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Albuquerque / American / Closed in 2009

Hurley’s Coffee, Tea and Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 9, 2009July 21, 2018 - 2 Comments.

“May you have food and raiment, a soft pillow for your head. May you be forty years in heaven before the devil knows you’re dead.” — An Irish Blessing Cynics who used to deride Irish …

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Burgers / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Village Grill – Moriarty, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 15, 2009July 21, 2018 - 7 Comments.

Since the mid 1920s, New Yorker magazine has been providing insightful commentary on popular American culture in all its star-spangled idiosyncrasies.  One of its most popular features in the 1970s  was the “American Journal” written …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / New Mexican

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

August 14, 2009July 21, 2018 - 18 Comments.

When we get together, native New Mexicans of my generation who grew up in the state’s mountainous regions sometimes reminisce about trudging a mile or more in feet-deep snow to get to school.  We wonder how we survived the …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / New Mexican

Sabroso’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 5, 2009July 22, 2018 - 5 Comments.

From the moment they first set foot in the Land of Enchantment, some people just “get it” or perhaps more precisely, New Mexico gets to them.  It weaves its preternatural spell and stirs something deeply …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican

The Chili Stop Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

March 12, 2009July 22, 2018 - 4 Comments.

Over the years it’s been my experience that almost invariably, New Mexican restaurants which violate traditional New Mexican grammar don’t prepare the object of their grammatical faux pas very well.  The grammatical transgression of which …

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Bernalillo / Burgers / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mexican

Charlie’s Burgers & Mexican Food – Bernalillo, New Mexico (CLOSED)

February 17, 2009July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Ashley’s Convenience Store on the ill-fated corner of Camino del Pueblo and Avenida Bernalillo achieved the type of notoriety which will be forever associated with a tragedy visited all too often upon New Mexico’s streets. …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / New Mexican

Marlene’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 5, 2008July 22, 2018 - 3 Comments.

And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God. And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Closed in 2009

Sunshine Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 27, 2008July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the waters looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high -John Denver A gloomy, gray winter day …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Greek

Athens Eclectic Greek – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

February 6, 2008July 22, 2018 - 4 Comments.

There’s an expression in Greece that all roads lead to Athens. If restaurateur Gus Petropoulos has his way, all Albuquerque streets will take diners to Athens Eclectic Greek Cuisine, the restaurant he launched in August, …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican

Villa del Mar – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 8, 2007July 22, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Who hasn’t dreamt of a luxurious Mexican Villa overlooking pristine sandy beaches and translucent blue waters–a distinguished gate, thriving gardens and a capacious floor plan with earth-toned terracotta and ochre floors and walls festooned in …

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Albuquerque / American / Bakery / Breakfast / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten

Painted Horse Coffeehouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

October 14, 2007July 22, 2018 - 2 Comments.

In the summer of 2000, prominent artists throughout the Southwest resoundingly answered the call to submit their design ideas for painting on an unconventional medium–a horse cast in a durable resin blend. This particular canvas …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / New Mexican

Mis Amigos – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 22, 2006July 22, 2018 - 5 Comments.

For years Los Cuates has been one of the Duke City’s most revered New Mexican restaurants. One of the most popular New Mexican restaurants in the city, diners line up before its opening and late-comers …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Vietnamese

Kim’s Vietnamese Gourmet Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

October 20, 2006July 23, 2018 - 3 Comments.

During a memorable 1974 episode of MASH, it was Hawkeye Pierce’s turn at being physician of the day. Throughout the day he treated local indigenous personnel, all of whom identified themselves as “Kim Luck” when …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Mexican

La Norteñita – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 19, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

The only disappointment (and it was a minor one) we experienced during our inaugural visit to La Norteñita was in not hearing the lively Mexican polka “Mi Nortenita” crackling over the restaurant’s tinny speaker system. …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexican

505 Southwestern – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 10, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

Area code 505 was one of the original area codes established in 1947 and for nearly 60 years, that sole area code sufficed to serve all of New Mexico.  With the state’s surging population, however, …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mariscos / Mexican

Ay Caramba – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 22, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

Ay Caramba!  That tired old Spanish expression was part of American pop culture long before Bart Simpson popularized its usage on episodes of The Simpsons animated television series.  The expression translates to “confound it!” or maybe …

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Barbecue / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Illinois

Bobby Q’s – Arlington Heights, Illinois (CLOSED)

June 17, 2004July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

I first read about Bobby Q’s on Chowhound’s Chicago board in November, 2003. A newcomer to the Chicago area barbecue scene launched in July, 2003, it was immediately embraced by barbecue aficionados who tend to …

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American / Breakfast / Closed in 2009 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Kokopelli’s Restaurant & Cantina – Sandia Park, New Mexico

March 14, 2003July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Perhaps the most ubiquitous symbol of the ancient Anasazi culture is Kokopelli, a hump-backed, flute playing figure commonly found in petroglyphs and pottery throughout the Southwest and as far away as South America. Regarded as …

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