Smokin’ BBQ on Route 66
“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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Tag: Local Eats
Find Biking Heaven in Angel Fire
LEARNING HOW TO MOUNTAIN BIKE comes with all sorts of axioms that double as life lessons. Keep your eyes on where you want to go. Look past the problem, and you might just roll through it. But the…
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A Taste of New Zealand in Taos
ALY HYDER STARTED SELLING meat pies from a five-foot food truck in Taos Ski Valley during the pandemic. Skiers could enjoy fresh, hot, individually sized meals without even taking off their gloves…
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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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Roots Farm Café Celebrates Local Food
Above: Roots Farm Café is part restaurant, part coffee shop, part mercantile, even part farm. Photograph courtesy of Roots Farm Café. THEY JUST RAN OUT of Gouda for their roast beef panini, but no…
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Three Las Cruces Dining Spots that Every Foodie Must Try
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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Treat Yourself with These Custom Sugar Cookies
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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The Pie Lady Hangs Up Her Apron
Kathy Knapp didn't bake or cook when she came to Pie Town in 1995. Photograph by Dan Monaghan. AFTER A CAREER IN CORPORATE ADVERTISING, Illinois native Kathy Knapp stumbled into Pie Town in 1995…
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Eating Out
Above: Picnic NM packs its platters with local ingredients. Photograph courtesy of Lauren Stutzman. If you want to wow the gang at your next picnic, skip the packaged potato salad. Instead, turn to…
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Bibo Burger
Above: Behold the beauty of a burger at the Bibo Bar and Grill. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. Lured merely by the promise of a great green chile cheeseburger, we didn’t know that NM 279 north of…
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