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Lavender Cocinita Next to Busy Bee Custard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Simply Beyond Herbs<\/a><\/strong>, “many people find lavender\u2019s gentle fragrance helps center their thoughts and enhance cognitive abilities. It can provide a sense of mental freshness, enabling one to think and make decisions more clearly; this is particularly beneficial during intense work, studying, or when facing challenging tasks requiring heightened concentration.\u00a0 Whether used as an essential oil, dried flowers, or as part of a relaxing environment, lavender\u2019s influence on mental clarity is valued by many who seek improved focus and a clearer mind<\/em>.” Hmm, sounds like something we all can use.<\/p>\n

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Small Dining Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’ve ever attended Los Ranchos De Albuquerque’s annual Lavender Festival<\/a><\/strong>, you can probably benefit from lavender’s calming effect as you vie for a parking spot up close and later when you try to exit the premises among catch-as-catch-can<\/a><\/strong> queues of impatient motorists.\u00a0 Lavender in The Village is the largest lavender festival in the Southwest, attended by 10,000 guests in 2023.\u00a0 Though the event showcases the myriad ways in which lavender can be used, we prefer smaller venues with fewer guests.\u00a0 One such venue opened its doors in April, 2024 to far less fanfare than the festival.\u00a0 That venue is Lavender Cocinita, a “little kitchen with big tastes.”<\/p>\n

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Left: Vanilla Shake with Chocolate Syrup; Right: Affogato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fittingly, Lavender Cocinita sits on 4th Street in the Village of Los Ranchos, home to the aforementioned Lavender Festival.\u00a0 If you haven’t noticed the Cocinita during your peregrinations through the village, it’s probably beccause its signage isn’t especially prominent.\u00a0 Even if you’re doing the posted 25 miles-per-hour speed limit (and in New Mexico few\u00a0 do), you might just miss it.\u00a0 Lavender Cocinita is on the west side of 4th Street.\u00a0 Directly next door is the fabulous Busy Bee Frozen Custard<\/a><\/strong>, no longer just a food truck.\u00a0 To its immediate north is the\u00a0 El Camino Motor Lodge and on the east side of 4th Street is El Camino Dining Room<\/a><\/strong>, a “Better Call Saul” favorite.<\/p>\n

Neither Lavender Cocinita nor Busy Bee Frozen Custard have storefront parking.\u00a0 You’ll have to park either behind the small strip mall that houses both or park on a side street.\u00a0 \u00a0As of this writing (October 23, 2024) Lavender Cocinita is open every day but Wednesday and Sunday from 7AM to 3PM.\u00a0 \u00a0Cocinita’s website invites you to “Start your morning off right with our artisanal coffee and espresso, \u00a0paired perfectly with freshly baked pastries that are sure to satisfy \u00a0your sweet tooth. Craving something more substantial? Dive into one of \u00a0our signature breakfast dishes, breakfast burritos, creamy oatmeal cups, or refreshing \u00a0yogurt parfaits. And don’t miss out on our iconic avocado toast, a \u00a0local favorite that’s as delicious as it is nutritious<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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Reuben With Red Chile Dusted Chips (Housemade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Noon had just struck when we first visited the Cocinita.\u00a0 \u00a0Our initial assessment: “maybe it’s a good thing there’s no parking in front of the restaurant.\u00a0 This is a Liliputian restaurant with only a handful of tables along with seating along a windowside counter facing the Sandias.”<\/em>\u00a0 Weather permitting, there’s also seating outdoors in front of the restaurant.\u00a0 Whether you’re able to secure a seat inside the restaurant, dine al fresco or you opt for take-out, this is a restaurant not to be missed.\u00a0 Best of all, the Cocinita is a sister restaurant to Busy Bee.\u00a0 Custard-blessed items are interspersed throughout the Cocinita’s menu.<\/p>\n

During our inaugural visit, we had the restaurant to ourselves for about half the time of our hour-long stay.\u00a0 That gave us ample opportunity for palaver with two of the partnership’s owners.\u00a0 Chef and co-owner Alfred Sandoval is a self-taught cook with more than fifteen years in the restaurant industry.\u00a0 He’s a genial guy who’s rightfully very proud of his menu.\u00a0 \u00a0We also became reacquainted with Helen Martinez, a co-owner who manages the Finance and Operations side of the partnership.\u00a0 The first time we encountered Helen was when she was running the Busy Bee food truck in an Alameda location.\u00a0 She’s the restaurant’s best ambassador, a high-energy lady with a heart of gold.<\/p>\n

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Gyros with Housemade Chips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having previously enjoyed Busy Bee’s fantastic custard, my Kim and I were very happy to find custard items on the menu.\u00a0 For her, a vanilla custard milk shake<\/em><\/strong> drizzled with chocolate syrup.\u00a0 \u00a0If you believe shakes made from ice cream are terrific, you’ve got to have one made with custard.\u00a0 There is a significant difference in both flavor (custard is much richer) and mouthfeel.\u00a0 Custard is made with egg yolks while ice cream is not.\u00a0 My choice was affogato<\/em><\/strong>, also made with Busy Bee frozen custard.\u00a0 Affogato, a classic coffee dessert calls for a shot of espresso poured over vanilla ice cream or gelato.\u00a0 Once you’ve had it with frozen custard, you might not want it made with ice cream again.<\/p>\n

Chef Sandoval warned me that many items are portioned so generously that we’d probably take half home much of what we ordered.\u00a0 “Surely<\/em>,” I thought “how big could a Reuben possibly be<\/em>.”\u00a0 We found out a Reuben<\/em><\/strong> (grilled Boar’s Head corned beef topped with melty Provolone, house- made red cabbage habenero kraut, in house Russian sauce on marbled rye) can be pretty sizeable indeed.\u00a0 Layers upon layers of thinly sliced corned beef matched the thickness of the lightly toasted marbled rye.\u00a0 Russian dressing, a creamy, slightly piquant, salmon-hued spread made from mayonnaise, ketchup, and other ingredients beats Thousand Island dressing every time.\u00a0 This version was terrific as was the red cabbage habanero kraut though it wasn’t nearly as piquant as you migh expect.\u00a0 The Reuben is served with fresh housemade seasoned potato chips.\u00a0 As Chef Sandoval predicted, we took home half the Reuben and more than half the chips.<\/p>\n

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Bowl of Beans Christmas Style<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Kim had been jonesing for gyros, meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread.\u00a0 We were surprised to find gyros<\/em><\/strong> on the Cocinita’s menu which describes them as “hot lamb and beef from vertical spit served on pita bread, topped with lettuce, red onions,\u00a0 cherry tomatoes, tzatziki sauce and crumbled feta cheese. Served with house made seasoned potato chips<\/em>.”\u00a0 The lamb-beef amalgam is moist, tender, and super aromatic from applied seasonings, but it’s the tzatziki sauce that makes this dish a winner.\u00a0 It’s made on the premises by Chef Sandoval an is among the best we’ve had in the area.\u00a0 My Kim couldn’t finish her gyros either so we took about half of it home for lunch the following day.<\/p>\n

Fellow trenchermen who may be thinking I’ve lost my appetite need not worry.\u00a0 One of the reasons I couldn’t finish my Reuben is that I also ordered a bowl of beans<\/strong><\/em> with red and green chile and shredded Cheddar cheese with two tortillas.\u00a0 You know you’re a native New Mexican when you consider pinto beans one of life’s greatest pleasures.\u00a0 I grew up feasting on them several times a week and so did many people in Pe\u00f1asco.\u00a0 Cocinita’s bowl of beans was very reminiscent of the beans my mom prepared for us.\u00a0 Somehow, he also managed to ladle on both red and green chile, both of which were blanketed by shredded Cheddar.\u00a0 This is true New Mexican comfort food!<\/p>\n

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Breakfast Burrito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

23 November 2024<\/strong>:\u00a0 Bon Apetit encourages readers to “roll up to\u00a0Ursula<\/a><\/strong>, a New Mexican cafe in Brooklyn, any given morning and you\u2019ll likely find a long line of people waiting for the same thing: chef Eric See\u2019s breakfast burritos. He modeled his burritos after the ones served at\u00a0Golden Pride<\/a><\/strong>, a drive-thru burrito chain he grew up with in Albuquerque. \u201cThere are two ingredients that are non-negotiable in New Mexican\u2013style breakfast burritos: shredded hash browns and New Mexico chiles<\/em>,\u201d according to the chef.<\/p>\n

Increasingly breakfast burritos are becoming available outside the Land of Enchantment where they’re ubiquitous and without doubt the best reason to get up in the morning.\u00a0 In the metropolitan Albuquerque area, choices abound.\u00a0 If you’re looking for a behemoth breakfast burrito you can’t finish in one sitting, such choices as Hello Deli\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> and the Central Grill<\/strong><\/a> have long been popular choices.\u00a0 A burrito from the Lavender Cocinita won’t take a backseat to any.\u00a0 It’s roughly the size of a log you’d toss into a fireplace.\u00a0 Better still, it’s big on flavor.\u00a0 This burrito is constructed from two eggs, hash browns, Cheddar cheese and your choice of bacon, sausage, chorizo, avocado or pinto beans along with your choice of red or green chile.\u00a0 You can have it smothered or made with a gluten-free tortilla for a pittance more.\u00a0 Both the red and green chile are of the fiery variety born-and-bred New Mexicans love with the red chile edging out its green counterpart for piquancy.<\/p>\n

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Patty Melt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

23 November 2024<\/strong>:\u00a0 According to the New York Times<\/strong><\/a> “The biggest difference between burgers and patty\u00a0melt<\/span><\/span><\/span>s is that burgers have buns and patty melts have bread. Not everyone agrees; there are those who argue that\u00a0a patty melt is a subspecies of burger. I think, though, that the sandwich shares more with the grilled cheese than it does with a burger on a bun<\/em>.”\u00a0 Regardless of where you stand on this contentious matter, we can all agree that both burgers and patty melts are absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n

My Kim eschews burgers, but loves patty melts<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 She’s got a new favorite from Lavenver Cocinita, a one-half-pound Angus patty cooked to order with grilled onions and Provolone cheese on a marble rye bun (to which you can add green chile for two dollars more).\u00a0 The beef patty is thick and cooked to your exacting specifications, but it’s the marble rye with which my Kim fell in love.\u00a0 It’s toasted lightly and provides a nice balance of dark and light rye flavors.\u00a0 \u00a0I’d be remiss if I didn’t rave about the housemade potato chips.\u00a0 They’re light, crispy and perfectly salted.<\/p>\n

Lavender may have qualities which enhance cognitive abilities, but so does Lavender Cocinita’s menu which also has the effects of quelling hunger and pleasing palates.<\/p>\n

Lavender Cocinita<\/strong>
\n6847 4th Street
\nLos Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(505) 364-4501
\nWebsite<\/a><\/strong> | Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 23 November 2024
\n1st VISIT<\/strong>: 21 October 2024
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2
\nRATING<\/strong>: Very Good<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Good to very good food; generally solid; delivers consistent quality, strong technique, and a comfortable, enjoyable dining experience
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Bowl of Beans With Red and Green Chile, Reuben, Gyros, Afogatto, Vanilla Shake, Breakfast Burrito, Patty Melt, Potato Chips
\nREVIEW #1427<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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