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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Vietnamese

Bamboo Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 21, 2021February 28, 2021 - 5 Comments.

In his 30s, curmudgeonly London food critic Jay Rayner who’s been called the “enfant terrible (literally “terrifying child) of the gastronomic scene,” came to the realization that he hated hangovers more than he hated being …

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Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 24 / Rio Rancho

M’Tucci’s Moderno – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

February 1, 2021February 10, 2021 - 14 Comments.

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere It’s up to you, New York, New York.” ~Frank Sinatra Jeff Spiegel, managing partner of the insanely popular M’Tucci’s family of restaurants has described flagship …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / Indian / New Mexico

Marigold Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 - 7 Comments.

It’s not all parents who can give birth to two children in a six week period, but that’s precisely what Harrison and Violet did.  In early October, 2019, they welcomed into the world a beautiful …

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Arizona / Dog Friendly / German

Haus Murphy’s – Glendale, Arizona

December 27, 2020January 10, 2021 - 3 Comments.

To some of us of a certain age and generation, the term “grandma’s food” evokes emotionally-arousing childhood memories of the foods our grandmothers would prepare. That’s especially true for those of us who no longer …

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Arizona / Dog Friendly / Italian / United States

Fat Ox – Scottsdale, Arizona

December 25, 2020January 18, 2021 - 1 Comment

In the Alpine village of Carrù in the Piedmont region of Italy stands the “Monumento al Bue Grasso” (monument to a fat ox).  Depicting two fat oxen under yoke, the monument celebrates the beast of …

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Arizona / Dog Friendly / Italian / Pizza / United States

DeFalco’s Deli: Italian Eatery & Grocery – Scottsdale, Arizona

December 24, 2020January 10, 2021 - Leave a Comment

My Kim usually leaves the recitation of movie or television quotes to me (apparently it’s a guy thing), but every once in a while she’ll surprise me with an utterance or exclamation she could have …

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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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Arizona / Dog Friendly / Hot Dogs / Illinois / Rated 23 / Sandwich

Portillo’s Hot Dogs – Tempe, Arizona

December 21, 2020December 23, 2020 - 7 Comments.

Portillo’s story is the story of the American dream, a rags to riches saga that began with a single hot dog stand opening in 1963. That single investment has blossomed into a multi-million per year …

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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 / 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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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Brunch / Dog Friendly

Cafe Lush – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 7, 2020October 15, 2020 - 10 Comments.

Urban Dictionary, that oft hilarious, veritable cornucopia of slang, jargon and streetwise lingo, defines “lush” as “someone who drinks a lot.” (Actually, there are several pages of similar definitions for “lush” in the “peoples’ dictionary,” …

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Breakfast / Cajun / Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

C3’s Bistro – Corrales, New Mexico

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 - 24 Comments.

A case could be made that “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” the name of a 1977 hit by Santa Esmeralda, could well be a lament about New Mexican cuisine (in addition to being the background …

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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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Dog Friendly / Italian / New Mexico / Pizza

FORGHEDABOUDIT SOUTHWEST ITALIAN – Las Cruces, New Mexico

September 13, 2020September 19, 2020 - 22 Comments.

Genius, it’s oft been said, is ninety-nine-percent perspiration and one-percent inspiration.  Apply that equation to Bob Yacone and you’d be selling him far short.  So would the cliche “giving one-hundred-percent.”  Add a few more hundred …

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Burgers / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Arrey Cafe – Arrey, New Mexico

September 10, 2020September 12, 2020 - 6 Comments.

About halfway between Truth or Consequences and Hatch on I-25, you may have espied a billboard audaciously proclaiming “world’s finest green chile cheeseburger.”  That billboard has always piqued my curiosity and prompted such questions as …

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Albuquerque / Chinese / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Noodle Works – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 5, 2020September 28, 2020 - 1 Comment

“To witness the birth of a noodle is a glorious thing. I have listened, spellbound, as an 85-year-old noodle chef in Beijing told me why the act of making noodles helped him make sense of …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / National Chain / New Mexico / Seafood

Storming Crab – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 5, 2020September 12, 2020 - 19 Comments.

Archaeologists believe there’s a scientific explanation for contemporary  humankind’s  predilection for seaside vacations and trips to the beach.  Evidence–stone tools used to cut through animal flesh–seems to support the theory that the first humans migrated …

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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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American / Bernalillo / Brewery-Pub / Burgers / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Bosque North Brewery & Taproom – Bernalillo, New Mexico

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 - 17 Comments.

“Are you going to explain how to pronounce “bosque?,” my Kim asked when she espied me working on this review.  Though her Spanish vocabulary is rather limited, she pronounces the five or six hundred Spanish …

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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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Bar & Grill / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / Pizza / Rio Rancho

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

July 14, 2020July 16, 2020 - 14 Comments.

The Tewa name “Oku Pin” which translates in English to “Turtle Mountain” has three meanings of significance to the people of Okay Owingeh, one of New Mexico’s great Tewa speaking Northern New Mexico Pueblos. “Oku …

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Albuquerque / Brunch / Dog Friendly / Fine Dining

Vintage 423 – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 12, 2020July 18, 2020 - 15 Comments.

My friend Bill Resnik, a professional stand-up comedian for more than two decades, performs a bit in which he “translates” Spanish terms for linguistically challenged audiences.  “Paseo del Norte,” for example, translates to “Paseo of …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Indian / New Mexico / Rated 24

Curry Leaf – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 11, 2020July 13, 2020 - 19 Comments.

Leonard: Is it racist that I took you to an Indian restaurant? Priya: It’s okay, I like Indian food. Leonard: Or as you probably call it back home, food. ~Big Bang Theory (Season Four, Episode …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Donuts / New Mexico

Bristol Doughnut Co. – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 11, 2020July 13, 2020 - 3 Comments.

While most people speak with fond nostalgia about their first ride on a double-decker bus, the memories of our inaugural trip are tinged with horror that traumatizes us to this day. As with most visitors …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / Closed in 2020 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / Rated 23 / Seafood

Flamez Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 3, 2020February 10, 2021 - 7 Comments.

Hold the pickles Hold the lettuce Special orders don’t upset us All we ask is that you let us serve it your way In 1974, Burger King introduced its most successful and long-standing advertising campaign, …

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

The Cowgirl BBQ – Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 - 16 Comments.

Cowgirl” is an attitude really. A pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head-on, lives by her own lights, and makes no excuses. Cowgirls take stands; they speak up. They …

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American / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Sandwich / Tapas

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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Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Mamacita’s Pizza – Abiquiu, New Mexico

June 20, 2020June 23, 2020 - 5 Comments.

If you’re up north in the Abiquiu area perusing Yelp because you’re jonesing for New Mexican food, would you heed the recommendations–good or bad–of someone from Mississippi or Delaware or Texas?  No way!  You’d look …

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Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico

Cafe Abiquiu – Abiquiu, New Mexico

June 19, 2020July 31, 2020 - Leave a Comment

In her correspondence with her best friend, Georgia O’Keeffe lamented that she “always has a hard time finding words for anything.” When it came to relaying her awe at the sensory wonder surrounding her in …

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Dog Friendly / New Mexican / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Santa Fe

La Choza Restaurant – Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 19, 2020June 20, 2020 - 3 Comments.

“I have tried to express the terrible passions of humanity by means of red and green.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh Using bold and furious brushstrokes and striking colors (mostly red and green), Van Gogh once …

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American / Bakery / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Cornerstone Bakery & Cafe – Ruidoso, New Mexico

May 31, 2020June 7, 2020 - 3 Comments.

Texas, the Lone Star State slogan tells us, is “like a whole other country.”  Everywhere we turned during our weekend in Ruidoso, we espied oversized pickup trucks sporting Texas license plates.  It almost made us …

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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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Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Pizza

Village Pizza – Corrales, New Mexico

May 17, 2020May 20, 2020 - 11 Comments.

Research has proven that taste buds are dulled by high altitude and cabin pressure, so as an aircraft climbs, our sense of taste diminishes by as much as 30 percent. That explains why many passengers …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / New Mexican / Rated 23

Tia Betty Blue’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 9, 2020May 10, 2020 - 5 Comments.

Tia Betty.  If the name conjures images of a dowdy old woman, a face etched with wrinkles and thinning grey hair pulled back neatly into a bun, you’re probably not alone.  Not even the youthfully …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

High Point Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 8, 2020May 11, 2020 - 6 Comments.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Ask a physicist and you’ll get an earful about quantum theory, wave function, subatomic particles …

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