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Pig + Fig Cafe – White Rock, New Mexico

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 - Leave a Comment

In its eighth season, the brilliant sitcom Seinfeld helped introduce casual comic book fans to the concept of Bizarro world, a setting which is weirdly inverted or opposite of expectations. In other words, a Bizarro …

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VARA WINERY & DISTILLERY – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 1, 2020March 6, 2020 - 7 Comments.

In 1620, King Philip III of Spain issued a royal decree mandating that each of the 19 recognized New Mexican Pueblos elect by popular vote, a governor, lieutenant governor and other officers as might be …

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El Farol – Santa Fe, New Mexico

February 3, 2018July 7, 2018 - 3 Comments.

For over a quarter century, the most popular section in New Mexico Magazine (the nation’s oldest state magazine, by the way) has been a humorous column entitled “One of Our Fifty is Missing.” The column …

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The Cellar – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 11, 2016January 21, 2020 - 15 Comments.

While touring Granada, Spain during a 2013 episode of CNN’s Parts Unknown, Emmy award-winning celebrity host Anthony Bourdain bemoaned that “we will never have tapas culture in America.” Then, to emphasize his contention even further …

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Cosmo Tapas – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 23, 2011July 18, 2018 - 11 Comments.

Some of the world’s most elegant and refined cuisine has its genesis in very humble circumstances.  Today, Spanish tapas are widely regarded as sophisticated and exotic, but they didn’t start off that way.  In fact, …

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