Black Mesa BBQ – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Barbecue may be our nation’s most democratic food. (Think small d-democratic, as in of the people, by the people, for the people.) That’s part of the problem: Egalitarian foods with elemental appeal oftentimes get short shrift.” ~John T. Edge for Gourmet Magazine When we first heard about a restaurant in Albuquerque’s South Valley offering “Texas style barbecue in the Land of Enchantment,” three questions came to mind. First, of course, was “could this really be Texas style barbecue?” “Texas is like a whole other country” in which there is no one style of barbecue. Instead, barbecue varies from one region to another across the Lone Star State. Pundits who refer to “Texas style barbecue” are usually talking about Central Texas barbecue hailing from the hill country region around Austin. My second question was “why would an Albuquerque restaurant call itself “Black Mesa.” New Mexico’s most famous Black Mesa is the sacred mountain within the confines of the San Ildelfonso Pueblo just north of Española. It’s about 80 miles from the Duke City. My third question and maybe the easiest to answer was “why would someone open a barbecue restaurant here.” “Here” is Coors Blvd. just about as far south as…
