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Albuquerque - Downtown SisterCuisine: Bar
The cavernous, ground-floor counterpart to Anodyne, Sister is a space tailor-made for happenings. This is a perfect spot for enjoying a quiet dip into the vast draft beer selection with your comrades after work or boogying to the multitude of live bands that occupy its stage nearly every night. Foodies must try the Kimchi fries and the divine brisket tacos. (Alibi Staff, February 1, 2013)  Slate Street CaféMon: 7:30am-3pm
Tue-Thurs: 7:30am-3pm, 5-9pm
Fri: 7:30am-3pm, 5-10pm
Sat: 9am-2pm, 5-10pm
Sun: 9am-2pm (hours can change without notice) $$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge Full review: The Slate Street Café (9/3/2015) Full review: This ain’t your mama’s meatloaf (1/3/2008) Read more: Mina's Dish: Two museum cafés offer more than eye candy (10/20/2011)
Slate is on a quiet, blink-and-you-miss-it avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street nestled right in the heart of the legal district. Like the space itself, the menu is polished and unintimidating. Don’t miss the ahi tuna sandwich (with gluten-free bread available!). It's all very affordable for its level of quality. There’s also a fabulous wine loft with the wines listed by style—“just a little sweet,” “ABC: Anything But Chardonnay” or “sexy, elegant, austere”—not varietal or region. Demystifying the label like this makes it easy for patrons to pair wine and food. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Albuquerque - Far Northeast Heights The Barley RoomMon-Sat: 11am-2am
Sun: 11am-midnight (hours can change without notice) $$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • NM Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet Full review: Barley Room has a cure for the hangry (5/12/2016)
The Barley Room is a watering hole in the far Northeast Heights that fills patrons up with live music, lots of libations and a surprisingly ample menu. Snack on bar-friendly fried things (say yes to the sweet potato fries!), or have a proper meal with burgers, salads, pasta, New Mexican dishes and a few grilled meat and fish entrées. There’s a palpable sports bar feel to the place, but a diverse clientele keeps this bar/grill comfortable for just about everyone. The kitchen stays open until midnight every night; go ahead and linger. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)  Jinja Bar & BistroMon-Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat-Sun: 11:30am-10pm (hours can change without notice) Cuisine: Asian $$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Lounge Full review: Prefab Pacific whim (1/11/2007)
This Asian-American eatery has a reputation for retro Pacific Rim decor and the clink of drinks with little umbrellas in them. If you're in the mood for East-meets-West fare like lettuce wraps, orange peel beef or Tokyo crispy tofu, then load up the Prius and take a drive down Paseo del Norte. You’ll also find a large selection of fine loose teas and more liquor than you can shake a limbo stick at. Have a yen for wine? Here it comes in white, red and plum. (Alibi Staff, October 10, 2012) Mykonos Café & TavernaSun-Thu: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice) Cuisine: Greek/Mediterranean
This is Greek food that’s elegant, straightforward and absolutely delicious. White tile and recessed blue light create an island oasis that’s suggested rather than spelled out (no 8-foot murals here), and the service is friendly and attentive. The lentil soup is seasoned with just a whisper of aged balsamic vinegar, perfect with a toasty triangle of imported pita bread and a light Greek salad. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)  Pelican’s RestaurantMon-Thurs: 4pm-10pm
Fri-Sat: 4pm-11pm
Sun: 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice) Meals Served: Dinner Full review: Lips Ahoy! (10/5/2006)
Rough-hewn wood planks lead you into this nautically-themed steak and seafood restaurant, which doesn’t start seating for dinner until 5pm. Luckily, happy hour begins at 4pm. Have a Lady Godiva hot cocktail and a baker's dozen of topless oysters in the bar while you wait. Then dive into creamy clam chowder, butter-sweet Australian lobster tail and Ranchero center-cut top sirloin. There's plenty of key lime pie in the icebox and Phil Collins on the speakers. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)  Savoy Wine Bar & GrillLunch: Mon-Fri: 11:30am-2pm
Dinner: Sun-Sat 5-10pm
Happy Hour: Sun-Sat 3-6pm (hours can change without notice) $$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet Full review: Grape harmony (9/6/2007)
Wine flights are the best way to try different selections without going broke, and Savoy has some interesting choices. They pair perfectly with the restaurant’s stunning interiors and lovely New American dishes—stovetop clam bake, grilled peach salad and the house charcuterie plate. For dessert, there’s praline-chocolate torte, house-made blackberry-Chambord ice cream, cheese plates and, of course, a glass of La Spinetta Moscato d’Asti. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)  Trombino's Bistro ItalianoMon-Thurs: 4pm-10pm
Fri: 4pm-10:30pm
Sat: 3pm-10:30pm
Sun: 3pm-9pm (hours can change without notice) Cuisine: Italian $$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go
Trombino's Bistro Italiano has been an institution of family-style Italian dining in the Heights for more than 30 years. It houses an impressively fat menu that includes a full bar, espresso drinks and an ample wine list. The service is quicker than a Hollywood marriage, and the waitstaff seems particularly knowledgeable about the food and wines. Gravitate to the more rustic Italian fare—lemon-basil chicken salad, grilled homemade Italian sausage, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus and manicotti--all are amply portioned and tasty. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Albuquerque - I-25 Corridor Canteen BrewhouseSun-Thu: noon-10pm
Fri-Sat: noon-midnight (hours can change without notice) $ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly Cask Conditioned Ale: every Wednesday 2:00 pm - 10:00 pmRead more: Locovore: Drink up and chow down at Il Vicino Brewery Canteen (5/10/2012)
Canteen Brewhouse picks up where the Il Vacino Vassar tap room left off. The canteen is spacious, and so is a shaded patio filled with picnic benches—a comfortable spot to enjoy the brew, regular live music and a casual menu. There’s no pizza here, but there are satisfying sandwiches. As always, the ingredients are top-notch, the microbrews are award-winning, and the homebrewed root beer float is a real treat. (Alibi Staff, April 14, 2011)  Chama River Brewing CompanySun-Thurs: 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm (hours can change without notice)
This local brewery and restaurant provides delicious food and a bevy of their own brews. The food is approachable American stuff that, coincidentally, goes pretty damn well with beer. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Fiesta's Restaurant & LoungeSun-Thu: 6:30-9pm, Bar:7am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 6:30am-10pm, Bar: 7am-1am (hours can change without notice) Cuisine: Mexican $$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Karaoke • Pool Tables • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Wireless Internet Happy Hour!: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
The staff never judge you after your sixth or seventh taco or even when you ask for the relleno and tamale plate after. They even have a premier karoke system avaliable every Friday and Saturday night in their bar. (Alibi Staff, December 23, 2010)  Fox and Hound Sports Tavern$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • Take Out / To-Go • Pool Tables • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet Full review: When you’re hunting for good bar food (4/22/2010)
At first glance, The Fox and Hound is your typical sports bar, hip-hop music blasting, TVs blaring, and pretty waitresses bustling. But one glance at the extensive menu is all it takes to clue you in that it is a fine restaurant as well. Unlike the usual fried piece of beer sponge that you get at most sports bars, the menu offers more elegant dishes like blackened mahi-mahi. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Hooters RestaurantMon-Thurs-11-11, Fri-Sat-11-12, Sun 11-10 (hours can change without notice) Cuisine: American Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Delivery • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Karaoke • Pool Tables • Smoking Permitted • Wireless Internet Happy Hour!: every weekday 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm: every weekday 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
 Krypton BlueMon-Fri: 2pm-midnight
Sat: 11:30am-1am
Sun: 11:30am-10:30pm (hours can change without notice) $$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Pool Tables • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet Full review: The cure for the common sports bar (10/21/2010)
Formerly Doc & Eddy’s, Krypton Blue is new, clean and ready for action. While the service staff isn’t the best in Albuquerque—double check that they’ve applied happy hour and other special pricing—they make a mean cocktail. Our favorite is the Lush which contains Hendrick's gin, fresh lime juice, cucumber slice, light lavender syrup and St. Germaine. (Alibi Staff, December 23, 2010)  La Cumbre Brewing Co.Cuisine: Brewery $ • Booze Served • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Take Out / To-Go • Pool Tables • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly • Lounge Read more: Brew City: La Cumbre Brewery’s Jeff Erway talks about the camaraderie in Albuquerque’s microbrew scene (1/24/2013) Read more: ABQ Beer Geek: La Cumbre brews with altitude (1/13/2011)
Jeff Erway presents a variety of beer styles brewed right on the premises, one of which will almost certainly fulfill your specific craving. In addition to the cold taps, one or two of the beers are often available woody and cellar-temperature from the cask. As you sip, play a game of pool upstairs, scratch under your well-behaved pet’s collar and chat with the always-friendly fellow beer-lovers. (Alibi Staff, January 20, 2011)  Nexus BreweryMon-Thurs: 11am-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-8:30pm (hours can change without notice) $$ • Booze Served • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly Read more: ABQ Beer Geek: Tractor taps Nob Hill, Nexus makes neighbors near I-25 (9/8/2011) Read more: On the Hunt for Chicken and Waffles (2/20/2014)
This brewery has quite a following, both for the beer and as a “New Mexican soul food” gastropub. The menu offers specialties of New Orleans style gumbo and the delicious marriage of chicken and waffles. It’s just the place to take your corn-bread-and-Frito-pie-craving friends while still getting your craft beer fix. (Alibi Staff, July 12, 2011)  SneakerzFull review: Volleyball, check. Hot wings, check. MMA, not so much. (3/17/2011)
Albuquerque - Nob HillIl VicinoSun-Thu: 11am-11pm
Fri- Sat: 11am-midnight (hours can change without notice) $$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • NM Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio Read more: Dining Out: A Beginner’s Guide to Veg-Life (1/21/2016)
Il Vicino’s thin-crusted, gourmet-topped pizzas are perennial favorites among Alibi readers, but the big salads are equally popular. Order at the register, and a server brings the food to your table, making weekday lunches speedy. The open kitchen gives you something to stare at while you wait. Stop in for a quick lunch or a late afternoon microbrew at one of the sidewalk tables. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) | Today's Events Fall Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show at Expo New MexicoAn American Daughter at Vortex TheatreMore Recommended Events ›› NEWSLETTERS Great Alibi stories, events and deals delivered to your inbox each week. No fooling!
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