Get into the Holiday Spirit
IT’S THE HOLIDAYS. You want to grab a boozy drink that’s in line with your festive feelings, and you want to enjoy that drink in a spot full of cheer in the heart of the Duke City. Enter Miracle Bar…
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Category: Breweries & Bars
Downshift Sparks Hope in Ruidoso
JUNE 17 STARTED like any other Monday for Ruidoso residents Shelby and Eddie Gutierrez. Shelby took their two daughters to day care, then headed to the couple’s Downshift Brewing Co. Riverside…
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23 Must-Visit Saloons and Roadhouses in New Mexico
BYRON T’S SALOON Las Vegas Named for Byron T. Mills, the former owner of the Plaza Hotel and one-time Las Vegas mayor, this saloon is a chameleon of a place. “Las Vegas has always been a melting…
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Belly Up to the Old West
Editor's Note: Just over a week after we went to press with the November issue, the owners of the St. James Hotel announced on Facebook that the historic Cimarrón property was closing on September 17…
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The Zero-Proof Zeitgeist
ONE EVENING THIS SPRING AFTER A long workday, I called my friend Maggie and asked a question she’d heard a hundred times: “Want to grab a drink?” She let out an exasperated sigh. Yes, she did, but no…
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Three Brewery Patios to Enjoy This Summer
FLOCK OF MOONS BREWING COMPANY Albuquerque When Flock of Moons owners Stefanie Luna and Jeff Tomlinson first saw a 3,000-square-foot space in Albuquerque’s Bricklight District, they actually worried…
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Elephant Ranch Shakes Up the Bar Scene
A PINK POLKA-DOTTED ELEPHANT beckons with an invitation to Elephant Ranch, an outdoor beer garden, bar, liquor store, and communal gathering space on the western outskirts of Las Cruces. “It’s like…
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A Toast to Spirited Women
UNTIL THE 1960S, MANY STATES DID not permit a woman without a male escort to sit at a bar, never mind take her seriously as a spirits aficionado. Ironically, women are credited with fermenting grains…
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Step Up Your Mixology Skills
YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S ANGOSTURA BITTERS may have done the trick for her occasional Manhattan, but these days, that drop of added flavor has grown exotic and eclectic. Since 2010, Santa Fe’s Bitter End…
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Alamogordo's Newest Brewery Takes Off
THE EARLIEST KERNELS of 575 Brewing Company began fermenting in Bill Arnold’s Alamogordo kitchen. “I just bought a homebrew kit one day,” he says. “I made a mess, but it was kind of drinkable.” He…
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