{"id":90,"date":"2014-10-18T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T20:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:01:44","slug":"five-dime-general-store-santa-fe-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Five &#038; Dime General Store &#8211; Santa Fe, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 505px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 505\/380;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime01.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"380\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime01.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 505w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime01.jpg?size=128x96&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime01.jpg?size=256x193&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime01.jpg?size=384x289&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Fe&#8217;s famous Five &amp; Dime General Store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The late Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico&#8217;s preeminent historian once wrote about Santa Fe&#8217;s growth, &#8220;The only threat to her own distinctive glory, and something to guard against these days, is the kind of hurried &#8220;progress&#8221; which has, not history or humanity, but only money as its sole aim and purpose.&#8221; Perhaps nowhere in Santa Fe has that hurried progress been more in evidence than in the world-famous Santa Fe Plaza which has seen significant changes over the years. One of the bastions against progress had been the Woolworth&#8217;s department store, in place for several generations, but which finally gave up the ghost just before the turn of the 21st century. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">In its place stands the Five &amp; Dime General Store which retains much of the charm that made Woolworth&#8217;s a throwback to better times. Best of all, the Five &amp; Dime retained the lunch counter in which the Frito Pie was invented by Teresa Hernandez in the 1960s&#8211;nearly 60 years ago. Few, if any, do it better. The Frito Pie is served the old fashioned way, in an open bag of Fritos smothered with meaty red chile and shredded cheese. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 497px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 497\/333;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime02.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime02.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 497w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime02.jpg?size=128x86&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime02.jpg?size=256x172&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime02.jpg?size=384x257&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The snack bar where dozens of Frito Pies are served<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">While filming \u201cParts Unknown\u201d for CNN celebrity glitterati Anthony Bourdain rankled the feathers of proud New Mexicans who have loved the Five &amp; Dime&#8217;s Frito pies for generations. Bourdain claimed the dish was made with canned Hormel chili and a &#8220;<a title=\"DayGlo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dayglo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DayGlo<\/a> orange cheese-like substance.&#8221; Worse, the acerbic one claimed the Frito pie is a Texas creation, adding that &#8220;New Mexico, you have many wonderful things. I think, let Texas have this one.&#8221; Within days after the program&#8217;s airing, Bourdain issued a retraction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: In 2011, Kaleta Doolin wrote <span class=\"comment-link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fritos%C2%AE-Pie-University-Southwestern-Humanities\/dp\/1603442561\"><a class=\"comment-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fritos%C2%AE-Pie-University-Southwestern-Humanities\/dp\/1603442561\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fritos Pie, Stories, Recipes and More<\/a><\/span> where she dismissed any claims about Santa Fe\u2019s Woolworth\u2019s having been the inventor of the Frito Pie. What gives Doolin credibility is the fact that she was the daughter of the founder of Frito Lays so she had access to company records. Her research found that the \u201cFritos chili pie\u201d was first served in 1949, more than a decade before Teresa Hernandez \u201cinvented it\u201d in the 1960s at the Santa Fe Woolworth\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 485px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 485px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 485\/540;border: 4px solid black; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime03.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"540\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime03.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 485w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime03-269x300.jpg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 269w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime03.jpg?size=128x143&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/08\/FiveDime03.jpg?size=384x428&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The world-famous Frito Pie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">In 1962, the recipe for \u201cFrito pie\u201d appeared on millions of bags of chips: \u201cHeat can of chili, pour into bag of Fritos, and sprinkle with grated cheese, and chopped onions.\u201d That could well have been from where Teresa Hernandez found the recipe\u2026but she most assuredly used New Mexican \u201cchile\u201d and not some dreadful Texas \u201cchili\u201d in concocting her version. For that she should be canonized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">So, while Anthony Bourdain was right about Frito pie having been invented in Texas, he was wrong in calling it a \u201cwarm crap in a bag\u201d and \u201ccolostomy pie.\u201d It&#8217;s for his scatological description that New Mexicans have not forgiven him. Despite his criticism, Bourdain claims to have enjoyed the Five And Dime&#8217;s Frito pie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The Food Network&#8217;s popular &#8220;<em>The Best Thing I Ever Ate<\/em>&#8221; program gave New Mexico much more love. The premise of this show is that restaurateurs and chefs know where to eat. It answers the question \u201cwhere do food stars and chefs eat in their free time\u2013when they\u2019re paying.\u201d Chef Rahm Fama returned to his hometown of Santa Fe for a &#8220;Best Thing&#8230;&#8221; episode entitled &#8220;Childhood Favorites.&#8221; In the episode, he recalled the joys of noshing on Frito pie from the original Five &amp; Dime General Store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\">The menu includes several other items, but you rarely see anyone order anything but the Frito Pie which made Woolworth&#8217;s a Santa Fe institution. The lunch counter doesn&#8217;t have much counter space and there are very few tables, so you just might have to walk around the plaza with your Frito Pie in hand, but you might never have a better one. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Five &amp; Dime General Store<\/strong><br \/>\n58 E. San Francisco<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Fe, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n(505) 992-1800<br \/>\n<a title=\"Five and Dime General Store in Santa Fe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveanddimegs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Site<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 18 October 2014<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 3<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Good<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 good food, decent service, and a clean environment; provides a satisfactory, dependable, and standard experience<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Frito Pie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico&#8217;s preeminent historian once wrote about Santa Fe&#8217;s growth, &#8220;The only threat to her own distinctive glory, and something to guard against these days, is the kind of hurried &#8220;progress&#8221; which has, not history or humanity, but only money as its sole aim and purpose.&#8221; Perhaps nowhere in Santa Fe has that hurried progress been more in evidence than in the world-famous Santa Fe Plaza which has seen significant changes over the years. One of the bastions against progress had been the Woolworth&#8217;s department store, in place for several generations, but which finally gave up the ghost just before the turn of the 21st century. 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