IN 1994, Jill Torres’s grandfather Danny Fowler was in the middle of a high-stakes billiards game. His opponent retrieved a wooden crate from his car and wagered its contents. Fowler won the pot, and…
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LIKE MANY SMALL business owners, Tearl “TD” Dunlap got started by experimenting in his kitchen, making barbecue sauce and other spicy condiments to share with family and friends. In 2018, he sold 400…
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FOR A GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER Housed in a 1913 adobe that was a former trading post, Bibo Bar & Grille serves up some of the spiciest green chile cheeseburgers west of the Río Grande. The authentic…
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1 Picture Route 66. On Sunday, a new exhibition takes over the open-air gallery at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza. Sunday on Central Avenue features nine works by three photographers— Gabriela Campos…
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JERRY’S CAFE, GALLUP Diners crowd into booths at Jerry’s Cafe in Gallup for American and New Mexican staples with a twist. “We just don’t do the norm,” owner Archie Baca says, pointing to their…
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THE SAVORY SCENT of smoked brisket and pulled pork greets you in the parking lot of Smokey Sensations. But there’s more to the Las Cruces joint than meets the nose. “I don’t want to stick to just…
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“ARE THEY STILL OPEN?” an anxious-looking woman asks me from the passenger window as her husband pulls their car into the gravel lot outside Watson’s Bar-B-Que and Tucumcari Ranch Supply. It’s…
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NOTHING FEELS ORDINARY WHEN YOU walk into Mad Jack’s Mountaintop Barbecue. The golden glow of holiday lights wrapped around wooden beams and the enticing smell of oak smoldering in the pits lets you…
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1 Get wild about Placitas art. Pathways: Wildlife Corridors of New Mexico is a new exhibit at Wild Hearts Gallery, in Placitas, that honors a local grassroots collective of the same name. Pathways…
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ON A SUNNY FRIDAY AFTERNOON at Merrick Lake, a glinting fleck of marine blue tucked beneath a ponderosa overstory, anglers and outdoorspeople gather to toss horseshoes, trade the day’s fishing and…
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