Alqud’s Mediterranean Grill & Grocery – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Magdalena, New Mexico is adorned with ceramic statues, most familiar and easy to …
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Chello Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Persian cuisine has been described as “poetry on a plate” and “a pretext to break into verse.” Persian history is …
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Pars Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse — and Thou …
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Mykonos Cafe And Taverna – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jose Villegas, my friend and colleague at Hanscom Air Force Base, earned the most ignominious nickname. Everyone called him “Jose …
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Bayti Mediterranean Delicacies – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Ashlan Wa Sahlan” (Welcome) “Sahteyn” (Twice Your Health, Bon Apetit) “t’faddalou” (Welcome to the Table, Dinner is Served) How can …
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Olympia Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
For culinary diversity, it’s hard to beat the University of New Mexico (UNM) area in which restaurants with a broad …
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Middle Eastern Food & Kababs – Albuquerque, New Mexico
What do you do when you’ve just finished saving the world? Because warding off a vicious onslaught of alien invaders …
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Gyros Mediterranean – Albuquerque, New Mexico
It’s not easy being a gastronome about town when you make less than a thousand dollars a month and have …
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Olive Branch Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The depiction of a dove in flight with an olive branch in its beak is common in early Christian art …
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Anatolia Turkish & Mediterranean Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the mid 80s when my Kim and I lived in rural, agrarian England, a “sandwich” meant one of three …
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Ali Baba – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Legends recount that in his quest for immortality, Mesopotamian king Gilgamesh visited a tavern where a divine barmaid gave him …
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Yanni’s Mediterranean Bar & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The now defunct Albuquerque Monthly magazine titled a May, 1995 article “Yanni Come Lately,” heralding the arrival of a new …
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Yasmine’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Never mind an Emmy. If the Hollywood Reporter and the Huffington Post have their way, comedian Larry David might qualify …
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Cafe Istanbul – Albuquerque, New Mexico
One of the most common responses given as to why people choose to retire in Santa Fe is “because it’s …
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Zorba’s Fine Greek Dining – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I’ll tell you what you are. Some turn their …
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Sahara Middle Eastern Eatery – Albuquerque, New Mexico
History has shown that cultures which thrived and advanced most rapidly are those which settled in arable areas rife with …
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‘O Eating House – Pojoaque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Until the 1990s, Poeh (also known as the Pueblo of Pojoaque) lived up to its name. In Tewa, the traditional …
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Charcoal Mediterranean Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
If comedian Jeff Foxworthy was Armenian, his repertoire of one-liners might include such gems as, “You know you’re Armenian if …
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Hello Gyro – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Many scholars and historians consider the ancient Greeks to be the germinal culture and progenitor of Western civilization as we …
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Athens Eclectic Greek – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
There’s an expression in Greece that all roads lead to Athens. If restaurateur Gus Petropoulos has his way, all Albuquerque …
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Mediterranean Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In ancient times, the Mediterranean Sea was a “superhighway” of transportation, facilitating cultural exchange and trade between the region that …
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