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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican

The Chili Stop – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 7, 2008July 22, 2018 - 4 Comments.

NOTE:  On November 15th, 2008, Ron Chavez sold the Chili Stop a mere four months after making green chile a religious experience.  I have not visited the Chili Stop since it changed hands and have …

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Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

California Baja Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 28, 2008July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Several years ago, I introduced my good friend John Bennett to the exhilaration of verbal sparring with the shopkeepers at the mercados of Juarez, Mexico, a vibrant border city in which aggressive bartering is considered …

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Closed in 2008 / Corrales / English / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

The Old House Gastropub – Corrales, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 8, 2008July 22, 2018 - 9 Comments.

There’s a European joke that uses stereotypes to deride British cooking, one of the most maligned cuisines in the world culinary stage. As the joke goes, in the European conception of heaven, the French are …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Continental / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

The Cup – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 18, 2008July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Buxom silent screen siren Mae West was so renown for her use of double entendre that she once said, “If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would ask for the double meaning.” When …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Downtown Gourmet – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

January 23, 2008July 22, 2018 - 5 Comments.

“People who know nothing about cheeses reel away from Camembert, Roquefort, and Stilton because the plebeian proboscis is not equipped to differentiate between the sordid and the sublime.” – Harvey Day I don’t know whether …

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Albuquerque / American / Bakery / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Have Your Cake Bakery & Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

January 16, 2008July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Leave it to the wonderfully irascible and irreverent comedian George Carlin to put things in perspective in his retort to a popular English idiom. “When people say, ‘Oh you just want to have your cake …

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Closed in 2008 / Cuban / Gone But Not Forgotten / Madrid / New Mexico

Tocororo Cafe – Madrid, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 7, 2007July 22, 2018 - 3 Comments.

New Mexico is a dichotomous land, a land which welcomes contrast and diversity, where the state-of-the-art trappings of modern society are juxtaposed against ancient cultures with traditions that have gone largely unchanged for centuries. It’s …

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Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Cafe San Estevan – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 6, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In 1598, don Juan de Oñate led an expedition of Spanish colonists–including eight Franciscan friars–to the east bank of the Rio Grande near its confluence with the Chama River. There they founded San Gabriel, New …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / French / Gone But Not Forgotten

Cafe Voila – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

October 13, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Mon ami Francophile who spends months vacationing in France likes to talk about his dining experiences in the land of haute cuisine and haughty waiters, regaling anyone who will listen with tales of surliness, scorn …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Thai

Tawan Thai Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 14, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Note: This review was written about a Tawan Thai Cuisine location in Rio Rancho that no longer exists. The original Tawan Thai at 200 Wyoming Blvd, S.E., also closed in late 2008. For Rio Rancho’s …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian / New Mexico / Sandwich

Deli Mart West – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 13, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

The human capacity for developing attachments can be a bit of a conundrum. Although my very being is eternally rooted in New Mexico, returning to America in 1987 after three years in England made me …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican

Mariscos Culiacan – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 25, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

As a precocious product (some might say victim) of the American public school system, I learned more about the geography of old Mexico from one song than from twelve years of the best education our …

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Albuquerque / American / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

The Cup – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 29, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Back in the mid 70s, anyone in Albuquerque’s southeast quadrant who wanted privacy knew they could find it at the Burger Chef restaurant in the Gibson and San Mateo area. It was the place in …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Hot Dogs

Hot Diggity – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 18, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me How my future will shine Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me From the moment you’re mine HOT DOG!! In an …

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Albuquerque / Brazilian / Buffet / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten

Asado Brazilian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 6, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

When it comes to diplomatic coups, one of the least known for which President George Herbert Walker Bush is credited is the introduction to the United States of the popular Brazilian Churrascaria (steakhouse) Fogo de …

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Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian / New Mexico

Consetta’s Green Restaurant – Jemez Springs, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 22, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In 1995 Jemez Springs was selected by the National Civic League as the “All America City” in recognition of its citizens’ collective grass-roots efforts to improve their quality of life. Nowhere is that more evident …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Cuban / Gone But Not Forgotten

Don Yasmany Cuban Restaurant & Bakery – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 14, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Cuando salí de Cuba, dejé mi vida dejé mi amor. Cuando salí de Cuba, dejé enterrado mi corazón. When I left Cuba I left my life, I left my love When I left Cuba I …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican

Adelita’s Mexican Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 25, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

No matter where you travel in Latin America, you’ll find grilled meat (carne asada) on the menu. Restaurants called parrillas which specialize in grilled foods also grill seafood (mariscos) and poultry. Particularly popular in Argentina …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Thai

Thai Basil – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 9, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Lemongrass, mint, ginger, lime, chile peppers and particularly Thai basil combine in congruent deliciousness to make Thai cuisine among the most popular ethnic cuisines in North America. As one of the most popular culinary herbs …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Steak

Great American Steakhouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 3, 2007July 22, 2018 - 10 Comments.

Since the nineteenth century, land and cattle companies have been established throughout the west to buy, sell and lease land for grazing and breeding beef cattle. During years of ample water, high beef prices and …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Indian / New Mexico

Bombay Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

February 9, 2007July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

The unmistakably pungent aroma of exotic spices wafts through the air and remains with you long after you’ve finished your meal at the Bombay Grill, a 2004 entrant in the growing northwest Albuquerque dining scene …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Neko Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 7, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In 1968, Mexico City played witness to one of the most overt and controversial political statements ever issued during the modern Olympic Games when African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos extended their right …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican

La Costa Azul – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

October 7, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Costa Azul…The Blue Coast…the name evokes images of brilliant sapphire blue waters, perilous promontories and pristine sandy beaches which seem to go on without end. With over 1,000 miles of coastline along the translucent Pacific, …

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American / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Taos County

Altitudes Restaurant & Wine Bar – Red River, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 30, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

No place is so dear to my childhood, As the little brown church in the vale. Step out of Altitudes Restaurant & Wine Bar on a dark moonlit night and the first thing you see …

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American / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Dave’s Not Here – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 22, 2006July 23, 2018 - 8 Comments.

Dave’s not here. You really can’t blame him. After all, a Santa Fe district court judge issued (and later rescinded) a temporary restraining order alleging Dave (Letterman) had been tormenting a city resident for more …

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Bernalillo / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian / New Mexico

Capo’s Bottega Ristorante Italiano – Bernalillo, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 15, 2006July 23, 2018 - 4 Comments.

Fifty years ago when Frank Venaglia opened the first of his family of Capo’s restaurants in Albuquerque, the Italian term “capo” didn’thave quite the notoriety it does today thanks to countless Mafia movies and the …

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American / Bakery / Closed in 2008 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Cloud Cliff Bakery & Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 6, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

In the 1880s, Northern New Mexico was a prolific wheat growing region. More than 250 varieties of wheat grew in its rocky but fecund soil. Thanks to a rural revitalization program called the Northern New …

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Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Las Vegas, Nevada / Sandwich

Windy City Pizza & Subs – Las Vegas, Nevada (CLOSED)

June 9, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Ask any Chicago transplant to list the five things they miss most about the Windy City and it’s a good bet the list will include Italian beef sandwiches, a staple in Chicago. Chicagoans grow up …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

Taka Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 2, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

Just as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you shouldn’t judge a restaurant by its exterior facade…or even its interior for that matter A good example of this is Taka Sushi, a venerable …

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Albuquerque / Barbecue / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten

Tony Roma’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 22, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

With more than 260 locations worldwide, Tony Roma’s can be found from Aruba to Venezuela and 25 countries in between. As of August 30th, 2005, one of the most famous barbecue chains in the world …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Seafood

Gruet Grille – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 20, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In an inordinate number of the thousands of newspaper restaurant reviews I’ve read over the years, the savvy, sophisticated restaurant critic is typically accompanied to the week’s anointed dining destination by a nameless and faceless …

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Albuquerque / Cajun / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / National Chain

Copeland’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 10, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

Having lived 90 miles outside of “The Big Easy” for almost eight years, we were naturally filled with the spirit of laissez les bon temps roulette (let the good times roll) when we found out …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mexican

El Bandido Hideaway Del Valle – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 24, 2005July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Armed with Andrea Lin’s terrific Duke City Fix review of the El Bandido restaurant on Central, we set off on a Friday night to visit a branch of a restaurant at which we hadn’t dined …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mediterranean

Mediterranean Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 30, 2005July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

In ancient times, the Mediterranean Sea was a “superhighway” of transportation, facilitating cultural exchange and trade between the region that fashioned Western civilization as we recognize it today. As the sapphire heart that gives life …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican

Casa Grande Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 26, 2005July 23, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is one of the largest and most mysterious prehistoric structures ever built in North America and serves as the most impressive remnant left by the Hohokam (those who are …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian

Cafe Milano – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 24, 2004July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

My original introduction to this review became yet another vitriolic rage against corporate chains, a passionate spiel I added to my ratings page. What prompted that diatribe was our discovery of Cafe Milano (formerly Rosa’s …

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