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Albuquerque / Ghost Kitchen / Italian / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Urbano Pasta Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 18, 2021January 22, 2021 - 6 Comments.

“To break bread together,” a phrase as old as the Bible, captures the power of a meal to forge relationships, bury anger, provoke laughter.” ~The Joy of Food From National Geographic Sharing a meal creates …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / Indian / New Mexico

Marigold Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 - 7 Comments.

It’s not all parents who can give birth to two children in a six week period, but that’s precisely what Harrison and Violet did.  In early October, 2019, they welcomed into the world a beautiful …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Chinese / New Mexico

Dragon House – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 9, 2021January 13, 2021 - 2 Comments.

Admit it–every time you dine at a Chinese restaurant, you peruse the Chinese Zodiac paper placemats at your table describing the characteristics of people based on their birth year. Every new year of the lunar …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Rated 23 / Southern

Ms. Gennie’s House of Chicken – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 6, 2021January 10, 2021 - 9 Comments.

My Air Force friend and colleague Al Garcia once shared one of those amusing anecdotes that will leave your head shaking in disbelief even as you’re practically rolling on the floor with laughter.  According to …

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Burgers / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011

Bibo Bar & Grille – Bibo, New Mexico

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 - 33 Comments.

There’s an old Lebanese proverb that says, “some men build a wine cellar after only finding one grape.” That proverb aptly describes the many rags to riches success stories among Lebanese immigrants to the Land …

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Albuquerque / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Nena’s Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 2, 2021January 22, 2021 - 2 Comments.

“The restaurant business, as I well know, ain’t no picnic. And in Mexico City, it’s particularly rough.” ~Anthony Bourdain With an urban area population of almost 22-million over a broad expanse of 573 square miles, …

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Bakery / German / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Dagmar’s Delectables Bakery & German Specialties – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

December 17, 2020December 22, 2020 - 12 Comments.

Until Dagmar Mondragon launched her first German restaurant in Albuquerque back in 1996, many of us knew very little about German cuisine in general and baking in particular.  The only German baker with which some …

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Bernalillo / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico

Ruby’s Tortilleria – Bernalillo, New Mexico

December 16, 2020January 14, 2021 - 2 Comments.

“A tortilla can be the, I would say, the most meaningful, the symbol of the Mexican cuisine, it’s the heart of the Mexican cuisine, the soul … the most recognizable element of the Mexican cuisine.” …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Fusion / Hawaiian / Latin American / New Mexico / Rated 23

Poki Poki Cevicheria – Albuquerque, New. Mexico

December 12, 2020December 16, 2020 - 23 Comments.

Having settled comfortably into middle age (perpetually 39-years old), my favorite participatory sports of basketball and tennis have been replaced by more sedentary, safe and slothful pursuits. Instead of getting my shot rejected (almost as …

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Albuquerque / Asian / New Mexico

Kamikaze Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 5, 2020December 12, 2020 - 4 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 …

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Albuquerque / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

The Whole Enchilada – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 28, 2020December 12, 2020 - 4 Comments.

Perhaps because I was away from the Land of Enchantment for much of my Air Force career, one of my favorite bloggers has long been Lisa Fain, the James Beard award-winning “Homesick Texan.”   Like …

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Chinese / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Heaven Dragon – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

November 22, 2020November 29, 2020 - 14 Comments.

From Norbert, the Norwegian Ridgeback of Harry Potter lore to Smaug, the greatest and most powerful of all dragons in The Hobbit, dragons are a familiar icon in modern literature, movies, music and pop culture.  …

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New Mexico / Pizza

Placitas Pizza – Placitas, New Mexico

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 - 1 Comment

Back in the 1960s before the world was “woke” a catchy television jingle painted a pretty bleak picture: “Aunt Jemima pancakes without her syrup.  It’s like the spring without the fall.  There’s only one thing …

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Albuquerque / Hot Dogs / New Mexico / Pizza / Sandwich

AK Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 - 14 Comments.

“I hate it. I think it’s an abomination. There are so many awesome things here, I don’t know why that should be featured. It’s leading with your weakness. So much other great stuff.” ~Anthony Bourdain …

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Albuquerque / Italian / New Mexico

M’Tucci’s Twenty-Five – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 15, 2020January 24, 2021 - 8 Comments.

“The best ingredient I discovered in America was ‘freedom.’ The freedom to experiment in the kitchen and the freedom to be open to those experiments in the dining room.” ~Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana Chef and …

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Italian / Rated 25 / Rio Rancho

JOE’S PASTA HOUSE – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

November 13, 2020November 14, 2020 - 73 Comments.

Once a year, despite my protestations and whining, I agree to take my Kim to the Olive Garden. It’s a deal we have, albeit one that makes me feel like Faust in the Christopher Marlowe …

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Albuquerque / New Mexico / Vietnamese

Saigon City – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 7, 2020November 12, 2020 - 4 Comments.

My brother in blogging Ryan Cook describes his first day in Vietnam: “So, my first stop in Vietnam was the capital, Hanoi. My honest first impressions… what the hell have I let myself in for. …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Sandwich / Tacos

Street Food Sensations – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 6, 2020November 12, 2020 - 1 Comment

Restaurant Insider, which touts itself as “your source for restaurant news, trends, information, tools and conversation” has observed that one of the catalysts most instrumental in driving a changing culinary landscape are Generation Z (anyone …

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Albuquerque / Chicken / Food Truck / New Mexico

Wing It Up – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 1, 2020November 9, 2020 - 7 Comments.

Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern has nothing on my friend Ralph Guariglio. Zimmern who claims to love such “exotic cuisine” as fermented walrus anus probably wouldn’t touch some of the…er, interesting foods Ralph enjoyed during …

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Albuquerque / Mexican

Taco Cabana – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 30, 2020November 1, 2020 - 9 Comments.

In 1972, English author Diana Kennedy, the doyenne of Mexican cuisine, penned The Cuisines of Mexico, a Mexican cookbook in which she described Texas’s Mexican food as “inauthentic,” coining the term “Tex-Mex.”  Kennedy essentially drew …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Duke City Taco – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 22, 2020October 28, 2020 - 20 Comments.

Observer: You’ve said that you can do anything with a taco, except put ketchup on it? Danny Trejo: That’s it! [Laughs]. Observer: Do people try to do that? Danny Trejo: Yeah, some people think that …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico

Sharky’s Fish and Shrimp – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 - 13 Comments.

Never mind your tired, your poor or even your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Carlos Zazveta, the effusive proprietor of Sharky’s Fish & Seafood told us to bring our dogs, our cows and our …

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Albuquerque / Barbecue / Food Truck / New Mexico

Rev’s BBQ – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 17, 2020October 31, 2020 - 2 Comments.

You might think that the food truck industry is an ultra-competitive dog-eat-dog business in which purveyors aren’t very gracious when discussing fellow food truck operators. Considering how they often jockey for a limited number of …

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Albuquerque / Barbecue / Food Truck / New Mexico / Rated 24

Mighty Mike’s Meats – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 - 7 Comments.

Thank you, Mighty Mike! Thank you for restoring our faith in barbecue just one day after my Kim declared “I don’t want to have barbecue for a long time.”  Readers might find it hard to …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Brunch / Dog Friendly

Cafe Lush – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 7, 2020October 15, 2020 - 10 Comments.

Urban Dictionary, that oft hilarious, veritable cornucopia of slang, jargon and streetwise lingo, defines “lush” as “someone who drinks a lot.” (Actually, there are several pages of similar definitions for “lush” in the “peoples’ dictionary,” …

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Food Truck / Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Master Food Truck – Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 - 4 Comments.

Drive eastward on Airport Road in Santa Fe toward Cerrillos and you just might wonder if you accidentally traipsed into the Twilight Zone and somehow found yourself in Los Angeles.  At the very least, you …

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Breakfast / Cajun / Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

C3’s Bistro – Corrales, New Mexico

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 - 23 Comments.

A case could be made that “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” the name of a 1977 hit by Santa Esmeralda, could well be a lament about New Mexican cuisine (in addition to being the background …

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Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Elotes Del Rancho – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 25, 2020January 23, 2021 - 12 Comments.

“Now you’re just being uppity.”  That’s my Kim putting me in my place the second I begin to crow haughtily about some highbrow or nouveau way to prepare something ordinary.  Tandoori salmon pizza…that’s so me.  …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

La Guelaguetza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 24, 2020September 26, 2020 - 15 Comments.

“I am tenacious. And I love to eat.  I go into the field and see some delectable things they’re cooking, wild plants perhaps, and think, ‘Oh my God, I have to write about this.’ I …

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Albuquerque / Food Truck / Indian / New Mexico

Tikka Spice Food Truck – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 19, 2020October 1, 2020 - 4 Comments.

“Fly once more like you did before, Sing a new song chicken tikka!” ~Chiquitita Misheard Lyrics You might think by virtue of my name and then gangling gait, school mates at St. Anthony’s in Penasco …

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Breakfast / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Federico’s Mexican Food – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 16, 2020September 29, 2020 - 7 Comments.

in February, 2020, Chef’s Pencil crunched the numbers of Google searches  for ethnic cuisines to determine the most popular ethnic cuisines in America. The two most popular ethnic cuisines were deemed to be Mexican and …

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Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

FORGHEDABOUDIT SOUTHWEST ITALIAN – Las Cruces, New Mexico

September 13, 2020September 19, 2020 - 22 Comments.

Genius, it’s oft been said, is ninety-nine-percent perspiration and one-percent inspiration.  Apply that equation to Bob Yacone and you’d be selling him far short.  So would the cliche “giving one-hundred-percent.”  Add a few more hundred …

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Burgers / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Arrey Cafe – Arrey, New Mexico

September 10, 2020September 12, 2020 - 6 Comments.

About halfway between Truth or Consequences and Hatch on I-25, you may have espied a billboard audaciously proclaiming “world’s finest green chile cheeseburger.”  That billboard has always piqued my curiosity and prompted such questions as …

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Albuquerque / Chinese / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Noodle Works – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 5, 2020September 28, 2020 - 1 Comment

“To witness the birth of a noodle is a glorious thing. I have listened, spellbound, as an 85-year-old noodle chef in Beijing told me why the act of making noodles helped him make sense of …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / National Chain / New Mexico / Seafood

Storming Crab – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 5, 2020September 12, 2020 - 19 Comments.

Archaeologists believe there’s a scientific explanation for contemporary  humankind’s  predilection for seaside vacations and trips to the beach.  Evidence–stone tools used to cut through animal flesh–seems to support the theory that the first humans migrated …

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Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Cazuela’s Mexican Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 4, 2020October 9, 2020 - 15 Comments.

Here’s an interesting bit of Jeopardy level trivia which you might contemplate the next time you dine at this Rio Rancho spot: In the Spanish golden age, a “cazuela” was the gallery located above the …

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