Mesa Provisions Is Rooted in Flavor
TASTE MAY BE SUBJECTIVE, but any current debate on New Mexico’s best restaurants must include a mention of Mesa Provisions. At the Albuquerque standout, green chile enchiladas come smothered in a…
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Tag: Restaurants & Dining
Lindy's Diner Keeps Route 66 Diner Culture Alive
O NE OF THE LONGEST continuously operating diners on Route 66, Lindy’s Diner began in 1929 as the Coney Island Cafe. Steve Vatoseow’s father, Narke, bought the place in 1960 and renamed it after his…
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Serving Up Nostalgia on Route 66
C HASE WATERS was a teenager when he started working at Del’s Restaurant, which Del Akin opened in 1956. The restaurant still serves its signature chicken-fried steak and other homestyle favorites…
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Editor's Letter: Pit Stop
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY MILES. That’s the distance I’d go for Mad Jack’s Mountaintop Barbecue. Add another hour and a half waiting in line just to get inside the Cloudcroft BBQ joint in mid-November…
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The Ultimate New Mexico Food Road Trip
“IT’S BUTTERY. THERE’S NO CHEW TO IT,” says Jerry Smith of the ideal chicharrón. “The meat itself has a crispy outside. But when you bite into it, you get that luscious fat penetrating this chunk of…
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Taste the Unexpected at Capital Coal
SCANNING THE TABLES AND BOOTHS at Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery, in Santa Fe, I notice a refreshing disregard for traditional culinary pairings. One diner chases a hot-chicken slider with a kimchi…
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Burger Kings of Magdalena
NOT MUCH CHANGES in Magdalena. So people took note when Tumbleweeds Diner, with its colorful storefront mural, opened on US 60 in March 2021. The owners, Osiris Navarro and Michal Gola, had come from…
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Elevate Your Stay with Fine Dining
INN AND SPA AT LORETTO, SANTA FE Stop first at the Crafted Tasting Room, which features New Mexico wine, beer, and spirits, alongside small plates like green chile cheese fries and chicken posole…
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La Posta Celebrates 85 Years
LA POSTA DE MESILLA, the venerable southern New Mexico restaurant, looks like Christmas all year long, with its colorful string lights and steaming plates blanketed in red and green chile on every…
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