GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER Sugar Nymphs Bistro chef-owner Ki Holste’s green chile cheeseburger is just one of the many beloved menu items that have made the funky Peñasco eatery a High Road destination…
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O NE OF THE LONGEST continuously operating diners on Route 66, Lindy’s Diner began in 1929 as the Coney Island Cafe. Steve Vatoseow’s father, Narke, bought the place in 1960 and renamed it after his…
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C HASE WATERS was a teenager when he started working at Del’s Restaurant, which Del Akin opened in 1956. The restaurant still serves its signature chicken-fried steak and other homestyle favorites…
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“IT’S BUTTERY. THERE’S NO CHEW TO IT,” says Jerry Smith of the ideal chicharrón. “The meat itself has a crispy outside. But when you bite into it, you get that luscious fat penetrating this chunk of…
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SCANNING THE TABLES AND BOOTHS at Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery, in Santa Fe, I notice a refreshing disregard for traditional culinary pairings. One diner chases a hot-chicken slider with a kimchi…
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NOT MUCH CHANGES in Magdalena. So people took note when Tumbleweeds Diner, with its colorful storefront mural, opened on US 60 in March 2021. The owners, Osiris Navarro and Michal Gola, had come from…
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INN AND SPA AT LORETTO, SANTA FE Stop first at the Crafted Tasting Room, which features New Mexico wine, beer, and spirits, alongside small plates like green chile cheese fries and chicken posole…
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I’M SITTING IN A LONG BOOTH inside Campo, the renowned restaurant at Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm, chatting with head chef Chris Bethoney. He wants to show off two things: the nosh board…
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“PHDS ARE A DIME a dozen in Los Alamos,” chef Laura Crucet says, “but what I do is pretty unique.” Despite being a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and an award-winning pastry chef, Crucet says she…
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