{"id":1423,"date":"2016-08-10T22:58:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T04:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2018-09-21T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:49:09","slug":"petra-restaurant-times-square-deli-mart-albuquerque-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"Petra Restaurant &#038; Times Square Deli Mart &#8211; Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 700w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?size=128x96&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?size=256x192&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?size=384x288&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?size=512x384&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra01.jpg?size=640x480&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petra Restaurant and Times Square Deli Mart in Albuquerque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">As the clock approaches midnight every year on December 31st, the eyes of the world are focused on a single geodesic sphere some twelve-feet in diameter and weighing nearly six tons. Covered with nearly 3,000 Waterford Crystal triangles, that sphere descends slowly down a flagpole at precisely twelve o&#8217;clock, signaling the transition to a new year. The event is witnessed by more than a billion people across the world, including more than one million who crowd the area to bid a collective adieu to the year just completed and to express hope and joy for the upcoming year. This event takes place in Midtown Manhattan&#8217;s fabled Times Square, oft called the &#8220;crossroads of the world.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Contrast the bustling energy and modernity of Time Square with the sedate tranquility of the ancient city of Petra in the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan. Inhabited from 312 BC through the 1980s, Petra, a vast, unique city, carved into sheer red rock face, is most often spoken of in historical terms and indeed, much history has transpired in Petra. Petra served as a center of trade between Arabia, Mesopotamia, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean though today it is more often recognized for its cameo role in major movie productions such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen than for being a United Nations World Heritage Site. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/518;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 690w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?size=128x96&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?size=256x192&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?size=384x288&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?size=512x384&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra02.jpg?size=640x480&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The capacious dining room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">You might not know it, but in Suite C on the southwest intersection of Central Avenue and Yale Boulevard in Albuquerque, Times Square converges with Petra. No, not in the fashion of some bizarre inter-dimensional Twilight Zone or X-Files plot twist. This convergence is in the merger of restaurant concepts. The Times Square Deli Mart, a combination deli and convenience store which has operated in Albuquerque since 2007, was acquired by a delightful Palestinian family who added a Middle Eastern menu to an already bustling deli and sandwich menu. The deli portion of the complex is on the northwest corner of the capacious store, but the aroma emanating from that corner permeates its every square inch\u2026and it\u2019s a great aroma, the melding of spices, meats and cheeses. It\u2019s an aroma familiar to anyone who\u2019s lived on the east coast. It\u2019s the aroma of a New York City deli. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Step through the front door and you\u2019ll cast a quick glance at aisles of convenience goods, refrigerators stocked with assorted libations and behind a long counter, racks of cigarettes, but with the draw of a siren\u2019s sweet song, you\u2019ll be lured toward the deli area where the aforementioned meats and cheeses are lined up behind a deli case. Above the deli case is a menu listing sandwiches constructed from those meats and cheeses. It\u2019s a carnivore and turophile paradise. Alas, during our inaugural visit since the ownership transition, my friend Bruce \u201cSr. Plata\u201d Silver and I were easy prey for an enthusiastic counterman hawking the daily special, a gyros sandwich served with a side salad and fries (at a ridiculously low price).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/608;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"608\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra03.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 500w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra03-247x300.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 247w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra03.jpg?size=128x156&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra03.jpg?size=384x467&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gyros with French Fries and Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">Nestled within the cozy confines of a warm pita bread are slices of the lamb-beef amalgam shaved thinly from a cone-shaped spit and served with lettuce, tomatoes and tzatziki sauce. Though better <strong><em>gyros<\/em><\/strong> can be found a couple of blocks away at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=292\"><strong>Gyros Mediterranean<\/strong><\/a>, for the daily special price, this was a filling and mostly satisfying sandwich. Rather than more meat, however, our preference would have been for meat with more juiciness (meat on a spit should practically be sweating moistness). If the accompanying salad (lettuce, tomatoes, feta cheese, pepperoncini) has any dressing, it\u2019s applied so lightly that we couldn\u2019t discern it. Fortunately a generous sprinkling of feta and the squeeze of two pepperoncini onto the salad made up for no or weak dressing. The fries are strictly out-of-a-bag quality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The same smooth-talking counterman who sold us on the gyros told us the restaurant\u2019s most popular sandwich is the <strong><em>Philly Cheesesteak<\/em><\/strong> about which he gushed effusively. Available in six- and ten-inch sizes, this Philly features thinly sliced roast beef grilled in butter sauce with seasoned and saut\u00e9ed onions and green peppers under a blanket of melted American cheese. While good, it made us long for the melodic percussion of Steve Garcia chopping meat, onions, green peppers and green chile on the grill at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=3570\">Philly\u2019s N Fries<\/a><\/strong>. That\u2019s Albuquerque\u2019s very best Philly and it\u2019s probably unfair to compare it with any other. Similar to the gyros, the roast beef lacked juiciness nor did it acquire any from the saut\u00e9ed onions and peppers. A different cheese would also have improved the sandwich; the melted American cheese resembled that processed cheese used on nachos served in ballparks. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/697;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra04.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"697\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra04.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 500w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra04.jpg?size=128x178&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra04.jpg?size=256x357&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/Petra04.jpg?size=384x535&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philly Cheesesteak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The menu lists a phalanx of New York style specialty sandwiches, cold sandwiches, subs and even vegetarian sandwiches as well as a Lobo Burger special. NYC deli cold cuts (roast beef, oven-roasted turkey, pastrami, corned beef and six others) are available to take home by the half-pound as is cheese (American, Swiss, Provolone, Muenster, Pepper Jack, Colby Jack). Desserts include NYC Italian cannolis, homemade rice pudding, NYC cheesecake, homemade baklava and homemade cookies. A breakfast menu includes a long-time Albuquerque favorite called the \u201cTwin Towers,\u201d double egg, double bacon, double sausage, double ham, double cheese, (can you say double bypass) onions and peppers on a ten-inch toasted sub roll. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The Petra Restaurant &amp; Times Square Deli Mart may be as close to New York City as most of us get a chance to frequent. That&#8217;s reason enough to visit. So are the dozens of sandwich options and now, Middle Eastern deliciousness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Petra Restaurant &amp; Times Square Deli Mart<\/strong><br \/>\n2132 Central Avenue, S.E., Suite C<br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>LATEST VISIT: <\/strong>10 August 2016<strong><br \/>\n1st VISIT: <\/strong>8 November 2008<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS:<\/strong> 2<br \/>\n<strong>RATING:<\/strong> 16<br \/>\n<strong>COST:<\/strong> $<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Menu, Reviews, Photos &amp; Information about Times Square Deli Mart, University Heights and other Restaurants in Albuquerque\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/albuquerque-nm\/times-square-deli-mart-albuquerque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px; padding: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zomato.com\/logo\/17254428\/biglink\" alt=\"Times Square Deli Mart Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the clock approaches midnight every year on December 31st, the eyes of the world are focused on a single geodesic sphere some twelve-feet in diameter and weighing nearly six tons. 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