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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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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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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Make breakfast a blast with everything and Asiago cheese varieties from Venice Beach Bagels. Photograph courtesy of Venice Beach Bagels. FOODIES LOOKING FOR TASTE BUD ADVENTURES in New Mexico’s…
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EVA ARMENTA-KETCHELL DOESN’T HOLD BACK when describing her initial batches of cookies. “They were ugly,” recalls the owner of Sweet Cheeks Bakery. While her bakes were nothing like the #gramworthy…
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Indulgence Bakery & Cafe’s Italian cream cake (left) and German chocolate stuftcakes (right). Photographs by Paige Allsup/Pipsink (left) and Meagan Higgins (right). THROUGH A SHINY INDULGENCE BAKERY &…
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SLURP, SLURP, DUNK, and repeat. That’s the rhythm of ramen at Oni. The Albuquerque restaurant, which opened in late May, serves up to 120 bowls a day of its New Mexican take on the Japanese classic…
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The pastrami Reuben sandwich at Arable is a local favorite. Photograph courtesy of Arable. MY FRIEND LITERALLY GASPED—stunned that I was heading to Eldorado to get a sandwich. I live in the village…
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Above: Vegos’s breakfast burrito and Nobody Calls Me Chicken sandwich are menu favorites. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. VEGOS IS CARVING OUT A TASTY NICHE in the New Mexico food scene—no…
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