Wine Bar Bars in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
Albuquerque - Downtown
Sidetrack Brewery
Mon-Thur 3pm-11pm
Fri 3pm-12am
Sat 12pm-12am
Sun 12pm-10pm (hours can change without notice)
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If you’re in need of a good conversation and a personalized sampling flight, Sidetrack is the best brewery to go to. The servers are personable and chatty, but if you’re feeling introspective or want a private conversation, take your drink and meal (the food is provided by local restaurants that they have on rotation) and head out to the gorgeous patio. The beer selection is always changing, so there’s always something new to try at this modern taproom. (Alibi Staff, February 22, 2017)
Albuquerque - Nob Hill
Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Brunch:
Sat-Sun: 11am-2:30pm
Dinner:
Sun: 5pm-9pm
Mon-Thurs: 5pm-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm
Cellar Bar:
Tues-Sat: 5pm-1am
Sun-Mon: 5pm-11pm
Cellar Bar Summer Hours:
Tues-Thu 5pm-12am (hours can change without notice)
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Wireless Internet
Read more: On the Hunt for Chicken and Waffles (2/20/2014)
Full review: A tale of two restaurants (12/20/2007)
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Zinc is a delightfully renovated historic space in Nob Hill, reborn as an upscale restaurant serving elegant American food with noticeable French inspiration. Downstairs, the cellar bar attracts a younger crowd for drinks, music and daily specials including the $9 beer, brat and pretzel every Thursday. The happy hour menu, wines by the glass and prices are the best around. Give the brunch a try, and while you’re at it, try a Taos Mule from the bar. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Albuquerque - North Valley
El Bruno's Restaurante y Cantina
Mon-Sun 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Lounge
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New Mexican food in the Garduño’s vein—plus burgers and booze—in a bucolic valley setting. In fact, El Bruno’s does indeed occupy the site (and, one might assume, the demographic) of the former North Valley Garduño’s. (Alibi Staff, April 10, 2013)
Albuquerque - Old Town
Ponderosa Brewing Company
Full review: Ponderosa Brewing Company serves great beer, but the food is lacking (11/12/2015)
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Another brewery jostles for recognition in the crowded Albuquerque market place. This one, an expansion of a Portland, Ore. outfit, offers a tastefully appointed and classy dining area and a menu of pub-inspired gastro-delights like fish and chips, burgers and the like. As far as beer is concerned, Ponderosa leans toward the hoppy end of the spectrum, though the Borracho breakfast stout eschews the floral aromatics for dark, malty excellence. (Alibi Staff, October 8, 2014)
Tio Chavas' Restaurant and Cantina
Sun-Thurs 11am-6pm
Fri-Sat 11am-8pm (hours can change without notice)
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Santa Ana Pueblo - Santa Ana Pueblo
Prairie Star Restaurant & Wine Bar
Winter Hours Tuesday- Saturday
Dinner seating 5:30pm- 8pm Tuesday-Thursday
Dinner seating 5:30 pm- 9pm Friday-Saturday (hours can change without notice)
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Situated in an old adobe mansion with stunning views of the Sandia mountains, Prairie Star is tailor-made for intimate special occasions. Bold New American dishes are as beautiful to behold as they are to eat and go down flawlessly with selections from the Wine Spectator-honored cellar. This wine list is immaculate and includes 50 by-the-glass pours maintained in an argon gas Cruvinet. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
