Discover the Flavors of Fancies
FANCIES BAKERY, MARKET & CAFE is a hive of activity. People pop into the airy Corrales café for a fresh-baked pain au chocolat, Cubano sandwich, or other delectable fare. Others browse the…
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Grab a Slice at Victoria's Pizza
FOR 15 YEARS, Diné restaurateur Victoria Largo worked out of a small food trailer parked in front of her blue two-story house, in the center of Crownpoint. The Victoria’s Pizza space was just big…
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Chico's Serves Up Super Sabor
CARLOS CHICO ISN’T SHY ABOUT THE SECRET TO SUCCESS at Chico’s Tortas y Piñas Lokas, the nearly five-year-old Santa Rosa restaurant he owns with his wife, Juany. While sitting in a booth together…
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Flying Solo at La Baracca
MICHAEL DEMEO HAS TRAVELED A WINDING, flavorful path to La Baracca, a tiny Italian eatery churning out dishes with big-city pizzazz in Truth or Consequences. “I didn’t even know this place existed,”…
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Rael’s Serves Up Artistic Treats
APPROACHING THE COUNTER TO ORDER A DRINK at Rael’s Store & Coffee Shop, in Questa, you can’t help but notice the abundance of local art. An array of carved wooden religious figures, paintings of…
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Ice, Ice, Baby
WHEN 17-YEAR-OLD CLAUDIUS DIPO ALAM came to the U.S. from Indonesia as a professional soccer player, he had no clue what a paleta was. But a decade or so later, he couldn’t get enough of the Mexican…
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Navajo Cuisine Gets A Pop-Up Twist
"ARE YOU SURE we’re in the right place?” I ask my brother as we pull into a dimly lit strip mall. Entering a humble coffee shop, I spy a candlelit table with a nine-course menu card at each setting…
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Good Soul at Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles
THE FOOD MAY BE FAMOUS, but it’s the music that’s jumping when you walk into Frank’s Famous Chicken and Waffles, in Albuquerque. Old-school tunes from Chaka Khan and Marvin Gaye fill the air, while…
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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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Willow + Blaine Brings French Fare to Las Cruces
RAYS OF SUNSET cast a glow on outer stone walls, ratcheting up the already romantic character of Willow + Blaine. Inside the French bistro and wine bar, white marble tabletops, vases of antique tinted…
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