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Pa’La – Phoenix, Arizona
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Pa’La – Phoenix, Arizona

Gil GardunoMay 4, 2022June 20, 2022

Is there anything more relaxing than a wood fire: its mesmerizing orange and blue flames as they lick the air, the warmth and comfort of heat as it overcomes weather’s chilling bite, the meditative timbre of wood crackling  over the flames, the spitting and hissing of red-orange embers and especially…

Whiptail – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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Whiptail – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Gil GardunoJanuary 7, 2022February 19, 2022

Did you know the Land of Enchantment has an official state lizard?  Chastity Bustos does.  In fact, in she named her new eatery  in honor of that lizard, the New Mexico whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus).  When I asked Chastity if she knew the New Mexico whiptail is a female-only species that…

Tapas Papa Frita – Scottsdale, Arizona
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Tapas Papa Frita – Scottsdale, Arizona

Gil GardunoDecember 22, 2021January 15, 2022

While dining at a restaurant in Phoenix, our stomachs roiled a bit as a pesky fly took a nosedive into my glass of Mexican Coca Cola.  By the time our server returned, the acid in the Coke had completely dissolved the fly.  There was no evidence remaining that a fly…

Damacio’s Bar & Tapas – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Damacio’s Bar & Tapas – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoOctober 9, 2021November 11, 2021

“I wanna open a Jamaican/Irish/Spanish small plate breakfast restaurant and call it Tapas the Morning to Ja.” ~Harris Wittels (Comedian) It wasn’t Wittel’s humorous quip that came to mind as we approached Damacio’s Bar & Tapas but rather something legendary raconteur and television host Anthony Bourdain once said.  During a…

MAS Tapas Y Vino – Albuquerque, New Mexico
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MAS Tapas Y Vino – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Gil GardunoMay 28, 2021June 10, 2021

Had Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra written Don Quixote in the 21st century instead of in 1605, the title character’s quest in life might not have been to revive the chivalric virtues and values of adventurous knights. His quests might well have instead taken him on tapas bar-hopping adventures throughout Madrid,…

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