Two Cranes Bistro and Brew – Albuquerque, New Mexico
As we wended our way along meandering Rio Grande Boulevard, I commented to my Kim, “I sure miss Ichabod and …
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Hannah & Nate’s – Albuquerque & Corrales, New Mexico
There are just some restaurants at which the stereotypical Ralph Cramden hungry man shouldn’t dine. Hannah & Nate’s might be …
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Southwest Savories Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
After years of toiling as a quality engineer in a pressure cooker environment in which the happiest time of day …
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Freight House Kitchen & Tap – Bernalillo, New Mexico
Many of us look at an unused and timeworn historical building and a wave of nostalgia sweeps over us as …
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The Shop Breakfast & Lunch – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the 60s and early 70s, movies and television programs would have you believe all spies were hard-drinking, fast-driving, woman-chasing …
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K&I Diner – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In 1960, Albuquerque’s population reached 201,189, more than doubling the city’s tally from the 1950 census. The start of a …
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Bosque North Brewery & Taproom – Bernalillo, New Mexico
“Are you going to explain how to pronounce “bosque?,” my Kim asked when she espied me working on this review. …
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K’Lynn’s Cuisine – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Before permanent signage was mounted, a tethered banner in front of K’Lynn’s Southern & Cajun Fusion in Rio Rancho listed …
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Nexus Blue Smokehouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tim “The Toolman” Taylor just didn’t get the concept of “low-and-slow.” During barbecue week on Taylor’s “Tool Time” television show, …
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The Kitchen by 135 Degrees – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Once described as the “enfant terrible of the gastronomic scene,” curmudgeonly English food critic Jay Rayner pondered “Why would anyone …
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The Owl Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shortly before 6AM. on July 16, 1945, some of the world’s most brilliant minds ushered in the nuclear age with …
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The Kosmos – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Even though New Mexico’s license plates have been graced with the sobriquet “Land of Enchantment” since 1941, it didn’t become …
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Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen – Santa Fe, New Mexico
My friend Schuyler jokes that because the diet of my formative years was mostly beans, chile and tortillas as well …
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Bacon Jam – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, …
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ABQ BBQ – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
“It was Kansas City but it was North Carolina I wanted; whole hog smoked low and slow over fruit woods …
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Duke City Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the 1970s and 1980s, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups commercials consisted of a series of vignettes. Each vignette depicted the collision …
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The Range – Bernalillo, New Mexico
The phoenix of ancient Egyptian mythology was a sacred firebird of beautiful red and gold plumage said to live for …
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Mad Jack’s Mountaintop Barbecue – Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Whether it’s movies, Uber drivers or restaurants, human beings seem to predisposed to take stock in rankings and ratings. Be …
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Henry’s Barbecue – Artesia, New Mexico
“Texas. It’s Like A Whole Other Country.” That slogan, conceived by the Texas Tourism Department, appeared on television commercials, billboards, …
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Chef Toddzilla’s Gourmet Burgers – Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico is a stodgy conservative town where sidewalks are rolled up early. Change comes to the state’s fifth …
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The Farmacy – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In this age of “fake news,” biased media slants and unabashed tell-alls, the one recent headline which has pleased me …
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Sixty Six Acres – Albuquerque, New Mexico
My high school football coach used to call his team “chiquitos pero picosos,” a Spanish term meaning “small but piquant” …
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High Point Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” …
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Grill A-Burger – Palm Desert, California
California may not have invented the hamburger, but a strong case could be made that no state has and continues …
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LULU CALIFORNIA BISTRO – Palm Springs, California
How many times have you heard a transplant to the Land of Enchantment say it just doesn’t feel like Christmas …
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JAKE’S – Palm Springs, California
“Now i lay me down to sleep And pray the Lord my soul to keep If i die before i …
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Workshop Kitchen + Bar – Palm Springs, California
“Good restaurant design is about achieving equilibrium between the food, service and design – in effect telling a complete story.” …
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Sammy C’s Rock ‘n’ Sports Pub & Grille – Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup, New Mexico is a city of dichotomies, contrasts and contradictions. As recently as the 1990s, Gallup was known as …
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Burger 21 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!” ~Bobby Flay Burger meals at the Garduño home …
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Caveman Burgers – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“It’s so easy, even a caveman can…find it.” The Geico commercial depicting metrosexualized troglodytes living in contemporary America came to …
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GUS’S WORLD-FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN – Austin, Texas
When I told my friend Carlos my Kim and I would be enjoying Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken during our …
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Black’s Barbecue – Lockhart, Texas
Yabba-dabba-doo! After finishing another day of toiling at the quarry, Fred Flintsone rushes home to pick up his modern stone-age …
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Gourdough’s Public House – Austin, Texas
Donuts could have gone their entire existences fat, dumb and happy with a following–mostly cops, adult men my age (39) …
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Lucy’s Fried Chicken – Austin, Texas
“I‘m only eating the skins, so the chicken’s up for grabs.” ~Joey Tribbiani Several of my earliest memories of growing …
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Contigo – Austin, Texas
There are a phalanx of “best of” lists online and in print publications that celebrate restaurants deemed true stand-outs worthy …
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Watson’s BBQ – Tucumcari, New Mexico
The Wikipedia article on Eastern New Mexico describes the region as “mostly characterized by flat featureless terrain,” even likening it …
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