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Over the years, perhaps no restaurant across the Land of Enchantment has garnered as much recognition from the national media …
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In 1960, Albuquerque’s population reached 201,189, more than doubling the city’s tally from the 1950 census. The start of a …
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Culinary history is in dispute as to the origin of the term “hot dog” to describe frankfurters, a cooked sausage …
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Old-timers whose opinions I respect consistently rate Mary & Tito’s as Albuquerque’s best restaurant for New Mexican food, a restaurant …
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“Get your kicks on Route 66” is the mantra of nostalgic motorists who have lobbied for generations to preserve the …
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In an early episode of the Andy Griffith Show, while contemplating a job offer in South America, Andy tried to …
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7 March 2017: Over the past five years, the Owl Cafe in San Antonio, New Mexico has been the most …
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There are restaurants throughout the Duke City that have seemingly always been “there.” They’re as much a part of the …
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Since the 1930s, neon signage has been a prominent and vital part of Route 66 as it meanders through Albuquerque. …
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If you believe in forever Where baby backs are never bland If there’s a barbecue heaven Well you know Mr. …
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“You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter, don’t you …
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For years, one of the Land of Enchantment’s most renowned launching pads for political campaigns and careers has been Moriarty’s …
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If only walls could talk, you’d want the adobe brick walls at La Posta (The Inn) to recount their impressions …
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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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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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The humble Northern New Mexico village of Chimayo has a reputation far and wide as a place in which miracles …
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The most contentious seasonal difference of opinion between Northern and Southern New Mexico residents isn’t whether Chimayo produces better chile …
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In 1712, the provincial governor for the kingdom of New Mexico decreed that henceforth, an annual reenactment of Diego De …
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Located along the braided routes of the historic Camino Real (the Royal Road) which skirts the Rio Grande, Belen remains …
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During our inaugural visit several years ago, we ran into a former Las Cruces resident now living in the nation’s …
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Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who posited the theory of natural selection concluded that “the fittest win out at the …
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Many of us who predate, however slightly, the explosion of institutionalized fast food retain a fondness for the remaining independent …
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For almost four and a half decades, Charlie Elias, an avuncular septuagenarian with the energy of a teenager, has greeted …
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The year was 1958. The average American wage-owner’s income was $4,650 per year. A Ford automobile cost between $1,967 and …
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Shortly after the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman had the occasion to conduct an inspection trip of frontier outposts …
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In the culinary world, the name James Beard is revered perhaps above all others. Considered the “Dean of American Cookery,” …
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Dusk is falling on the western town at the very edge of the parched plains. Fewer than a dozen buildings …
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Mention food and convenience store in the same sentence and the first thing likely to come to mind is one …
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Growing up in the 60s in a bucolic village in Northern New Mexico, we had no idea about such things …
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In the 1930s and 1940s, sometimes considered the halcyon days of Western movies, the Four Corners region was the site …
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We’ve all heard the expressions from a jack to a king, from a moth to a butterfly, from a lump …
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A mule is an animal with long funny ears he kicks up at anything he hears His back is brawny …
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“If small businesses are the backbone of American commerce, then the good old-fashioned lemonade stand is the spinal cord.” That …
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For convenience, if not for fiery New Mexico authenticity, you can’t beat La Placita, a yawning restaurant housed in the …
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Note: On Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004 Texas Reds burnt to the ground, but like a Phoenix, it has been rebuilt, …
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Just as with people, a city is best defined by its heart. For Santa Fe, that would be its historic …
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