Pete’s Cafe – Belen, New Mexico
Located along the braided routes of the historic Camino Real (the Royal Road) which skirts the Rio Grande, Belen remains…
Chope’s – La Mesa, New Mexico
During our inaugural visit several years ago, we ran into a former Las Cruces resident now living in the nation’s…
Introducing The New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who posited the theory of natural selection concluded that “the fittest win out at the…
El Camino Dining Room – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico
Many of us who predate, however slightly, the explosion of institutionalized fast food retain a fondness for the remaining independent…
Charlie’s Front Door – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
For almost four and a half decades, Charlie Elias, an avuncular septuagenarian with the energy of a teenager, has greeted…
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Circle T Burgers – Belen, New Mexico
The year was 1958. The average American wage-owner’s income was $4,650 per year. A Ford automobile cost between $1,967 and…
Los Ojos – Jemez Springs, New Mexico
Shortly after the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman had the occasion to conduct an inspection trip of frontier outposts…
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The Shed – Santa Fe, New Mexico
In the culinary world, the name James Beard is revered perhaps above all others. Considered the “Dean of American Cookery,”…
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Rated 23
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Buckhorn Tavern – San Antonio, New Mexico
NOTE: The following review is based on the Buckhorn Tavern owned by Manny Olguin. Manny retired in 2018. In 2019,…
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Bode’s General Merchandise Deli & Bakery – Abiquiu, New Mexico
Mention food and convenience store in the same sentence and the first thing likely to come to mind is one…
El Modelo – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Growing up in the 60s in a bucolic village in Northern New Mexico, we had no idea about such things…
El Rancho – Gallup, New Mexico
In the 1930s and 1940s, sometimes considered the halcyon days of Western movies, the Four Corners region was the site…
Sabroso – Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
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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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…
El Paragua – Española, New Mexico
“If small businesses are the backbone of American commerce, then the good old-fashioned lemonade stand is the spinal cord.” That…
La Placita Dining Rooms – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
For convenience, if not for fiery New Mexico authenticity, you can’t beat La Placita, a yawning restaurant housed in the…
Texas Reds – Red River, New Mexico
Note: On Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004 Texas Reds burnt to the ground, but like a Phoenix, it has been rebuilt,…
Plaza Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Just as with people, a city is best defined by its heart. For Santa Fe, that would be its historic…