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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 / 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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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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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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Albuquerque / American / New Mexican / New Mexico

Albuquerque City Limits – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 28, 2020February 29, 2020 - 2 Comments.

“It’s when I reach the city limits that my sense of security ends and my sense of adventure begins.” ~Anthony T. Hincks Author: Verbs in Storyland Why is it the term “city limits” conjures the same type …

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Albuquerque / American / Burgers / New Mexico / Sandwich / Steak

Dave’s Valley Grill – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 21, 2019December 27, 2019 - 4 Comments.

Several years ago, Major Larry Abraham (God rest his soul) of the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque called me out, reminding me that such restaurants as Sadie’s of New Mexico, Casa de Benavidez and …

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Albuquerque / Barbecue / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Nexus Blue Smokehouse – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 10, 2019December 14, 2019 - 6 Comments.

Tim “The Toolman” Taylor just didn’t get the concept of “low-and-slow.”  During barbecue week on Taylor’s “Tool Time” television show, his buddies from NASA told him the secret to quickly igniting a grill was to …

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Albuquerque / American / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Sixty Six Acres – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 - 6 Comments.

My high school football coach used to call his team “chiquitos pero picosos,” a Spanish term meaning “small but piquant” (like New  Mexico’s chiles). At 6’1” and a svelte 175 pounds in full uniform, I …

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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / New Mexican

El Patron – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 29, 2019October 2, 2019 - 10 Comments.

I was a strapping lad of fifteen when hired as a “box boy” at a country store in Peñasco. Now, being a box boy at a small village country store is to being a bagger …

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Albuquerque / French / Rated 23

P’Tit Louis Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 13, 2019January 11, 2020 - 18 Comments.

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” –Ernest …

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American / Brunch / Corrales / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Rated 23

Indigo Crow Cafe – Corrales, New Mexico

June 9, 2019June 17, 2019 - 20 Comments.

Now I lay myself down to sleep I pray oh lord my soul to keep Cause if I should die before I wake I hope up in Heaven they’ve got lobster and steak It’s a …

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Albuquerque / Breakfast / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Rated 23 / Travel Channel Eats New Mexico

Cecilia’s Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 29, 2019September 18, 2020 - 63 Comments.

Pasqual Baylon’s devotion to the Mass and the Holy Eucharist was so fervent that even when assigned kitchen duty, he remained so enraptured in adoration of the Eucharist that angels had to stir the pots …

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Albuquerque / American / Breakfast / Brunch / Corrales

Hannah & Nate’s – Albuquerque & Corrales, New Mexico

May 17, 2019May 18, 2019 - 12 Comments.

There are just some restaurants at which the stereotypical Ralph Cramden hungry man shouldn’t dine. Hannah & Nate’s might be one of them. It’s not that the food isn’t good. That’s certainly not the case. …

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Cajun / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Rio Rancho / Soul Food / Southern

K’Lynn’s Cuisine – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

May 4, 2019May 6, 2019 - 26 Comments.

Before permanent signage was mounted, a tethered banner in front of K’Lynn’s Southern & Cajun Fusion in Rio Rancho listed a few of the delicious treasures available in the tiny restaurant: “catfish, BBQ, gumbo, po …

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Albuquerque / Bar & Grill / Fine Dining

Nick & Jimmy’s Bar & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 10, 2019December 21, 2019 - 27 Comments.

Legendary American chef, author and television personality Julia Child was often exasperated with what she perceived as American’s propensity for culinary laziness, once commenting that “the trend in the U.S.A. was toward speed and the …

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Barbecue / Dog Friendly / New Mexico

Henry’s Barbecue – Artesia, New Mexico

March 1, 2019March 10, 2019 - 2 Comments.

“Texas. It’s Like A Whole Other Country.” That slogan, conceived by the Texas Tourism Department, appeared on television commercials, billboards, advertisements and even license plates. It was such a hit that the Texas Department of …

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American / California / Dog Friendly / Rated 25

LULU CALIFORNIA BISTRO – Palm Springs, California

December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 - 1 Comment

How many times have you heard a transplant to the Land of Enchantment say it just doesn’t feel like Christmas without snow? Some of you expats dream of a white Christmas, just like the ones …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian / New Mexico / Rated 25

M’TUCCI’S MARKET & PIZZERIA – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 9, 2018November 30, 2019 - 27 Comments.

NOTE:  Because of the heightened demand for M’tucci’s meats, cheeses, breads and shrubs, on 30 November 2019, M’tucci’s Italian Café & Market will close its retail operation and begin its conversion to a wholesale operation.  …

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Albuquerque / American / Bar & Grill / Dog Friendly / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009

Alien Brew Pub – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 31, 2018September 3, 2018 - 6 Comments.

“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.” ~Stephen Hawking An alien walked into the Alien Brew Pub and says, …

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Albuquerque / Bar & Grill / Cajun / Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Southern

Nexus Brewery – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 18, 2018August 19, 2018 - 31 Comments.

Set in Albuquerque, Breaking Bad, AMC’s critically acclaimed television series may have left viewers with the impression that the Duke City is a haven for meth cookery and fried chicken joints.  Had the fair city …

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

Starr Brothers Brewing – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 6, 2018July 7, 2018 - 9 Comments.

Poets, musicians and authors have long rhapsodized about the loyalty of dogs, the most faithful and loving companions anyone can have. Their love is unconditional, their loyalty boundless. They’re truly man’s best friend. Poets, musicians …

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Dog Friendly / Food Network Eats New Mexico / New Mexican / Santa Fe

Casa Chimayo – Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 22, 2018October 11, 2018 - 2 Comments.

Chimayó is one of the most mythologized, misunderstood— and, some would say, maligned—places in New Mexico. On one hand, it holds a place in popular imagination as the Lourdes of America, a reference to the …

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2017: A Thrilling (And Filling) Year in Food

December 31, 2017January 1, 2021 - 15 Comments.

Tis the season…for year-end retrospectives in which the good, the bad and the ugly; the triumphs and tragedies; the highs and lows and the ups and downs are revisited ad-infinitum by seemingly every print and …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2018 / Continental / Dog Friendly / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Fresh Bistro – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 26, 2017October 21, 2018 - 7 Comments.

“Life is similar to a bus ride. The journey begins when we board the bus. We meet people along our way of which some are strangers, some friends and some strangers yet to be friends.” …

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Albuquerque / Brunch / Closed in 2019 / Dog Friendly / Fine Dining / Gone But Not Forgotten / Italian

Scalo Northern Italian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 29, 2017May 22, 2019 - 25 Comments.

When we moved back to New Mexico on May 15, 1995, our first priority wasn’t where to live, but where to eat. Having been away for the better part of 18 years, there were so …

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Albuquerque / American / Bakery / Breakfast / Dog Friendly

The Flying Star – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 17, 2017July 8, 2018 - 31 Comments.

In the ancient Chinese art and science of Feng Shui, flying stars are used to assess the quality of the energy flow (qi) in a given place at a given time. The positive and negative …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Pizza / Rated 25

ECLECTIC URBAN PIZZERIA AND TAP HOUSE – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 15, 2017October 14, 2018 - 25 Comments.

Looking around our table, my friend Ryan “Break the Chain” Scott astutely pointed out the relative scarcity of pizza at our table. Considering the Eclectic Urban Pizzeria and Tap Room may have been the most …

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Burgers / Closed in 2018 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico / Rated 23 / Rio Rancho

Toro Burger – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 19, 2016September 5, 2018 - 15 Comments.

While watching a “sanitized for television” version of the audacious satirical comedy Blazing Saddles, my precocious six-year-old niece asked several questions with deep sociological implications: “Why is everyone in the town of Rock Ridge named …

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A Taste of the World in Rio Rancho 

October 22, 2016July 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

While the marquee may have welcomed guests to the sixth annual Taste of Rio Rancho, the mouth-watering event could easily have been called “A Taste of America in Rio Rancho.” In the six years which …

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American / Santa Fe

Loyal Hound Pub – Santa Fe, New Mexico

September 10, 2016July 11, 2018 - Leave a Comment

“It’s me or the dog!” That’s the ultimatum my friend Eric was given by his then-fiancee. It was one of several augurs of an ill-fated marriage only my friend with the rose-colored-glasses failed to see. …

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Fine Dining / New Mexico / Rated 25

BLADES’ BISTRO – Placitas, New Mexico

August 21, 2016July 12, 2018 - 57 Comments.

“Ask three Placitans what they like best about living in Placitas and… one will say it is being so far from everything, another, being so close to everything–and both will be right.” – The Placitas …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2017 / Food Network Eats New Mexico / Gone But Not Forgotten / Latin American / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Restaurant Impossible

Pasion Latin Fusion – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 16, 2016July 12, 2018 - 41 Comments.

“In my experience, food and passion always intertwine. Passion is food for the soul’s mood at any particular time.” Tammy Mollai Robert Irvine, host of the Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible show has some nerve! In …

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

Savory Fare – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 21, 2016February 15, 2020 - 4 Comments.

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 seemingly …

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Albuquerque / American / Closed in 2016 / Gone But Not Forgotten / New Mexico

Desert Grows – Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 30, 2016July 14, 2018 - 5 Comments.

“And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better …

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Albuquerque / American / Food Truck / New Mexico / Sandwich

Cheesy Street – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 13, 2016August 23, 2020 - 1 Comment

There once was a sandwich with cheese, That quickly brought me to my knees. Toasted, roasted. Oh sweet bliss. I’d be completely remiss Not to say, I’ll take two please. ~Ode To Grilled Cheese Courtesy …

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