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Nexus Brewery – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 18, 2018August 19, 2018 - 20 Comments.

Set in Albuquerque, Breaking Bad, AMC’s critically acclaimed television series may have left viewers with the impression that the Duke …

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Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Santa Fe

Casa Chimayo – Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 22, 2018October 11, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it …

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Albuquerque / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011 / Steak

Monte Carlo Steakhouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 3, 2016July 10, 2018 - 19 Comments.

“Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter That looks like Elvis.” ~George Jones Having spent much …

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Albuquerque / Chocolate / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Ice Cream / Rated 23

ChocGlitz & Cream – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 30, 2016July 10, 2018 - 4 Comments.

To whom should you turn when you want a recommendation you can trust for great ice cream? Your natural inclination …

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Bakery / Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Chocolate Maven Bakery & Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 22, 2016July 10, 2018 - 1 Comment

In the polytheistic world of the Mesoamerican cultures (which include the Aztecs and Mayans), Quetzalcoatl was revered as the creator …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Brunch / Closed in 2017 / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / Rated 25

Eli’s Place (formerly Sophia’s Place) – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 27, 2016September 27, 2018 - 38 Comments.

NOTE: In March, 2018, Sophia’s Place reopened.  Please click here for the updated review. Picture yourself as a first-year marketing …

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Albuquerque / Bakery / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Rated 24

Golden Crown Panaderia – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 24, 2016July 12, 2018 - 38 Comments.

Although we pride ourselves on keeping a pulse on the local dining scene, it took a nationally syndicated Food Network …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / Latin American / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Restaurant Impossible

Pasion Latin Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 16, 2016July 12, 2018 - 40 Comments.

“In my experience, food and passion always intertwine. Passion is food for the soul’s mood at any particular time.” Tammy …

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Albuquerque / American / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Rated 23 / Sandwich

Bocadillos Slow Roasted: A Sandwich Shop – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 25, 2016July 31, 2018 - 19 Comments.

School cafeteria meals have probably traumatized more youth than John Carpenter’s horror movies. Lunch menus read like fine-dining, promising nutritious, …

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Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Tecolote Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico

December 8, 2015July 15, 2018 - 9 Comments.

Everyone knows the most sagacious of all creatures in nature is the owl. The owl is to whom all other …

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Albuquerque / American / Brunch / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico

Standard Diner – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 19, 2015October 14, 2018 - 14 Comments.

While New Mexico is most assuredly the Land of Enchantment, most locals also accept that it’s also the “land of …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / The Secret Life Of / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

El Pinto – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 18, 2015July 15, 2018 - 53 Comments.

For almost any other restaurant in New Mexico (or anywhere else for that matter), 2015 would be considered a banner …

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African / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Rated 25 / Santa Fe

Jambo Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 25, 2015July 15, 2018 - 12 Comments.

Growing up in the 60s–the dark ages before the Internet was even a glimmer in Al Gore’s eyes and google, …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Pizza / Santa Fe

Back Road Pizza – Santa Fe, New Mexico

January 10, 2015July 15, 2018 - 5 Comments.

My brother George has the right idea! Rather than braving the motoring madness that is traversing New Mexico’s highways at …

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Albuquerque / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Italian / Rated 25

Torinos @ Home – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 26, 2014October 14, 2018 - 75 Comments.

On Monday, October 21st, 2013 in a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode entitled “Aces of Authenticity,” the Food Network introduced …

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Albuquerque / American / Closed in 2015 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Restaurant Impossible

Shade Tree Customs & Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 21, 2014July 15, 2018 - 10 Comments.

For at least the past seven years, the most famous “biker cafe” in the Land of Enchantment has been the …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe / The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Five & Dime General Store – Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 18, 2014July 15, 2018 - 14 Comments.

The late Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico’s preeminent historian once wrote about Santa Fe’s growth, “The only threat to her …

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Albuquerque / Barbecue / Closed in 2017 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

The Cube – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 9, 2013July 16, 2018 - 31 Comments.

Timon: [singing] Luau. If you’re hungry for a hunk of fat and juicy meat Eat my buddy Pumbaa here, ’cause …

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Horseman’s Haven – Santa Fe, New Mexico

September 25, 2013July 16, 2018 - 8 Comments.

I know several native New Mexicans who have accepted the dumbing down of political office in America as a consequence …

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Barbecue / Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Santa Fe

The Cowgirl BBQ – Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 22, 2013July 17, 2018 - 4 Comments.

You don’t have to be Patsy Montana to have a rip-roaring good time or great meal at Cowgirl BBQ, a …

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Breakfast / Brunch / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Mexican / New Mexico / Salvadoran / Santa Fe

Tune-up Café – Santa Fe, New Mexico

January 27, 2013July 17, 2018 - 9 Comments.

Dave Who? From 1981 until its closing in 2008, the converted residence at 1115 Hickox Street was the home of …

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Burgers / Closed in 2015 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011 / Santa Fe

Bert’s Burger Bowl – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 28, 2012July 17, 2018 - 4 Comments.

The tee shirts worn by a nattily attired and enthusiastic wait staff at Bert’s Burger Bowl say it all: “Since …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 23 / Taos County

Orlando’s New Mexican Cafe – Taos, New Mexico

August 15, 2012July 17, 2018 - 9 Comments.

During his 2005 visit to Taos for the taping of the Food Network’s Food Nation program, über-celebrity chef Bobby Flay, …

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Burgers / Closed in 2013 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011 / Rated 26 / Santa Fe / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

Bobcat Bite – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 11, 2012July 17, 2018 - 27 Comments.

Update:  In a twist of cruel irony, the Travel Channel’s May 13th airing of the Burger Land program celebrating the …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / Rated 23 / The Secret Life Of

Restaurante Rancho De Chimayo – Chimayo, New Mexico

June 11, 2012July 17, 2018 - 14 Comments.

The humble Northern New Mexico village of Chimayo has a reputation far and wide as a place in which miracles …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Rated 23 / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

Cecilia’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 10, 2012July 18, 2018 - 26 Comments.

Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that even when assigned kitchen duty, he …

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American / Bakery / Closed in 2014 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / Indian / Taos County

Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery – Taos, New Mexico (CLOSED)

January 3, 2012July 18, 2018 - 4 Comments.

In 1989, the tarantula hawk wasp was designated the official state insect of New Mexico, joining the roadrunner (state bird), …

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American / Closed in 2016 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / Santa Fe

Zia Diner – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 25, 2011July 18, 2018 - 2 Comments.

In the year 1880, La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís” (“The Royal Town of …

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American / Breakfast / Brunch / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Rated 23 / Santa Fe

Harry’s Roadhouse – Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 5, 2011November 10, 2018 - 11 Comments.

Roadhouses–great inns and restaurants located near major highways traversing the country–once dotted America’s fruited plain, offering respite and sustenance to …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Rated 25 / Santa Fe / Tapas

La Boca – Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 8, 2010July 19, 2018 - 10 Comments.

In a 1997 episode of Seinfeld, the “show about nothing,” George Costanza declared food and sex to be his two …

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Brunch / Fine Dining / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Rated 23 / Santa Fe

La Casa Sena – Santa Fe, New Mexico

February 21, 2010July 7, 2018 - 5 Comments.

He was an academic prodigy, one of the first two persons admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of …

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American / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Santa Fe / The Best Thing I Ever Ate

The Pink Adobe – Santa Fe, New Mexico

December 6, 2009July 7, 2018 - 12 Comments.
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Breakfast / Brunch / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Santa Fe / Southwestern / The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Cafe Pasqual’s – Santa Fe, New Mexico

November 8, 2009July 21, 2018 - 6 Comments.

Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that when assigned kitchen duty, angels had …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / New Mexico / New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail / Rated 24 / Santa Fe

The Shed – Santa Fe, New Mexico

May 18, 2009July 22, 2018 - 18 Comments.

In the culinary world, the name James Beard is revered perhaps above all others. Considered the “Dean of American Cookery,” …

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Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Santa Fe

Tomasita’s – Santa Fe, New Mexico

February 28, 2009October 3, 2018 - 9 Comments.

The decade following America’s Civil War was one of burgeoning expansion westward with railroads leading the way.  Railroads helped open …

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Closed in 2012 / Fine Dining / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Rated 25 / Santa Fe

Aqua Santa – Santa Fe, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 20, 2008July 22, 2018 - 2 Comments.

“But the moment I saw the brilliant, proud morning shine high up over the deserts of Santa Fe, something stood …

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