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GoNuts Donuts – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoNovember 20, 2010July 19, 20184:26 AM

Their Points of View. ‘Twixt optimist and pessimist The difference is droll; The optimist the doughnut sees – The pessimist the hole. – New York Sun, 1904 It’s almost deliciously ironic that the “Optimist’s Creed” references the oft-maligned donut. In recent years, donuts and their high-carb brethren have been damned and all but banned by the “nutritionally correct” who believe America should supplant these decadent orbs of sugary deliciousness with tofu, celery sticks, carrots and beef juice. Donuts went through a period in which they were nearly as popular as terrorist extremists at a New York City fire department party. …

Albuquerque Asian Chinese Closed in 2016 Gone But Not Forgotten

China Best – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoNovember 7, 2010July 19, 20183:27 PM

In the United States Navy and Coast Guard, no one is as revered, respected or admired as a sailor promoted within the enlisted naval ranks to Chief Petty Officer. The “Chief” is expected to be a source of sagacity, a paragon of good will, an authority on personnel relations and the undisputed technical expert. In the Navy, if you want to get something done, everyone knows to ask the Chief. Sailors in the three Chief Petty Officer ranks are accorded distinctive privileges such as a separate lounge, sleeping area and galley (kitchen for you landlubbers) on board large naval vessels. …

American Closed in 2011 Gone But Not Forgotten New Mexican Rio Rancho

Sevyn’s Cafe – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoNovember 4, 2010July 19, 20181:15 AM

During a 1996 episode of Seinfeld, George Costanza, a self-proclaimed “short, balding, unattractive man” made the mistake of telling his fiancee he wanted to name his child “Seven” after his idol Mickey Mantle. To George’s chagrin, his fiancee’s cousins liked the idea so much they decided to name their own child Seven. Even as the female cousin was being wheeled by an orderly into the delivery room, George tried in vain to convince them to name the child something else. Six, Thirteen, Fourteen, even…Soda. “it’s bubbly, it’s refreshing!,” he cried. Driving by the familiar yellow roofed building that previously housed…

Closed in 2012 Donuts Gone But Not Forgotten Illinois Specialty United States

Apple Haus – Long Grove, Illinois (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoOctober 12, 2010July 24, 20243:07 AM

In grade school back in the 1960s, such characters as Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed filled my mind with wonder and awe as I learned to determine fact from fiction (a process I still employ when listening to nauseating political commercials which pollute the airwaves). My mind was a veritable tabula rasa (blank slate) upon which my teachers (and my incessant poring over the Encyclopedia) imprinted knowledge of legend, lore, myth and fact. Learning was a much more innocent process, not yet clouded with the cynicism wrought by historical revisionism based mostly on political ideology. Johnny Appleseed, it turns out,…

American Closed in 2017 Gone But Not Forgotten Madrid New Mexico

Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town Kitchen – Madrid, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoSeptember 18, 2010July 19, 20185:13 PM

Steeped in rich history dating from the early 1800s, Madrid has been transformed from a hard- and soft-coal mining town with shafts as deep as 2500 feet down into a distinctive artist’s community. In the 1970s, artists and craftspeople converted old company stores and houses into shops, galleries and services. In doing so, they transformed what might otherwise have become yet another storied New Mexico ghost town into a popular tourist destination. Situated on the storied Turquoise Trail, Madrid is today a beautiful Bohemian escape city dwellers like me really enjoy. Madrid’s unique charm and slow pace of life are…

Albuquerque Closed in 2010 Gone But Not Forgotten Soul Food

A Taste of Soul – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoSeptember 11, 2010July 19, 20189:33 PM

“1 think it is important to point out that barbecued ribs, black-eyed peas, grits, and collards may, in fact, be a choice dish to many black Americans. But it also sounds pretty darn good to me, a white man. I grew up on soul food. We just called it country cooking. My grandmother cooked it. My mother cooked it. – Lewis Grizzard American writer and humorist Lewis Grizzard, a fiercely proud Southerner, delighted in assailing Yankees, liberal politics, feminists and political correctness. It was the latter which rankled his ire and prompted a rather incisive diatribe from which the above…

Closed in 2012 Fine Dining Gone But Not Forgotten New Mexico Rating: Outstanding

Three Forks at Rancho De San Juan – Ojo Caliente, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoAugust 29, 2010March 31, 20262:37 AM

Expansive views of the Jemez Mountains and of Georgia O’Keeffe country–whether bathed in pink, coral and gold sunset hues or under New Mexico’s incomparable cerulean skies–combine with the surreal topography of unnaturally contorted rock formations and juniper laden foothills to form the unique vistas which await guests at Rancho de San Juan, New Mexico’s premier country inn and restaurant. At night those views are obfuscated by a canopy of stars spilling from an ebony sky so clear and unencumbered that you might swear you can see forever. Secluded in an idyllic setting just off US Highway 285 between Española and…

Albuquerque Chicken Closed in 2011 Gone But Not Forgotten Specialty

Wings ‘N Things – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoAugust 26, 2010July 19, 201811:00 AM

The “language of love.” It can reduce the most eloquent of women to twaddling teeny boppers and the most macho of men to cooing grade schoolers. It is most active–some would say most infantile–when the biochemical pathways of love are waxing to a peak during the relationship stages between infatuation and falling in love. It’s when cute nicknames–those mushy, syrupy terms of endearment–are created and used in place of actual names, when phone calls don’t end because neither party can hang up. Not even Jerry Seinfeld was exempt from the language of love. Renown for his cooly detached approach…

Albuquerque American Closed in 2011 Gone But Not Forgotten

Rodeo Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoAugust 21, 2010July 19, 20181:32 AM

“Who’s gonna fill their shoes?,” laments the legendary Country music crooner George Jones over the loudspeakers at the Rodeo Grill. “Who’s gonna stand that tall? Who’s gonna play the Opry and the Wabash Cannonball? Who’s gonna give their heart and soul to get to me and you? Lord I wonder, who’s gonna fill their shoes.” Ironically I was thinking something similar as we stepped into the kitschy and brash restaurant on Wyoming which purports to feature “nuevo vaquero chow.” My thoughts, though, were of the iconic figures of American pop culture and historical legacy–the cowboys portrayed in the movies of…

Albuquerque Closed in 2014 Gone But Not Forgotten New Mexican New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail

Charlie’s Front Door – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoJuly 31, 2010May 31, 20251:36 AM

For almost four and a half decades, Charlie Elias, an avuncular septuagenarian with the energy of a teenager, has greeted his customers and treated them like welcome guests at his eponymous Northeast Heights restaurant and bar. Charlie doesn’t always make it to work nowadays, but his son Jamie, who’s probably the same age today that Charlie was when I first discovered this long-time family favorite, is now the restaurant’s official ambassador, a smiling presence who meets and greets all patrons with the same homespun, genuine friendliness as his father. Charlie was thirty-something when he launched his Front and Back Door…

Albuquerque Closed in 2015 Gone But Not Forgotten Mexican Rating: Excellent

Los Equipales – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

Gil GardunoJuly 11, 2010July 19, 20183:27 AM

CLOSED ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015: Crafted from fibrous materials removed from maguey cactus and fixed with leather bands, equipales furniture graces the sala of many a New Mexican home and certainly many more homes south of the border. Originally produced for the comfort of Aztec landlords and priests, equipales furniture has been around since before Columbus. Even Montezuma, the nefarious ruler of Tenochtitlan, reputedly cherished a favorite equipale-type chair. It’s likely he sat on that chair while consuming a daily repast that may have included the traditional Aztec staples of the day: corn, chilies, beans, potatoes and other foods…

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