P’Tit Louis Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the …
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Sophia’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. …
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Pollito Con Papas and Pollito Con Papas II – Albuquerque, New Mexico
I think a rotisserie is like a really morbid ferris wheel for chickens. It’s a strange piece of machinery. We …
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Cafe Bella – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond …
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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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Campo at Los Poblanos – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
A simple day laborer at a wealthy estate, Ysidro began his days by rising early and attending Mass. His fellow …
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Sugar Nymphs Bistro – Peñasco, New Mexico
Peñasco has always been the beautiful stepsister ignored by the dutiful suitors who prefer the company of Taos, its more …
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M’Tucci’s Moderno – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere It’s up to you, New York, New York.” ~Frank Sinatra …
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Torinos’ @ Home – Albuquerque, New Mexico
I love Italian food but that’s too generic a term for what’s available now: you have to narrow it down …
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Danny’s Place – Carlsbad, New Mexico
For some reason, national print and online publications and even the Food Network can’t seem to fathom that the Land …
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Teofilo’s Restaurante – Los Lunas, New Mexico
Several years ago award-winning Albuquerque Journal columnist Leslie Linthicum (since retired) penned a wonderfully evocative column entitled “Spanish Names Fade …
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Albuquerque / Closed in 2019 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Latin American / Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 24
Maya – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
My precocious niece doesn’t miss a beat. Ever attentive to adult conversation, she often stumps my brother and me with …
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Ming Dynasty – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was renowned as one of the greatest periods of governmental and societal stability in the history …
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Pad Thai Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain likened his first experience tasting Thai food to “like discovering a color I never knew existed …
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Seasons Rotisserie & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, …
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The Artichoke Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“These things are just plain annoying. After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual “food” …
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SweeTea Bakery Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In some metropolitan areas, legions of restaurant bloggers dissect and report on every facet of the area’s dining scene. These …
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M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone..” —Stanley Tucci as Segundo in Big Night With a name like M’Tucci’s Italian …
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Namaste Restaurant – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Several years ago while leading my organization’s e-business marketing and communication effort at Intel, I had the great fortune of …
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Golden Crown Panaderia – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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)
“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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The Burrito Lady – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“It is the blood of the Lunas to be quiet, for only a quiet man can learn the secrets of …
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Talking Drums – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“There is strength in Africa. Not the crushing brute strength of the bull elephant. Nor the rigid, unyielding strength of …
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La Choza Restaurant – Santa Fe, New Mexico
“I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh …
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O Ramen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.” ~Norman Kolpas According to …
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Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque’s Nob Hill district largely owes its emergence as the city’s first “suburb” to Route 66, the great Mother Road …
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The Turquoise Room – Winslow, Arizona
The concept of “fast food” had a far different connotation during the Southwest’s Frontier days than it does today. This …
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Geoffrey’s Malibu – Malibu, California
The walls at Geoffrey’s Malibu are festooned with copies of whimsical framed “doodles” created by Hollywood celebrities and movie stars …
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Opal Restaurant and Bar – Santa Barbara, California
We’re all familiar with premise of Iron Chef America in which accomplished chefs are pitted against the veritable pantheon of …
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EVO – North Charleston, South Carolina
America is a pizza obsessed nation. Ninety-three percent of us consume at least one slice of pizza per month and …
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Paco’s International Smoked Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“If salt is the odorless spice, smoke is the ephemeral magical invisible spice. You can’t feel it, you can’t touch …
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Piatti Ristorante & Bar – La Jolla, California
A tavola non si invecchia. Translation: At the table with good friends and family you do not become old. ~ …
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Albuquerque / Closed in 2014 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Indian / Los Ranchos de Albuquerque / Rated 24 / Vegetarian/Vegan
Paddy Rawal’s OM- Fine Indian Dining – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
It wasn’t New Mexico’s Chamber of Commerce winter weather that enticed Chef Pramad “Paddy” Rawal to remain in the Land …
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Il Piatto Italian Farmhouse Kitchen – Santa Fe, New Mexico
As an independent observer of the New Mexico culinary condition, I used to think the most prominent delta in quality …
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Savoy Grill – Kansas City, Missouri
In a 2012 episode of the Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” television program, host Anthony Bourdain and his Russian pal Zamir …
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Danny Edwards Blvd. BBQ – Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is known as the “city of fountains.” It’s also known as the “world’s barbecue capital.” If locals had …
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