Category Archives: New Mexico Top Ten

Plaza Café Downtown

Great Historic Santa Fe Funky…. Latest visit: May 6, 2013 First visit: April 26, 2007  Before we moved to New Mexico, we spent lots of time with a Santa Fe Realtor, Mary Joy Ford, searching for a place to live. … Continue reading

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Rancho de Chimayó Restauranté

Return to Rancho de Chimayó Restauranté…. Latest visit: August 19, 2012  First visit: September 7, 1975  In 2012, I returned  to this magic place that I visited in 1975 while on an extended camping trip in the Santa Fe National … Continue reading

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Dragonfly Cafe & Bakery (Closed)

Don’t even think about eating breakfast/brunch anywhere else.   Latest visit: February 18, 19, 2012 First Visit: June 18, 2008 The Dragonfly Café and Bakery is a European-style café and bakery located in the heart of historic Taos, New Mexico. … Continue reading

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Pink Adobe

Great Food; Charming Space…. November 05, 2010 Some Santa Fe restaurants have excellent reputations, but fail to deliver fully. Pink Adobe really delivers. Locals eat here, and that says a lot. The Pink Adobe was established in 1944 by Rosalea … Continue reading

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Owl Bar & Cafe

An American Legend…. Latest visit: April 6, 2013First visit: November 30, 2009 The Owl is a hoot. Best Green Chile Cheeseburger? Really close. Read on…. The Albuquerque Journal ran a reader’s poll recently searching for the best GCCB in New … Continue reading

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Sparky’s Burgers and BBQ

THE #1 Green Chile Cheeseburger August 18, 2009 When you go to Hatch, you probably want a Green Chile Cheeseburger. Sparky’s is the place where you need to get it. Anyplace else will serve you an imitation. The beef is … Continue reading

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Lambert’s of Taos

Best in Northern New Mexico? Doubtless … September 21, 2009 … and surely among the very best in the entire state. Jane and I went back to Lambert’s last weekend with visiting sister and two of our dearest friends, who … Continue reading

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