RE: [CH] Sante Fe/ Albq recomendations

Holder, John (John_Holder@jdedwards.com)
Tue, 28 May 2002 09:10:02 -0600 

I grew up in Los Alamos and went to University in ABQ, still
have relatives both places so I go out there a lot.  I'm
pretty sure you will be a LOT closer to Albuquerque, so I
will spend more time on stuff there as no one else has.

Santa Fe:
In SF, go to the Pink Adobe and have the Steak with Green Chile.
Tomasitas is fine, but I don't think it is worth the wait.
There are too many gret places in SF to list, and others have spoken
to this already...
In SF, also, great Italian can be found at Pranzo. (Sister 
restaurant to Scalo in Albuquerque).  If you need a great
coffee, go to Las Chivas for some awesome locally roasted bean.

Albuquerque:
In ABQ, go to Sadies and have carne adovada. (4th & montano
This is the Carne Adovada Gold Standard, in my opinion.  This
is the one I have tried to emulate for years. 
Or, a GREAT hole in the wall, have 
enchiladas at Cervantes (Gibson & San Pedro I think).
Another great ABQ place is Gardunos on 4th street.  Many 
locals like Los Cuates (Lomas & Washington).  I think the
food there is pretty good.  There is also El Patio, but
I'm not to impressed with them.
Another great dinner I highly recommend is Rancho de Corrales, 
which is on the north side of town. (Take I25 to Alameda, 
go west, turn right on Corrales road after crossing the 
Rio Grande and it is a couple miles down on the left).  
Corrales is charming, lots of Adobe.

For fast food, I love the Disaster Burrito at Hurricanes on
Lomas.

For coffee houses, the Flying Star is very nice, as is the
Double Rainbow.

If you (I mean, she) gets tired of chile-food, go to
Scalo's Italian Grill.  Yum!  (Or, go to Trattorio 
Trombino.  Also nice, proposed to my wife there).
There is also Quarters Barbeque - very yummy.

The Rancher's Club used to be a great local place, but is
in the dumps recently.  Don't waste your $$$.  Actually, there
it would be $$$$.

Anyway, in ABQ, go to Sadies and Rancho de Corrales at the least.


-- 
John Holder

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Nelson [mailto:jmnelson@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:37 PM
> To: Chile Heads Post
> Subject: [CH] Sante Fe/ Albq recomendations
> 
> 
> Hi all, delurking for the collective wisdom.  A couple of 
> weeks from now 
> I will be at a conference at that new Hyatt half way between Sante Fe 
> and Albuquerque.
> 
> First, has anyone been to Rancho de Chimayo recently enough 
> to offer an 
> opinion as to whether it is still worth the venture.  I 
> recall it being 
> wonderful in (gulp) the 70's but  . . .
> 
> Second, is there a short list of "must experience places"  I 
> suspect my 
> ad hoc group will range from the mild to fire breathing and 
> this is my 
> first trip through this millennium and as I am guiding  my 
> high school 
> sweetheart d/b/a long suffering spouse' first trip ever I 
> need all the 
> help I can get.  All suggestions from hole in  the wall to 5 
> stars welcomed.
> 
> Jim ( good guy chilehead lawyer in Sacramento to distinguish from the 
> other Jim's on the list).
>