Anyone have any good food recs? Heading there tomorrow.. always looking for good recs in new places.. and BTHO out of NMSU!

If you are heading north towards Santa Fe, Range Cafe north of town in Bernalillo is pretty good.

For a low key meal, Dion's pizza

It's a chain and they have one in Lubbock, where I live.

Really good pizza…really good subs…really good salad

Here's the "505"…green chilis and pepperoni:

La Salita is a good hole in the wall place for a chile relleño.
Trombino's for Italian

Now that's funny

Hit up Sadie's for New Mexican food. It's ridiculously spicy/hot.

Nice!

El Pinto or Garduno's. You will barely be able to waddle back to your car, especially El Pinto.

And how could I forget El Bruno.

Flying Star cafe (multiple locations)
66 Acres
Fan Tang
The Farmacy
M'tucci's
Frontier restaurant
Restoration Pizza
Marigold Cafe
5 Star Burgers
El Patio
Tia B's La Waffleria
The Shop
Mazaya

A good chunk of these are over in the UNM campus area.

My friend tried this place. Said it's in an incredibly sketchy neighborhood and wasn't even good

Make sure you take that left turn.

Thanks for recommendations.. I have a lot of exploring to do!

Padilla's and El Patio are two of the best New Mex Mex places in the city. I read Kelly's did not survive long post covid, RIP.

txags92 said:

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If you are heading north towards Santa Fe, Range Cafe north of town in Bernalillo is pretty good.

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There a 4 or 5 Range Cafes. I had a chile relleno plate for lunch Wednesday at one near downtown /Old Town.
https://rangecafe.com/

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Whoop Delecto said:

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txags92 said:

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If you are heading north towards Santa Fe, Range Cafe north of town in Bernalillo is pretty good.

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There a 4 or 5 Range Cafes. I had a chile relleno plate for lunch Wednesday at one near downtown /Old Town.

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Interesting. The one in Bernalillo was the only one I knew about.

Blake's Lotabutger

Sometime you just have to try things!

I ate at a Pei Wei there a couple of years ago.

Hello deli for lunch, green chili chicken soup.

ywia

El Patio for dinner. The Frontier for breakfast.

FYI, Tent Rocks National Monuments reopens after Covid closure.

Late November , $25 per car

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Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?!

Ervin Burrell said:

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In before Los Pollos Hermanos.

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Mrs. White would get some pretty good green beans from Albertson's


On a side note, we were passing through ABQ on the way from CA to TX once, stayed at a random hotel off the interstate and the next morning we got up and were just looking for a breakfast place before continuing the ride home. We ended up at a place called "Twister's" for breakfast burritos. It turned out that it was the filming location for Los Pollos Hermanos. I was aware of Breaking Bad but hadn't watched the show yet.

During inflationary cycles, the ballon festival is a popular event.

I travelled to ABQ about once a month over a 2-year period and found the food to be pretty lackluster. I wasn't much a fan of "New Mexican" Mexican food. They tend to drown the plate with a green or red chili, which completely overpowers the rest of the flavors.

The best places have already been mentioned, but here's another suggestion. It's not ABQ food, but Frank's Chicken & Waffles is fantastic. Your car may be broken into and you might get mugged inside the place, but it's the best chicken & waffles I've ever had. Frank's Famous Chicken & Waffles

Have you tried Tacos del Gatos?

Route 66 Cafe is legit

Albuquerque is also known for Braking Bad