Bubbabob wrote:
> Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
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>>On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:36:02 GMT, patrice >
>>wrote:
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>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>We'll be n Santa Fe and ABQ for the Christmas Holidays.
>>>As per usual, I've left making reservations until the very last second.
>>>We fly into ABQ on the afternoon of the 22nd - dinner that night will be
>>>at Ron's El Camino Royale on Yale (which you guys recommended years
>>>ago), I'm hoping it is still there
>>
>>I would avoid that place now. Years ago, it was good, but not anymore.
>>If I wanted some good NM food, I would head to Los Cuates, or Sadies.
>>This is a site you might want to take a look at for some current
>>reviews of Albuquerque places:
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>
> Ron closed the restaurant two years ago.
>
> Los Cuates is very, very average.
>
> Check out the Garcia's on Central just east of Old Town if you're looking
> for the real thing.

We're here in Santa Fe at the moment having a bit of down time.
As most good technoDallasites, we brought ye olde wireless laptop with us.
First night we got in late to ABQ and ate at Cervantes - we enjoyed it,
it was tasty, with no discernible "tex mex" flavor. I had a vegetarian
plate with red and green chile salsa on top - very nice. Spouse had
carne adovado (his fave, which you'll see appearing again in this post)
which was fall apart tender. The rest of the accompanying stuff was
average, but not bad. I had a really nice prickly pear margarita -
quite nice. For breakfast we went to Grandma's K n (and?) I on
Broadway, which was recommended by a gentleman at the airport during an
extended stopover in Amarillo. What a great little hole in the wall. I
had two (well, I finished about three quarters of them) monster sized,
delicious pancakes. Spouse had a breakfast burrito with carne adovado -
he was one happy camper.
Yesterday, we arrived in Santa Fe (love Madrid on the Turquoise Trail -
this is our second time going through. This time we got a lesson in
glass blowing). Ate at Tomasita's for dinner - it wasn't horrible, but
was nothing outstanding. Okay, their sopas were wonderful, but it
wasn't really worth the hour wait.
Today was breakfast at the BnB (eh) and then a wonderful chocolate
croissant at The French Bakery. Tonight is dinner at La Casa Sena
Cantina. (after a dip in the baths at Ten Thousands Waves). Tomorrow
lunch at Anasazi and then a late dinner at Trattoria Nostriani (I may
have the Nostriani part wrong).
Off to ABQ on Monday morning (after a trip out to an alpaca ranch in
Mora)...
Garcias in ABQ? Okay - sounds doable.
Another place was recommended, but I'm not entirely sure of the
name...it's on the square in Old Town, and you have to walk though a
kitchy tourist shop to get to it. It may have been La Hacienda....

I probably told you all way more then you wanted to know about our trip
thus far, but it's been a blast.

As always, thanks for all of your suggestions.

patrice