Socorro Saloon Gets An Update
THE ANCIENT PLANKS OF WOOD that stretch across the barroom floor are worn smooth. They don’t creak, not even once, as I step into the 125-year-old watering hole, a clear testament to the love and care…
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Ted's New Mexico Grill
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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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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Try These Three Haunted Restaurants for Spooky Eats
Mesilla's Double Eagle restaurant might be haunted by young lovers. Photograph courtesy of Double Eagle. Longtime US 60 favorite the Gatherin’ Place reopened in January as Pie Town Pies, part of the…
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Dining with the Dead
THE CIRCULAR OUTCROPPING OF LOW STRUCTURES rises against a rolling backdrop of desert wilderness. Here, the fabled Adobe Deli, a rambling steakhouse and saloon, sits at the end of a windswept road 10…
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Celebrate Summer with these Refreshing Paletas
Clockwise from top right: Oreos ’n’ cream, watermelon, cantaloupe, chocolate-dipped strawberries with cream, bubble gum, and chile lime. DOES SANTA FE’S OASIS ICE CREAM SHOP have a time machine? One…
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Full Stop at the Chili Line Depot
Chili Line Depot's outdoor patio offers some shade from the summer sun. Photograph by Jay Shaffer Photography. A VOICE RINGS OUT FROM THE GRILL as we walk into Chili Line Depot. “It’s going to be a…
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Five Restaurants to Try for Patio Dining
Some of New Mexico’s most exquisite cuisine awaits on the historic patio at Santacafé. DINING ALFRESCO MAKES EVERYTHING taste better. (Good thing, since it’s the only way most of us have eaten at a…
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Chef Ray Naranjo Celebrates Native Cuisine at Indian Pueblo Kitchen
Chef Ray Naranjo’s Pante Project highlights Indigenous ingredients such as salmon, nixtamalized blue corn, and sunflower seeds. WHEN RAY NARANJO took over as executive chef at the Indian Pueblo…
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Ultimate Guide to How We're Eating Now
Flora Taco To-Go serves up a collection of tacos in Albuquerque's Sawmill Market. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. How We're Eating Now The pandemic fundamentally changed the way we break bread—and we…
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