Kate Gerwin is Raising the Bar
KATE GERWIN’S LIST OF ACCOLADES are as long as the craft cocktail menu at her Albuquerque bar, Happy Accidents. A native of the Bay Area and 20-year mixologist, Gerwin advanced to the first-season…
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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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Wine and Dine
SARA JO MATHEWS named Prairie Hill Café, the restaurant in Las Vegas’s Plaza Hotel, after the road leading to her family’s ranch. Their beef stars in the Jackpot Cowboy, a triple-layered, nine-ounce…
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Call It a Comeback
WHEN THE MEMPHIS P-TAILS took to the Lobo Theater stage in October, the Albuquerque blues band was one of the first acts to perform in the space. As guitarist Darin Goldston crooned the refrain, “I’m…
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Melinda Bonewell Finds a Home in Madrid
Melinda Bonewell owns the Mine Shaft Tavern, in Madrid. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. MELINDA BONEWELL TRADED SEATTLE’S RAIN FOR the sunny skies of New Mexico 18 years ago when she moved to the…
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Essential Guide to Ghost Towns
GOOD HAUNTS Abandoned, barely there, or rebounding with new purpose, towns, hotels, and restaurants all across the state hold secret treasures: the stories of past lives. Chloride After the…
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Karen Haughness Shares What Makes White Oaks Special
Karen Haughness owns the always popular No Scum Allowed Saloon, in White Oaks. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. ALBUQUERQUE NATIVE KAREN HAUGHNESS MOVED AROUND before settling in the tiny town of White…
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This Must Be the Place
Above: Inside Founders Speakeasy. Photograph Courtesy of Founders Speakeasy. I stepped inside of El Rey Liquors, in downtown Albuquerque, thinking, Is this right? I saw no signs and heard no hubbub…
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Our Favorite New Santa Fe Hang
Above: RMXAB's laid-back atmosphere and black-and-gold interior welcome all. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. The options are endless—create a Spotify playlist, deejay a set, meet new faces, grab a…
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Los Poblanos's Community Ideal
THE CAT'S NAME IS Mouse. Mouse likes to sit in a wicker basket on the old wooden bench outside the front door. The two chubby ducks will likely be nearby, ready to eat out of your hand before slowly…
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