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Albuquerque / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

The Whole Enchilada – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 26, 2021April 5, 2021 - 16 Comments.

Perhaps because I was away from the Land of Enchantment for much of my Air Force career, one of my favorite bloggers has long been Lisa Fain, the James Beard award-winning “Homesick Texan.”   Like …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Tako Ten – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 30, 2021February 12, 2021 - 4 Comments.

Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, wasn’t kidding when he quipped “The Taco Bell taco is dead. Long live the taco.”  Boomers like me may not have grown up heading …

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Albuquerque / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Nena’s Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 2, 2021January 22, 2021 - 5 Comments.

“The restaurant business, as I well know, ain’t no picnic. And in Mexico City, it’s particularly rough.” ~Anthony Bourdain With an urban area population of almost 22-million over a broad expanse of 573 square miles, …

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Arizona / Dog Friendly / Mexican

Barrio Cafe – Phoenix, Arizona

December 23, 2020February 2, 2021 - 5 Comments.

A neighborhood should never be defined solely by grids and lines on a map or by a physical area where people live.  Nor should a neighborhood be defined by areas made homogeneous by restrictive covenants. …

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Bernalillo / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico

Ruby’s Tortilleria – Bernalillo, New Mexico

December 16, 2020January 14, 2021 - 2 Comments.

“A tortilla can be the, I would say, the most meaningful, the symbol of the Mexican cuisine, it’s the heart of the Mexican cuisine, the soul … the most recognizable element of the Mexican cuisine.” …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Sandwich / Tacos

Street Food Sensations – Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 6, 2020November 12, 2020 - 1 Comment

Restaurant Insider, which touts itself as “your source for restaurant news, trends, information, tools and conversation” has observed that one of the catalysts most instrumental in driving a changing culinary landscape are Generation Z (anyone …

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Albuquerque / Mexican

Taco Cabana – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 30, 2020November 1, 2020 - 9 Comments.

In 1972, English author Diana Kennedy, the doyenne of Mexican cuisine, penned The Cuisines of Mexico, a Mexican cookbook in which she described Texas’s Mexican food as “inauthentic,” coining the term “Tex-Mex.”  Kennedy essentially drew …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Duke City Taco – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 22, 2020October 28, 2020 - 20 Comments.

Observer: You’ve said that you can do anything with a taco, except put ketchup on it? Danny Trejo: That’s it! [Laughs]. Observer: Do people try to do that? Danny Trejo: Yeah, some people think that …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico

Sharky’s Fish and Shrimp – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 - 13 Comments.

Never mind your tired, your poor or even your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Carlos Zazveta, the effusive proprietor of Sharky’s Fish & Seafood told us to bring our dogs, our cows and our …

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Food Truck / Mexican / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Master Food Truck – Santa Fe, New Mexico

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 - 4 Comments.

Drive eastward on Airport Road in Santa Fe toward Cerrillos and you just might wonder if you accidentally traipsed into the Twilight Zone and somehow found yourself in Los Angeles.  At the very least, you …

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Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Elotes Del Rancho – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 25, 2020January 23, 2021 - 12 Comments.

“Now you’re just being uppity.”  That’s my Kim putting me in my place the second I begin to crow haughtily about some highbrow or nouveau way to prepare something ordinary.  Tandoori salmon pizza…that’s so me.  …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

La Guelaguetza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 24, 2020September 26, 2020 - 15 Comments.

“I am tenacious. And I love to eat.  I go into the field and see some delectable things they’re cooking, wild plants perhaps, and think, ‘Oh my God, I have to write about this.’ I …

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Breakfast / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Federico’s Mexican Food – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 16, 2020September 29, 2020 - 7 Comments.

in February, 2020, Chef’s Pencil crunched the numbers of Google searches  for ethnic cuisines to determine the most popular ethnic cuisines in America. The two most popular ethnic cuisines were deemed to be Mexican and …

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Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico / Rio Rancho

Cazuela’s Mexican Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

September 4, 2020October 9, 2020 - 15 Comments.

Here’s an interesting bit of Jeopardy level trivia which you might contemplate the next time you dine at this Rio Rancho spot: In the Spanish golden age, a “cazuela” was the gallery located above the …

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Food Truck / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Birrieria Y Tacos Alex Tijuana Style – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 23, 2020September 1, 2020 - 4 Comments.

If you’ve noticed an almost inordinate number of recent visits on this blog to Mexican restaurants, credit much of that to Pati Jinich, ebullient host of the James Beard Award-winning and Emmy nominated PBS series …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / Middle Eastern / New Mexico / Tacos

URBAN COCINA – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 22, 2020September 14, 2020 - Leave a Comment

if you believe the idea for delivery food started with Domino’s Pizza and its promise of 30-minute delivery or free, you’d be sadly mistaken.  Nor did take-out originate with Chinese restaurants in California and their …

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Albuquerque / Food Truck / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Changos – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 16, 2020August 23, 2020 - 2 Comments.

Darn that Google! Even though I used very specific Boolean operands to target my search for “Changos” in “Albuquerque,” Google returned results for Changos in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. It wasn’t until studying the photos for …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico

Guaca Guaca Tacos & Beer – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 18, 2020July 19, 2020 - 2 Comments.

What culinary voluptuaries consider exotic and delicious, timorous eaters might find distasteful and even nauseating. With M.F.K Fisher as their muse, culinary voluptuaries–the truly adventurous diners among us–don’t let themselves be drawn into a vortex …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico

Don Choche Tacos Y Cerveza – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 24, 2020May 28, 2020 - 5 Comments.

“Well, there’s not a taco big enough for a man like me That’s why I order two or three Let me give you a tip, just try a nacho chip It’s really good with bean …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico

The Jealous Fork – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 14, 2020March 25, 2020 - 6 Comments.

In December, 1997, two-time James Beard award-winning author Deborah Madison penned a memorable article for Sunset Magazine.  Its  provocative title “Land of Enchiladas” certainly resonated with me.  Before relocating to the Santa Fe area where …

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Albuquerque / Ice Cream / Mexican / New Mexico

Pop Fizz – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 10, 2020May 25, 2020 - 5 Comments.

The geriatrically advanced among us who grew up during the golden age (1950s through the 1970s) of the “jingle” were constantly bombarded with earworm-inducing singing commercials, those catchy and memorable short tunes used to convey …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

La Reforma Brewery – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 3, 2020March 20, 2020 - 5 Comments.

When my friend Schuyler sees the name of the restaurant on this review, he’ll probably tease me that my life of dissipation, debasement and debauchery finally caught up with me.  “39-year-old juvenile delinquents like you …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

El Rey Del Pollo – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 26, 2020March 7, 2020 - 8 Comments.

My environmentally-conscious, Prius-driving friend Bruce “Sr. Plata” Silver has a much smaller carbon footprint than that carbon credit-trading hypocrite Al Gore.  No environmental activist would ever condemn Sr. Plata for fouling the air and water …

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Albuquerque / Brunch / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico

Urban Taqueria -Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 23, 2020February 28, 2020 - 12 Comments.

My sagacious friend Bill Resnik is like a 6’5″ Yoda. Perhaps because he was a stand-up comedian for several decades, he seems to invite good-natured teasing from among our mutual friends and colleagues.  Like gunfighters …

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Albuquerque / Mariscos / Mexican

Bandido Hideout – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 7, 2020January 11, 2020 - 3 Comments.

Lucha libre, a Spanish phrase loosely translated into English as “free-style fighting,” is not just a genre of professional wrestling, it is the poor man’s theater in Mexico.  For a mere pittance, the common man …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

Taqueria Mexico – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 20, 2019December 23, 2019 - 1 Comment

“Baby let’s make a run for the border, I’ve got a hunger only tacos can stop. I know exactly what I’ll order Three tacos two tostadas and a soda pop.” ~Jennifer Lopez (Eric Cartman from …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2020 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mexican / New Mexico / Tacos

Dia De Los Takos – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 5, 2019August 18, 2020 - 19 Comments.

NOTE: Although Dia De Los Takos has closed, founder-owner-chef Dominic “Dom” Valuenzuela has launched a new restaurant called Tako Ten.  Look for a review soon. Felix, a character in Adi Alsaid’s young adult fiction book …

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Bernalillo / Breakfast / Mariscos / Mexican / New Mexico

Los 6 Hermanos – Bernalillo, New Mexico

October 9, 2019November 16, 2019 - Leave a Comment

Once upon a time (how many of you remember when seemingly all ancient fables and stories began with these four words?) there was a family of six Chinese brothers, each with a unique and amazing …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

Los Primos Mexican Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 28, 2019January 2, 2020 - Leave a Comment

When you’re young and dumb and have an inflated sense of invisibility, you commit some youthful indiscretions that often evoke pangs of regret and remorse during your wizened years.  Invariably your reflections prompt the question …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / Mexican / New Mexico

Caveman Burgers – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 26, 2019August 29, 2019 - 3 Comments.

“It’s so easy, even a caveman can…find it.” The Geico commercial depicting metrosexualized troglodytes living in contemporary America came to mind when I couldn’t find CaveMan Burgers on Central Avenue. While your typical caveman about …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

El Cotorro – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 25, 2019August 4, 2019 - 3 Comments.

There’s a scene in the 2006 lucha libre (Mexican professional wrestling) comedy film Nacho Libre in which Nacho’s ectomorphic tag team partner Esqueleto (“the skeleton”) orders two grilled, buttered and chile-dusted elotes (corn-on-the-cob) from a …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / Mexican / New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 24

Sophia’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 19, 2019October 16, 2020 - 27 Comments.

Exterior signage for Dennis Apodaca’s new restaurant venture sports the name of the previous tenant, a short-lived eatery named MIXX. In a February blurb announcing Dennis’s return, the Albuquerque Journal called his new venture “REMIXX.” …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

Rusty Taco – Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 1, 2019June 5, 2019 - 6 Comments.

In 2015, food critic Mike Sutter embarked on a quest Don Quixote would envy when he ate at a different taco joint in Austin, Texas every day for an entire year. During his 365-day adventure, …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican

Papa Nacho’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 13, 2019April 14, 2019 - 28 Comments.

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Mexican / New Mexico

The Last Call – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 23, 2019March 25, 2019 - 8 Comments.

“Ah, but after the sunset, the dusk and the twilight, when shadows of night start to fall. They roll back the sidewalk precisely at ten and people who live there are not seen again.” ~John …

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Albuquerque / Mexican / New Mexico

Juanita’s Comida Mexicana – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 14, 2019March 16, 2019 - 2 Comments.

When writer Jeffrey Steingarten was named food critic for Vogue in 1998, he made it his quest to overcome any distaste he may have had for certain foods.  Chief among the foods he disliked were …

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