New Mexican Food in Albuquerque

Three Good Bets for Traditional Mexican Food

If you are visiting, or even passing through New Mexico it would be well worth your time to stop and sample the unique and flavorful cuisine.  Some of the dishes may sound familiar, but the natives of New Mexico have developed a taste of their own that is simply incredible.

Traditional Mexican foods such as enchiladas, rellenos, and tamales benefit from the wonderful New Mexican green and red chili famous around the world.  Nowhere else can you find foods with these sauces and spicy combinations.   If you stop to eat New Mexican food do yourself a favor and don’t expect a taste like anything you’ve eaten anywhere else.  This food experience deserves an open mind. 

Be sure and ask the wait staff where you are eating the temperature of the chili if you have a preference.  Depending on the crop and what they have on hand the hotness varies from day to day and often from red to green chili.

Albuquerque is  the largest city in New Mexico.  Located just northwest of the center of the state, there is a great deal of good food to be found.  Depending on what you are looking for, there is a dish, and an atmosphere to suit everyone.

El Pinto Restaurant
10500 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM
(505) 890-8547

The El Pinto Restaurant is a fine dining establishment in the northwest side of Albuquerque where locals and tourists alike go out of their way to have a meal. Both President Clinton and President Bush ate there while visiting Albuquerque and it has developed a certain fame nation wide. 

The El Pinto wasn’t easy for me to find the first time I went there.  Found off of Alameda, the drive will take you down a curving road that is full of homes and businesses, but doesn’t seem like an area you’ll find a restaurant, and certainly not one of this size.