Guidebook for Albuquerque
Food Scene
Most popular spot for good, casual, fast, and affordable New Mexican food at extended hours. Open from 5 AM-1AM daily. 1.6 miles from apartment / 5 minute drive. Across from the University. Famous actors have been spotted dining here!
Traditional New Mexican foods to get here include:
breakfast burrito with red/green chile,
enchiladas,
huevos rancheros,
combo plates,
carne adovada anything,
green chile stew,
posole, and
anything with chile.
*red/green chile is a spicy sauce. green is my fav!
Special items here include:
their homemade flour tortillas and
the sweet bun (a cinnamon roll) which should be eaten right away or else it will dry up quickly.
148 locals recommend
Frontier
2400 Central Ave SEMost popular spot for good, casual, fast, and affordable New Mexican food at extended hours. Open from 5 AM-1AM daily. 1.6 miles from apartment / 5 minute drive. Across from the University. Famous actors have been spotted dining here!
Traditional New Mexican foods to get here include:
breakfast burrito with red/green chile,
enchiladas,
huevos rancheros,
combo plates,
carne adovada anything,
green chile stew,
posole, and
anything with chile.
*red/green chile is a spicy sauce. green is my fav!
Special items here include:
their homemade flour tortillas and
the sweet bun (a cinnamon roll) which should be eaten right away or else it will dry up quickly.
Great and popular for a casual sit down traditional New Mexican fare. Includes vegetarian options. 1.5 miles/4 minute drive. If you've never tried sopapillas with honey, try it! Or try stuffed sopapillas, but sopapillas with honey is basically your New Mexican bread basket.
39 locals recommend
El Patio De Albuquerque
142 Harvard Drive SoutheastGreat and popular for a casual sit down traditional New Mexican fare. Includes vegetarian options. 1.5 miles/4 minute drive. If you've never tried sopapillas with honey, try it! Or try stuffed sopapillas, but sopapillas with honey is basically your New Mexican bread basket.
Charming family-owned New Mexican restaurant surrounded by lush gardens. A popular sit-down spot. 14 miles from apartment/20 minute drive.
165 locals recommend
El Pinto Restaurant
10500 4th St NWCharming family-owned New Mexican restaurant surrounded by lush gardens. A popular sit-down spot. 14 miles from apartment/20 minute drive.
"Green Jeans Farmery is a one-stop multiple-option destination of eateries, confectionaries, adult drinkeries, shops, plazas and places to hang out, constructed entirely with shipping containers as building blocks. Green Jeans is an indoor/outdoor gathering place that builds on ingenuity, fun and localist choices with a message of community, healthy living and fun."
73 locals recommend
Green Jeans Farmery
3600 Cutler Ave NE"Green Jeans Farmery is a one-stop multiple-option destination of eateries, confectionaries, adult drinkeries, shops, plazas and places to hang out, constructed entirely with shipping containers as building blocks. Green Jeans is an indoor/outdoor gathering place that builds on ingenuity, fun and localist choices with a message of community, healthy living and fun."
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