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Best New Mexico-style food restaurants in Burque

I used to live in Albuquerque from 1965 until 1973.
During those years I acquired the great taste of New Mexico-style food.
What impressed me most about New Mexico-style Mexican restaurants was the abundant use of locally-grown green chiles, as well as distinctive-tasting New Mexico red chiles.
My favorite New Mexico-style food is definitely:

1) bowl of green chile

2) carne adovada

and, of course, to finish everything off, yes, sopaipillas.

When I moved to Arizona in 1973 and lived there till 1982, I craved for New Mexico-style food. There was none there in Arizona.

Then I moved to California i9n 1982 and lived there till 2008.
I again craved for New Mexico-style food there but there was none there in California.

Thank God I moved back to New Mexico in 2008.
I will never ever leave New Mexico until I die.

In New Mexico, there are regular so-called Mexican restaurants that do not serve New Mexico-style food.
Quite a number of the so-called Mexican restaruants in this area these days are food from Mexico itself and, unfortunately, not New Mexico-style food.
Many people who come to New Mexico from places like Back East (New York, Chicago, etc.) and Mid-west and from the West Coast, seem not to know the difference between New Mexico-style Mexican food and Mexico-style Mexican food.
Here, in this discussion, I would like to talk about NEW MEXICO-STYLE FOOD RESTAURANTS.

What is your favorite New Mexico-style food restaurant in Albuquerque?

Let's begin the discussion.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by MarkSteele on December 3, 2010 at 5:45pm

Los Cuates or Bareles Coffee House. WTP?

Permalink Reply by Phil_0 on December 8, 2010 at 11:25pm

Barelas all the way. Los Cuates definitely falls in the too-much-cheese humungous-portion category.

Permalink Reply by J. Edgar on December 29, 2010 at 3:51pm

mmmmmm cheese and large portions, yummy

Permalink Reply by J. Edgar on December 29, 2010 at 12:02pm

Favorite New Mexican style restaurant - Monroe's, both the Osuna location and the Lomas/downtown location

Permalink Reply by Norio Hayakawa on December 29, 2010 at 12:34pm

Thanks, Edgar. I'll have to check that place out.

Permalink Reply by hettie on December 29, 2010 at 4:10pm

ooh, I love cocina azul! they catered some food for a party we had and it was delicious. we've been in the restaurant a few times and it's been consistently good, though I'm always a little disappointed at how few other diners are there. I hope this place does well. my favorite dish so far is their tamale plate with red chile. they make good sides--beans and rice--too, a area in which many new mexican restaurants fail to focus much attention (el patio excepted).

Permalink Reply by RebLem on February 12, 2011 at 12:31pm

Barelas Coffee House is good. For top drawer food as well as atmsosphere, try Casa Benvenidez. For just great down to earth dinner entrees, you can't beat El Modelo. So--Barelas Coffee House for breakfast, Casa Benvenidez for stuffed sopapillas, and El Modelo for their stewed ribs.

Permalink Reply by RebLem on February 15, 2011 at 11:21pm

Oops! That's Casa de Benavidez.

Permalink Reply by shotsie on March 29, 2011 at 8:32pm

El Modelo's red chile ribs absolutely kick! (As do their tamales,,,)

Permalink Reply by JN Myers on February 26, 2011 at 3:39pm

This is a good topic! I had no idea most of these places existed!

What are your thoughts on the Church Street Cafe, in old town? I tend to stick mostly to their cheese enchiladas and (forgive me) their grilled veggie sandwich.

I also like Cervantes and El Patio, mostly because they're so close to home.

Permalink Reply by Barbara on March 29, 2011 at 3:34pm

SADIES COCINITA!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Dale on March 29, 2011 at 6:56pm