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Month: September 2018

Albuquerque / Brewery-Pub / Dog Friendly / Irish / New Mexico

Quarter Celtic Brewpub – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 29, 2018October 11, 2018 - 8 Comments.

In 1913, French mathematician Émile Borel introduced a thought experiment that has come to be known as the infinite monkey theorem. Essentially, the theorem posits that a single monkey hitting keys at random on a …

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Albuquerque / Brewery-Pub / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Steel Bender Brewyard – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 23, 2018October 13, 2018 - 3 Comments.

“Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name And they’re always glad you came You want to be where you can see The troubles are all the same You want to be where …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / French / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Crepe Crepe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

September 22, 2018February 16, 2019 - 3 Comments.

Richard Olney, a cookbook author best known for his books on French country cooking described crepes thusly: “their greatest pitfalls derive, no doubt, from their versatility — not in itself a fault, but a quality that …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / New Mexico

Rustic On The Green & Rustic Star – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 20, 2018September 22, 2018 - 7 Comments.

Pop culture’s most famous exemplar of teenage angst may have been Napoleon Dynamite, a socially awkward daydreamer constantly tormented by bullies. Napoleon frequently lamented his ineptitude: “I don’t even have any good skills. You know, …

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Albuquerque / Burgers / New Mexico / Santa Fe / Taos County

The Burger Stand – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 14, 2018September 27, 2018 - 3 Comments.

“If you need good hot grillin’, Try my burger stand. If you need a slice of thrillin’, I’m the baddest in the land. Any way you want it baby, I am your burger man.” ~Burger …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Fine Dining / New Mexico / Rated 24

Campo at Los Poblanos – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 9, 2018November 2, 2018 - 12 Comments.

A simple day laborer at a wealthy estate, Ysidro began his days by rising early and attending Mass. His fellow laborers complained that they had to do some of his share of the work because …

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Announcements / Burgers / New Mexico / Santa Fe

Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico

September 8, 2018September 10, 2018 - 3 Comments.

New Mexico’s storied history will recall that 2009 was the year of the green chile cheeseburger.  It all started in May when Bobby Olguin, the gregarious owner of San Antonio’s Buckhorn Tavern bested Food Network …

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Albuquerque / American

Christy Mae’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 - 4 Comments.

If you want to know the best places to eat in any part of any town, don’t buy a tourist guide. Don’t even consult Yelp or the local restaurant critic (even if it is a …

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