El Agave – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“Why, this here sauce is made in New York City!” “New York City? Git a rope!” No matter how broad-minded …
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Pho Garden – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
It should have been a point-counterpoint debate for the ages. My ideologically opposed and perpetually squabbling friends Carlos and Hien …
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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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The Point Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Get to the point!” Archie Bunker, the irascible curmudgeon on the 70’s sitcom All in the Family frequently chided his …
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Davido’s Pizza & More – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Some might call the American Realty and Petroleum Company (AMREP for short) a pioneering visionary for its early 1960s purchase …
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M’Tucci’s Moderno – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere It’s up to you, New York, New York.” ~Frank Sinatra …
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JOE’S PASTA HOUSE – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Once a year, despite my protestations and whining, I agree to take my Kim to the Olive Garden. It’s a …
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Turtle Mountain Brewing Company – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
The Tewa name “Oku Pin” which translates in English to “Turtle Mountain” has three meanings of significance to the people …
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Stack House BBQ – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
One of my Psychology professors cautioned students about the danger of “amateur diagnosis,” the practice of assigning specific psychoses and …
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Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
From our home in northeast Rio Rancho, it’s about thirteen miles to the Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar on Southern …
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El Maguey – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
On a 2010 episode of The Travel Channel’s No Reservations series, host Anthony Bourdain described pulque as “the sap of …
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Tao Chinese Bistro – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
It’s highly unlikely ancient Chinese philosophers ever intended the concept of Tao to be used as an approach for the …
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Toro Burger – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
While watching a “sanitized for television” version of the audacious satirical comedy Blazing Saddles, my precocious six-year-old niece asked several …
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Saigon 2 Restaurant – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
In Chinese and Vietnamese cultures, numerology is very important. If you’ve traveled extensively, you may have wondered why the term …
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Mariscos Mazatlan – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
A rotund, ripening, red tomato is featured prominently on license plates issued in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. This is …
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Namaste Restaurant – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Several years ago while leading my organization’s e-business marketing and communication effort at Intel, I had the great fortune of …
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Fat Squirrel Pub & Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The quaint names given to English pubs are sometimes nearly as interesting as the reasons for which those names were …
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Cazuela’s Mexican Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Here’s an interesting bit of Jeopardy level trivia which you might contemplate the next time you dine at this Rio …
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Ice Cream Palace and Hot Dog World – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Nay-sayers, those nattering nabobs of negativism, have always had it in for hot dogs. First they plied us with horror …
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Cafe Bella – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond …
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Blue Grasshopper Brew Pub – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
If you’ve ever wondered why the term “pink elephants” has long been recognized as a euphemism for a drunken hallucination, …
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Alicea’s NY Bagels & Subs – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Imagine a world without sandwiches! That daunting premise would make a pretty fatalistic post-apocalyptic movie in which Dystopian societies exist …
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NM Rodeo Burgers – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Traveling with the rodeo It’s the only life I’ll ever know I started in New Mexico Must have been a …
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Rub-N-Wood BBQ – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Beam me up Scotty. There is no good barbecue on this planet.” ~James T. Kirk Captain James Tiberius Kirk of …
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Ahh! Sushi – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED: 2015)
The year was 1997. Recently thawed from a thirty year cryogenic state, Dr. Evil addressed the United Nations about his …
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The Smokehouse Barbecue Restaurant (CLOSED)
The very best restaurants–those we’re proud to call our favorites–aren’t always the swankiest and most elegant venues. They’re not even …
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O’Hare’s Grille & Pub – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Céad míle fáilte, an Irish greeting meaning “a hundred thousand welcomes” preempts any menu listings at O’Hare’s Grille & Pub. …
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Pho Bar – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“In food, as in death, we feel the essential brotherhood of man” – Vietnamese Proverb Western sensitivities cause even those …
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Heaven Dragon – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
From Norbert, the Norwegian Ridgeback of Harry Potter lore to Smaug, the greatest and most powerful of all dragons in …
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Timbuctu Bistro – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Growing up in bucolic Peñasco back when fires were still started by rubbing two sticks together and mastodons roamed the …
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Viet Rice – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
In Vietnamese, “an com”‘ translates as “eating rice,” but it’s a phrase that more accurately implies the act of partaking …
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Weck’s – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Arguably the very best programming all year long on KNME, Albuquerque’s Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) comes during its four annual …
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Hot Tamales – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
While the word tamale is most certainly Spanish, its derivation is from the Nahuatl word tamalli. Tamallis were developed as …
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Rocco’s Pizzeria – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In an age of sensory bombardment, we all occasionally experience a phenomenon known as an “earworm.” Earworm is a literal …
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Outlook Cafe – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Some would argue that the city of Rio Rancho was spawned as a dubious marketing ploy designed to bilk gullible …
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Sevyn’s Cafe – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
During a 1996 episode of Seinfeld, George Costanza, a self-proclaimed “short, balding, unattractive man” made the mistake of telling his …
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