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Nueva Casita in Downtown Las Cruces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heading east on I-10 from Deming, we espied several billboards touting Las Cruces as “The Real New Mexico<\/em>.” \u00a0Yeah, it’s a branding effort designed to attract more visitors to the City of Crosses, but there’s a lot of truth to the city’s official new slogan. \u00a0New Mexico’s second most populous city does have A LOT going for it. \u00a0For culture, weather, history, beauty and cuisine, it’s easy to build a case that Las Cruces may well be the real New Mexico. \u00a0That may especially be true about New Mexican food. \u00a0Every time we dine at a restaurant in the Las Cruces area, I extol the deliciousness, piquancy and authenticity of the food and lament the “dumbing down” of New Mexican cuisine in the Albuquerque area. \u00a0Mostly I lament that we don’t visit often enough.<\/p>\n

My friend Steve Coleman, an El Paso resident who shares his reviews on Steve’s Food Blog<\/strong><\/a> visits far more often. \u00a0I’ll admit to a bit of jealousy when I read his entertaining and thorough reviews. \u00a0That’s especially true when he visits New Mexican restaurants and indulges in red and green chile that actually bites back. \u00a0Most of it comes from area purveyors who \u00a0seem to send all the “mild” chile to the Duke City area. \u00a0Don’t get me wrong. \u00a0For me chile is about more than piquancy. \u00a0It’s about purity (no unnecessary ingredients like cumin) and mostly about deliciousness. \u00a0Las Cruces does chile the way it should be done!<\/p>\n

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Nueva Casita’s Dining Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In July, 2023, Steve visited La Nueva Casita<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0His review was so intriguing that I quickly got over the grammatical faux pas (in Spanish, adjectives are always placed after the noun; the appropriate name would be La Casita Nueva) and focused on just what a great find Steve had uncovered. \u00a0 Steve quipped “Just when I thought I knew all the best New Mexican restaurants in the Las Cruces area \u00a0I found that I had neglected a restaurant that has been open since 1957 and which gets top reviews<\/em>.” \u00a0I had never even heard of La Nueva Casita (or maybe my pretentious pedantic brain wouldn’t allow me to register on account of the grammar issue).<\/p>\n

Steve noted “the<\/em> all important benchmark dish of red enchiladas is probably the best I have had in southern New Mexico, enough so that I do not think it is necessary to travel to northern New Mexico for a true taste of the state\u2019s namesake cuisine<\/em>.” \u00a0Best in Southern New Mexico? \u00a0So good he didn’t find it necessary to travel to Northern New Mexico? \u00a0Wow, that’s an endorsement. \u00a0La Nueva Casita jumped to the top of my list of “must visit” restaurants in Las Cruces. \u00a0I thanked the weather gods when our return trip home forced us to reroute first to Tucson then to Las Cruces. \u00a0Any excuse to visit La Nueva Casita.<\/p>\n

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Salsa and Chips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La Nueva Casita is located on Mesquite Street, \u00a0less than a mile from Nopalito’s<\/strong><\/a>, another superb New Mexican restaurant in Las Cruces. Established in 1957 and located in the Historic Mesquite District along the original Camino Real Route, La Nueva Casita is a staple of downtown Las Cruces. \u00a0So, shame on Steve and shame on me for not having known about this stellar restaurant. \u00a0Neither of us will make that mistake again. \u00a0 Unlike the burgeoning downtown areas in many cities, downtown Las Cruces is surprisingly devoid of retail businesses, but it’s replete with charm and grace.<\/p>\n

Signage on La Nueva Casita’s walls labels the restaurant as “Mexican” and the menu indicates “From the moment you walk in, our friendly staff will make you feel right at home. Our purpose is quite simple, to provide delicious, authentic, made from scratch Mexican<\/strong> cuisine, at a value that can not be beat<\/em>.” \u00a0 Neither Steve nor I would ever classify the restaurant or its menu as “Mexican” unless Nueva Casita insisted we do so or we would be barred from future visits. \u00a0It’s the type of New Mexican restaurant Las Cruces still has in abundance. \u00a0It’s the type of New Mexican restaurant I wish was more common in metropolitan Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

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Christmas Style Enchiladas with Fideos and Refried Beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That means a restaurant that still serves complementary chips and salsa<\/strong><\/em>, a restaurant where the salsa is muy picante and the chips are thick, homemade and low in salt. \u00a0“How piquant,” you ask. \u00a0After not having had New Mexican food in two weeks, my first few tastes of the salsa elicited hiccuping. \u00a0Of course, my “tastes” include loading chips up with as much salsa as they can bear. \u00a0It’s an outstanding salsa, some of the very best in the Land of Enchantment. \u00a0So are the chips which we also enjoyed with con queso. \u00a0I’ve always contended Southern New Mexico is the standard-bearer for con queso.<\/p>\n

Like Steve, my benchmark dish at New Mexican restaurants is enchiladas. \u00a0At La Nuevita Casa, an order of enchiladas<\/strong><\/em> rewards you with three stacked enchiladas with red or green (or Christmas style) with options for onions (free), chicken, ground beef and a fried egg for a pittance more each. \u00a0Steve loved the complexity and heat level of the red chile, noting that the piquancy does not overpower the flavor. \u00a0My choice was enchiladas Christmas-style. \u00a0I found both red and green chile delightful with the red chile edging out the green chile for piquancy. \u00a0 That red is magical. \u00a0Enchiladas are served with refried beans, a healthy serving that tempers the heat level somewhat. \u00a0I requested a bowl of fideos, short, thin, vermicelli-like noodles in a sauce. \u00a0My Kim and I agreed Mexican oregano was very prominent on the fideos, maybe a bit too prominent.<\/p>\n

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Fajita Tacos with Fideos and Sliced Avocadoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Kim wrestled with two potential choices of entree: Tacos Estrellas (seasoned pork, beef and chorizo served on three corn tortillas with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo) or Fajita Tacos<\/strong><\/em> (choice of beed or chicken in house marinade, grilled fajita style with bell peppers and onions, served on warm flour tortillas wirh cheese, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo). \u00a0It proved an excellent choice. \u00a0She asked for and received flour tortillas, the right choice for moist, tender, marinated beef. \u00a0 She also substituted avocado slices for guacamole which our server told us included jalape\u00f1os. \u00a0We’re very happy to report the fajita tacos tasted like very good fajitas you would scoop up with flour tortillas.<\/p>\n

After two weeks of having good good (though mostly very inauthentic) tres leches cake, we were relieved and happy to find that La Casita Nueva’s rendition is traditional and authentic. \u00a0In the Phoenix area, we experience everything from ice cream flavored tres leches cake to a tres leches carrot cake. Tres leches<\/strong><\/em> literally means, \u201cthree milks\u201d and the tres leches cake at La Nueva Casita is an ultra light sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture. \u00a0Other versions may be good in their own right, but you can’t beat the real thing.<\/p>\n

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Pastel Tres Leches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whether or not you consider Las Cruces “the real New Mexico,” there’s no denying New Mexican food at the City of Crosses is among the best in the Land of Enchantment. \u00a0La Nueva Casita ranks right up there with the best.<\/p>\n

La Nueva Casita<\/strong>
\n195 North Mesquite Street
\nLas Cruces, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(575) 523-5434
\nWebsite<\/strong><\/a> | Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 5 January 2024
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1
\nRATING<\/strong>: N\/R
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Pastel Tres Leches, Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Con Queso, Fajita Tacos
\nREVIEW #1375\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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