Las Mañanitas – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Estas son las mañanitas, que cantaba el Rey David, Hoy por ser día de tu santo, te las cantamos a ti, Despierta, mi bien, despierta, mira que ya amaneció, Ya los pajarillos cantan, la luna …
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Athens Eclectic Greek – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
There’s an expression in Greece that all roads lead to Athens. If restaurateur Gus Petropoulos has his way, all Albuquerque streets will take diners to Athens Eclectic Greek Cuisine, the restaurant he launched in August, …
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Chef Jim White’s Cafe & Catering – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Long before the Food Network made chefs legitimate on-air celebrity icons, Albuquerque had its own larger-than-life, media-savvy celebrity chef who, it seemed, spent almost as much time on the airwaves as behind the stove. Chef …
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Downtown Gourmet – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“People who know nothing about cheeses reel away from Camembert, Roquefort, and Stilton because the plebeian proboscis is not equipped to differentiate between the sordid and the sublime.” – Harvey Day I don’t know whether …
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Have Your Cake Bakery & Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Leave it to the wonderfully irascible and irreverent comedian George Carlin to put things in perspective in his retort to a popular English idiom. “When people say, ‘Oh you just want to have your cake …
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El Charritos – Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico born Hispanics of my generation grew up watching not only American “shoot ’em up” Westerns featuring rugged cowboys, rowdy rustlers, round-ups and home on the range, but the Mexican equivalent–movies featuring the exploits …
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Many New Mexico born Hispanics of my generation grew up watching not only American “shoot ’em up” Westerns featuring rugged cowboys, rowdy rustlers, round-ups and home on the range, but the Mexican equivalent–movies featuring the …
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Villa del Mar – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Who hasn’t dreamt of a luxurious Mexican Villa overlooking pristine sandy beaches and translucent blue waters–a distinguished gate, thriving gardens and a capacious floor plan with earth-toned terracotta and ochre floors and walls festooned in …
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Painted Horse Coffeehouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In the summer of 2000, prominent artists throughout the Southwest resoundingly answered the call to submit their design ideas for painting on an unconventional medium–a horse cast in a durable resin blend. This particular canvas …
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Cafe Voila – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Mon ami Francophile who spends months vacationing in France likes to talk about his dining experiences in the land of haute cuisine and haughty waiters, regaling anyone who will listen with tales of surliness, scorn …
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Tucanos Brazilian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Many New Mexico born Hispanics of my generation grew up watching not only American “shoot ’em up” Westerns featuring rugged cowboys, rowdy rustlers, round-ups and home on the range, but the Mexican equivalent–movies featuring the …
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Tawan Thai Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Note: This review was written about a Tawan Thai Cuisine location in Rio Rancho that no longer exists. The original Tawan Thai at 200 Wyoming Blvd, S.E., also closed in late 2008. For Rio Rancho’s …
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Deli Mart West – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The human capacity for developing attachments can be a bit of a conundrum. Although my very being is eternally rooted in New Mexico, returning to America in 1987 after three years in England made me …
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Cafe Trang – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In years of dining in Vietnamese restaurants, we’ve always marveled at the close-knit extended family structure evident in the daily operation of Vietnamese restaurants. Getting to know the wonderful families that run those restaurants, we …
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Jasmine Thai & Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sometimes the most delicate and beautiful things in nature are spawned in conditions that are wholly antithetical to their survival. The delightfully fragrant jasmine flower, for example, is thought to have originated in the Himalayas, …
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Billet’s Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Americana has spawned many unique cultures, counter-cultures and fringe groups. Some of those cultures operate equally well in any spectrum. Take for example the biker culture in which Fortune 500 executives as well as bandits, …
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Mariscos Culiacan – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
As a precocious product (some might say victim) of the American public school system, I learned more about the geography of old Mexico from one song than from twelve years of the best education our …
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Japengo Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The Chinese philosophy of yin and yang posits a dualistic universe in which both sides of opposite forces are each part of a whole and work together. Examples include good and bad, male and female, …
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Viet Taste – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the “gobble and go” pace of contemporary American life, it’s sometimes difficult to remember what you ate during your last meal, much less recall the sensory experience of that meal. When that happens to …
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The Cup – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Back in the mid 70s, anyone in Albuquerque’s southeast quadrant who wanted privacy knew they could find it at the Burger Chef restaurant in the Gibson and San Mateo area. It was the place in …
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Hot Diggity – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me How my future will shine Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me From the moment you’re mine HOT DOG!! In an …
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Cake Fetish – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Americans are absolutely food obsessed! It’s become alarmingly obvious in our culture of caloric overachievers that few of us miss any meals. It’s also telling (yet seemingly innocuous) that many of the terms of endearment …
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Asado Brazilian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
When it comes to diplomatic coups, one of the least known for which President George Herbert Walker Bush is credited is the introduction to the United States of the popular Brazilian Churrascaria (steakhouse) Fogo de …
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Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shortly after Louisiana and Mississippi were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, one of the local television stations in South Louisiana actually aired an interview with a woman from New Orleans. The interviewer was a woman from …
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Don Yasmany Cuban Restaurant & Bakery – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Cuando salí de Cuba, dejé mi vida dejé mi amor. Cuando salí de Cuba, dejé enterrado mi corazón. When I left Cuba I left my life, I left my love When I left Cuba I …
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Casa Chaco – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In A.D. 850, the ancient Anasazi began building the pueblos archaeologists posit were the hub of an ancient culture inhabited in its heyday by more than 5,000 people. By A.D. 1000, Chaco Canyon was the …
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Adelita’s Mexican Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
No matter where you travel in Latin America, you’ll find grilled meat (carne asada) on the menu. Restaurants called parrillas which specialize in grilled foods also grill seafood (mariscos) and poultry. Particularly popular in Argentina …
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Thai Basil – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Lemongrass, mint, ginger, lime, chile peppers and particularly Thai basil combine in congruent deliciousness to make Thai cuisine among the most popular ethnic cuisines in North America. As one of the most popular culinary herbs …
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Great American Steakhouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Since the nineteenth century, land and cattle companies have been established throughout the west to buy, sell and lease land for grazing and breeding beef cattle. During years of ample water, high beef prices and …
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Bombay Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The unmistakably pungent aroma of exotic spices wafts through the air and remains with you long after you’ve finished your meal at the Bombay Grill, a 2004 entrant in the growing northwest Albuquerque dining scene …
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Murphy’s Mule Barn – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
A mule is an animal with long funny ears he kicks up at anything he hears His back is brawny but his brain is weak he’s just plain stupid with a stubborn streak and by …
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Scarpas Brick Oven Pizza – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In another review, I discussed the debate concerning pizza by the slice versus pizza by the pie. That debate is tepid in its intensity compared to the debate between proponents of thin-crust and aficionados of …
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Great Fortune Chinese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
According to the Chinese Restaurant News, a respected trade publication, there are now approximately 36,000 Chinese restaurants in America. That’s nearly three times as many Chinese restaurants as there are McDonald’s franchises. That’s more than …
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The Falls – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
New Mexico has been gilded with incomparable scenic beauty and an abundance of sunshine. Cerulean skies graduate in depth of color the higher above the horizon your eyes climb, interrupted only by velvety smooth red-rock …
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El Siete Mares – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Crossing the Rio Grande onto Bridge Boulevard isn’t quite as adventurous as crossing the Rio Grande into Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, but the flesh-rending razor wire fence atop the walls and roofs of some businesses will …
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Mis Amigos – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
For years Los Cuates has been one of the Duke City’s most revered New Mexican restaurants. One of the most popular New Mexican restaurants in the city, diners line up before its opening and late-comers …
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