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7 March 2017: Over the past five years, the Owl Cafe in San Antonio, New Mexico has been the most frequently launched review on Gil’s Thrilling (And Filling) Blog. From January 1st through April 7th, 2017, the review of the Owl has been launched more often than any other review on 37 occasions. It’s been among the top five most
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “Woo Hoo, what a ride!” – Motto to Live By What struck me most about
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Though I’m widely credited as being the “godfather of Albuquerque food blogging“(or the “Yoda of food” as the great Jenn Wolhetz once called me), before there was a Gil’s Thrilling (And Filling) Web, there was another voice calling in the wilderness to alert diners to the Land of Enchantment’s culinary offerings. Before there was a Gil’s Thrilling (And Filling) Web,
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NOTE: The following review is based on the Buckhorn Tavern owned by Manny Olguin. Manny retired in 2018. In 2019, the Buckhorn Tavern reopened under new ownership. A review of Buckhorn reborn is pending. Dusk is falling on the western town at the very edge of the parched plains. Fewer than a dozen buildings line the dusty main street.
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