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 16, 2004July 23, 2018 - 2 Comments.

True to the restaurant’s name, Peppers chefs play tribute to chiles and peppers so ubiquitous to New Mexico cooking. In many of their creations, they incorporate New Mexico green and red chile, chipotle, Chimayo red …

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Breakfast / New Mexico / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / Santa Fe / Southwestern

Plaza Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico

July 20, 2004July 23, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Just as with people, a city is best defined by its heart. For Santa Fe, that would be its historic Plaza which has been, for much of four centuries, the city’s hub of commerce, culture …

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