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<\/span> Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town Kitchen (aka No Pity Cafe)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steeped in rich history dating from the early 1800s, Madrid has been transformed from a hard- and soft-coal mining town with shafts as deep as 2500 feet down into a distinctive artist’s community. In the 1970s, artists and craftspeople converted old company stores and houses into shops, galleries and services. In doing so, they transformed what might otherwise have become yet another storied New Mexico ghost town into a popular tourist destination. Situated on the storied Turquoise Trail, Madrid is today a beautiful Bohemian escape city dwellers like me really enjoy.
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Madrid’s unique charm and slow pace of life are infectious. It’s easy to imagine a carefree life away from the maddening crowds and hustle and bustle of modern metropolitan existence. The folly of modern existence is captured brilliantly in the wooden sign above the door to Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town Kitchen’s. The sign depicts a corpulent matron ladling soup into her mouth from an Indian pot while a sombrero and huarache wearing skeleton on bended knee begs for sustenance. It’s certainly Madrid’s citizens who represent the fatted woman while those of us envying that way of life are the skeletal beings. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> The sign above the restaurant’s door.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Had the skeleton depicted on the sign been allowed to eat regularly at Mama Lisa’s kitchen, he, too, might have been endomorphic like much of American society. That’s because Mama Lisa’s serves hefty portions of delicious, maybe even extraordinary victuals…and yes, there is a Mama Lisa.\u00a0 She’s a transplant from Chicago who’s been feeding visitors and locals in Madrid for more than two decades.\u00a0 She and her tiny restaurant are very highly regarded by locals, but surprisingly unknown, despite the restaurant’s longevity, outside Madrid.
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The signage might lead you to believe this is a restaurant with a multiple personality.\u00a0 Most people know it as Mama Lisa’s, but its full name is Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town Kitchen, the “Ghost Town” portion an obvious reference to what Madrid almost became.\u00a0 The “No Pity Cafe” subtitle came yeas later when the restaurant’s staff called a Santa Fe radio station on a frequent basis to request a song bemoaning “a town with no pity.”\u00a0 Mama Lisa, a compassionate woman, has a heart of gold, giving a hand-up to many of the town’s poor residents who might not otherwise get much to eat.
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<\/span> Hummus pita with feta and harissa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As with many seasonal travel destinations, Madrid’s peak tourist season is in the warm summer months.\u00a0 As such, it’s probably best to call ahead just to make sure the restaurant is open.\u00a0 Save for in summer, hours are inconsistent and the restaurant is actually closed from January through March when the town reverts from a bustling hubbub of activity to a veritable ghost town.\u00a0 When it is open, you’re in for a real treat.\u00a0 Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town is a jewel, one of the two or three very best restaurants along the Turquoise Trail.
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Mama Lisa’s menu is eclectic and everything is made from scratch. Organic ingredients are used to the greatest extent possible. The menu changes frequently and is posted on a slate board just inside the restaurant as well as on the front porch, weather permitting.\u00a0 The restaurant is situated in the confines of a former two-story home located near the center of Madrid, just east of the fictional Maggie’s Cafe built for the Disney movie Wild Hogs.\u00a0 Though the restaurant is as homey as possible, its restroom is a porta-potty behind the restaurant by a llama pen–all part of its charm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> Curried Acorn Squash and Orange Soup<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mama Lisa’s eclectic menu is a departure from the mundane. It’s a treat to read the slateboard and a challenge to pick what to order. Everything just sounds so good and you can always be assured of the highest quality of fresh, homemade food possible…just like a mama would make if she could cook nearly as well. As good a cook as my mom is, she never prepared curried acorn squash and orange soup<\/em> for me, but Mama Lisa has. This is a fabulous, soul-warming soup. Beautiful to look at and absolutely delicious, it melds the surprising combination of acorn squash and orange into an elixir for whatever ails you.
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If it’s on the menu, it would be hard to pass up the hummus pita with feta and harissa<\/em> (a paste of chilies and garlic used to enhance food in North Africa). This Mediterranean inspired entree also includes a fresh assorted greens garden salad and cucumbers (use the harissa as a salad dressing). It’s entirely meatless and absolutely delicious.\u00a0 While hummus has seemingly become a de rigueur offering at just about every restaurant, very infrequently does it make an impression on me.\u00a0 Mama Lisa’s rendition does.\u00a0 It is rich and garlicky, spiced just right.
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<\/span> Green Chile Cheeseburger<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During our inaugural visit, we lucked upon the “Schwarzneggar<\/em>,” an aptly named Sunday special consisting of a three-quarter inch pork chop smothered with rich cream gravy and served with red cabbage imbued with caraway seeds and dried cranberries. Rarely have we had a better pork chop, especially in New Mexico.\u00a0 An accompanying flax seed bread roll<\/em> was out-of-the-oven warm and absolutely delicious. Mama Lisa (who rarely seems to venture out of the kitchen) bakes great bread when she finds the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Great bread, an airy and hearty housemade ciabatta bun, is the foundation of an excellent green chile cheeseburger<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Lightly toasted, the ciabatta provides a solid foundation to hold all the ingredients for the burger together.\u00a0 A hand-formed all-beef patty extends beyond the bread on all sides.\u00a0 It’s a thick beef patty topped with an excellent green chile blanketed by a molten white Cheddar.\u00a0 The green chile barely registers on my piquancy scale, but rates highly on my roasted green chile flavor meter.\u00a0 Toppings include julienne carrots, red onions, lettuce, pickles and squash.\u00a0 The burger is accompanied by a warm potato salad.
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<\/span> The “Sloppy Jose”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A barbecue brisket sandwich<\/em> with chipotle barbecue sauce is nearly as good as the green chile cheeseburger. The brisket is as tender as a bird’s heart and so scrumptious, no sauce is required (although the chipotle barbecue sauce is dynamite).\u00a0\u00a0 The brisket is thinly sliced with a faint smokiness and no discernible fat or gristle.\u00a0 The chipotle barbecue sauce combines the best aspects of barbecue and chipotle, meaning a nice degree of heat and flavor.\u00a0 This sandwich may have been served on a paper plate (thankfully with real silverware) but it was of three star quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The theme of “good food that’s good for you” applies seemingly to all sandwiches on the menu. Mama Lisa’s “Sloppy Jose,” for example, is made with organic ground beef and is served with dill pickles, a fresh tomato slice and mixed greens all on a ciabatta roll (a specialty of the house). The spicy ground beef practically oozes out of the buns as you squeeze them into your hands. Sandwich plates may include Kettle potato chips which are all natural, extra crispy and delicious–a perfect sandwich accompaniment
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<\/span> Enchilada Heaven<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At most restaurants, especially in New Mexico, calling an entree “Enchilada Heaven<\/em>” might be an audacious claim, but Mama Lisa’s interpretation of this quintessential New Mexican dish lives up to its name. The three ingredients which make this entree special are pork carnitas (adovada style and unbelievably tender), cremini (a small Portobello) mushrooms and a deeply rich red chile tinged with just a hint of cinnamon and a barely discernable bit of cumin. Perfectly prepared pinto beans and cheese add to the flavor parade.<\/span><\/p>\n

The parade of surprises at Mama Lisa’s is endless.\u00a0 You might believe you know what you’re in for if you see penne pasta with meatballs and sausage<\/em> on the menu, but not so at the hands of a wonderfully inventive chef.\u00a0 We discerned a real difference in the first taste of the sauce.\u00a0 Sure the usual suspects–garlic, oregano, etc.–were obviously in the flavor profile, but there was also something deliciously different.\u00a0 The sauce included a basil-enhanced pesto sauce that provided an enlivening zing that made me want a whole bowl of the sauce.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, the rest of the penne pasta dish is perfectly executed, too.\u00a0 The pasta is perfectly prepared, neither al dente nor overdone and mushy.\u00a0 Dollops of melted mozzarella decorate the dish and provide a mellow cheese contrast.\u00a0 The meatballs, near perfect orbs of seasoned ground beef, are plentiful and excellent.\u00a0 The sausage, sliced diagonally and buried under the pasta, is fennel-kissed and delicious.\u00a0 Mama Lisa’s prowess with Italian inspired dishes should be of no surprise considering her international repertoire.
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<\/span> Penne Pasta with Meatballs and Sausage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beverage selections may include a refreshing Tamarindo Refresco, loosely patterned after a Mexican agua fresca. If you’ve never had tamarind, you’re in for a treat. Tamarind is a fruity, sour, fleshy pulp which Mama Lisa squeezes into a lip puckering cup of deliciousness.\u00a0 During another visit, the Mexican inspired libation was housemade limeade.\u00a0 Not too tart, not to sweet, it proved a thirst-quenching beverage on a hot Madrid day.
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Mama Lisa’s portions are waist expanding, but no matter how full you might be, you have to save room for dessert. Either that or shop for a couple of hours then come back just for dessert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> Tres Leches cake, one of the best we’ve had in New Mexico<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of her specialties is a red chile chocolate cake<\/em>. Velvety smooth and moist, it’s a delicious marriage of chocolate and chile. Montezuma and the Aztecs believed this combination possessed aphrodisiac qualities and it turns out, there is a physiological basis for this belief.\u00a0 As all New Mexicans know, chile is considered an aphrodisiac because of its ability to heighten the pulse rate. Chocolate is imbued with phenyl-ethylamine, a substance that stimulates the same bodily reaction as falling in love.\u00a0 The bitter-sweetness of chocolate and the smoky heat of the chile form an absolutely delicious combination! It’s made even better with Mama Lisa’s homemade ice cream.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the very best homemade ice cream treats we’ve ever experienced is Mama Lisa’s honey flavored ice cream, a dollop of which graced a fabulous “nectarine blue crisp” dessert served warm.\u00a0 First, the nectarine blue crisp.\u00a0 It’s a cobbler made with blueberries and nectarine (a fuzz-less relative of the peach) slices.\u00a0 The blueberry and nectarine combination is a study in how well contrasting flavors can go together.\u00a0 Now for the honey-vanilla ice cream.\u00a0 Unlike so many housemade ice creams we’ve sampled, this one has a creamy, velvety texture, but it’s the prominent sweet honey flavor that’s the true foil which makes this dessert memorable.
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<\/span> Nectarine Blue Crisp with Housemade Honey Ice Cream<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another outstanding dessert is Mama Lisa’s interpretation of the Mexican favorite tres leches cake<\/em>. Taking just a bit of liberty, she tops the cake with caramel, homemade ice cream and adds strawberries to the cavalcade of flavors. It’s not quite spongy moist, but the press of each spoonful is made easy thanks to the sweet, delicious three milks combination.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chocolate walnut strudel is light, flaky, moist and delicious. It is topped with a redolent bitter-sweet chocolate and imbued throughout with walnuts.\u00a0 It’s one of the few things at Mama Lisa’s you can top. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is an outstanding restaurant not on everybody’s radar!\u00a0 If you want to impress friends and family, bring them to Mama Lisa’s and you’ll be hailed a pioneer, maybe a savant.\u00a0 Please note that because of the frequency with which the menu changes, some (perhaps none) of the items described in this review might be available when you visit.\u00a0 That would be fine, too, because no matter what’s on the menu is bound to be an adventure in deliciousness.
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Mama Lisa’s Ghost Town Kitchen (aka No Pity Cafe)
\n<\/span><\/strong>2859 Highway 14
\nMadrid, New Mexico <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

LATEST VISIT: <\/strong>18 September 2010
\n# OF VISITS: <\/strong>3
\nRATING:<\/strong> 22<\/strong><\/span>
\nCOST:<\/strong> $$
\nBEST BET: <\/strong>Red Chile Chocolate Cake, Barbecue Brisket, the Schwarzeneggar, Hummus Pita With Feta & Harissa, Enchilada Heaven, Organic Ground Beef Sloppy Jose, Chocolate Walnut Strudel, Tres Leches Cake, Nectarine Blue Crisp, Green Chile Cheeseburger, Penne Pasta with Meatballs and Sausage, Curried Acorn Squash and Orange Soup<\/span><\/p>\n

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