The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. This really is Gil’s Thrilling (and Filling) Blog and you really are reading a review…
Atrisco Cafe & Bar – Santa Fe, New Mexico
From the snow-capped mountains to the coral shores You’re the only one my heart adores You’ve only got three competitors…
Graham’s Grille by Lesley B. Fay – Taos, New Mexico (CLOSED)
While it may be true that you only have one chance to make a good first impression, history has shown…
Santa Ana Cafe – Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
As you gaze in awe at the sheer opulence of the expansive Tamaya hospitality complex and resort and consider the…
Outlook Cafe – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Some would argue that the city of Rio Rancho was spawned as a dubious marketing ploy designed to bilk gullible…
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…
JoAnn’s Ranch O Casados Restaurant – Española, New Mexico
Shortly after it was announced that Mary & Tito’s was selected as a 2010 recipient of the James Beard Foundation’s…
Monroe’s New Mexican Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico
If I’ve learned anything from dining at Monroe’s, it’s that I shouldn’t leave the restaurant with any regrets. Invariably what…
Blue Cactus Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
In the early 80s I tried to impress my very traditional grandmother by taking her to a recently opened restaurant on Academy…
Cafe Green – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Brunch is the best of two worlds–not quite breakfast and not quite lunch, but the best of both. It’s a…
Gold Street Caffe – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely You can always go – downtown When you’ve got worries, all…
American
Breakfast
Closed in 2016
Gone But Not Forgotten
New Mexico
New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009
Harla May’s Fat Boy Grill – Belen, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Many of us who grew up in small town America during the 60s sometimes pine for the more innocent days…
Breakfast
Brunch
Food Network Eats New Mexico
New Mexico
Rated 24
Santa Fe
Southwestern
The Best Thing I Ever Ate
Cafe Pasqual’s – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that when assigned kitchen duty, angels had…
Calico Cantina & Cafe – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The first time my friends and I visited the Calico Cafe at its original Corrales location, we wondered if the…
The Original Realburger – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Her sunrise could bring light into a blind man. Her sunset could put tears there in his eyes. Her colors…
Paradise Donuts – Bosque Farms, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Though often boorish and crude, America’s favorite everyman philosopher Homer Simpson is prone to occasional bouts of insight. Who can…
Guadalupe Cafe – Santa Fe, New Mexico
1974, Mexico’s Nobel laureate Octavio Paz wrote that “the Mexican people, after more than two centuries of experiments, have faith…