Westside Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
Albuquerque - Westside
Garduño’s
Lunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sun. (hours can change without notice)
Complimentary Buffet: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmSUNDAY BRUNCH FIESTA! Just $12.95!: every Sunday 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Happy Hour! Drink Specials: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Happy Hour! MARGARITA MADNESS featuring $4.99 Margaritas!: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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A long standing New Mexican fixture, Garduño’s knows how to put the real meaning in “happy hour” with their expansive Margarita menu and Margarita flights. Try their Santa Fe blue enchiladas and treat yourself to fried ice cream, served in a sugar tostada bowl and drizzled with honey, the real New Mexican way! (Alibi Staff, December 23, 2010)
Golden Pride BBQ, Chicken & Ribs
Mon-Sat: 6am-10pm
Sun: 7am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
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Yes, Golden Pride is technically a fried chicken joint, but it also serves fantastic barbecue and the best damn portable burritos in town. Drive through and order a flock of wings, a rack of ribs and a passel of No. 9 breakfast burritos (with bacon!). It’s all good with beer, by the way. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Get a little taste of the farm right here in the city. Hannah and Nate’s is a country gift shop and breakfast and lunch café, so come in for a portobello salad and some potpourri, or a spinach salad and some ceramics. The sandwiches are as stuffed as the handmade pillows, and the prices are down-home and hospitable. Tip the servers, not the cows! (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Hooters Restaurant
Mon-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 • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Wireless Internet
Happy Hour!: every weekday 2:00pm - 6:00pmHappy Hour!: every weekday 9:00pm - 11:00pm
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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 on the patio. (Alibi Staff, April 10, 2013)
Keller's Farm Store
Mon-Sat: 9am-7pm
Sun: 9:30am-6pm (hours can change without notice)
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Why do we love Keller's? For starters, it has an abundance of weird cuts of meat from a menagerie of animals. All of the meats they carry are natural, meaning that most of the animals were raised here in New Mexico or Colorado without the use of antibiotics, hormones or growth stimulants, and were raised on vegetarian feed. The funny thing is, despite its wild abandon for all things meaty, Keller's also sells an impressive variety of foods that cater to people with special dietary needs. Appealing items for vegans, vegetarians, diabetics and those with wheat allergies are tucked away into every corner of the store. England, France and Germany are well represented in terms of cheese and specialty dry goods, and there are lots of local and organic products, too. The prepared burritos are quite good. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Keva Juice
Mon-Thurs: 8am-8pm
Fri: 8am-9pm
Sat: 9am-9pm
Sun: 10am-8pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Ice Cream/Smoothies/Gelato/Fro-Yo
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Keva Juice won Best Smoothies on our restaurant poll every time we ran the category. Despite its corporate veneer, the Keva Juice company is actually based out of New Mexico—and we agree with our readers, the product is awesome. It has a dizzying menu of enormous fruity milkshakes (or “smoothies,” to some), all blended up with fruit, frozen yogurt, juice and/or sherbet. And, in some cases, Oreos. Yum. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
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Specializing in local, organic and otherwise natural food products, the deli is no exception and doesn’t disappoint in taste or selection. The deli folks will make a hearty sandwich to your liking—or pick up a quick pint of one of the tasty hot or cold spreads and salads. For a delicious vegan dessert, stick with the chocolate Amazon cake, layered with luscious, fudge frosting. (Alibi Staff, July 13, 2016)
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Here, you can eat one of the best green chile burgers in the state of New Mexico. Laguna Burger doesn’t offer much in the way of atmosphere, but more than makes up for it in sheer flavor. (Alibi Staff, October 10, 2012)
Little Anita's menu is New Mexican to the core with enchiladas, burritos, carne adovada and stuffed sopaipillas. The red chile is generally milder than their green but is seasoned just right. Consistency, generous portions and fair prices make Little Anita's an Albuquerque mainstay—not to mention its many locations ranging from full-service dining to quick and easy take-out counters. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant
Mon-Thu 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Sun 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Italian
Full review: M’Tucci’s Italian has American crust (4/28/2016)
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Marble Brewery
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri.-Sat noon-midnight
Sun noon-10pm (hours can change without notice)
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While the trucks stay until about 10pm, Marble is open ‘til just about 11pm most nights. Listen to some live bands or grab a growler, six-pack or keg to go if you want to avoid the loyal following this Albuquerque favorite has gathered. (Alibi Staff, February 23, 2017)
Mariscos Altamar
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm
Fri 11am-10pm
Sat 10am-10pm
Sun 10am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Full review: Mariscos Altamar review (3/1/2007)
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This Westside gem awards patrons with steamy, heaping plates of Mexican seafood in a clean, cozy dining area. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, it's usually pretty hopping, though there's always a seat and prompt service. Try the shrimp or crab quesadilla with just the right balance of cheese and seafood. The cocktails have delicious shrimp (even octopus) served in their own juices with hunks of avocado, spices and onion. When the menu warns you something's going to be hot, it really is. You can always cool off with an order of homemade flan. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Las Islitas stakes its claim on just one noble pursuit—the seafood-heavy cuisine of Mexico’s Central Pacific state of Nayarit. The food is simple, delicious and authentic, having clearly evolved in a place where the raw ingredients are good and fresh. No culinary tap-dancing is necessary. Brothy, aromatic soups and fish-filled empanadas are a few must-haves, and even the unsavory sounding dishes such as camarones a la cucaracha (“cockroach” shrimp) are surprisingly delicious. You will definitely leave with a full panza. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Mimmo’s Ristorante & Pizzeria
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Full review: It’s a family thing (6/5/2008)
Full review: Mimmo's Ristorante and Pizzeria’s home-style Italian is worth the patrons (4/7/2016)
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A New York-Italian setting so authentic, Don Corleone would feel comfortable. Co-owner Sal Cerami has compiled a simple list that’s better than those found at most small Italian restaurants. It won’t win a Wine Spectator Award, but that’s not his goal. Cerami’s love and excitement for wine is contagious as he mills around the tables selling bottles of Chianti. The real treat is having him personally recommend your wine—somehow, Cerami always finds a hidden jewel stashed away, as though he were saving it just for you. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
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A Westside gem, Nicky V’s casual atmosphere, beer selection and brick oven-fired pizza make it a great antidote to the inevitable Paseo del Norte/Coors traffic snarls just outside the window, especially if you’re sipping a glass of wine. The usual pizza suspects are well represented, from Margherita to campania, but you’d be remiss to not try the Buffalo chicken pizza at least once. (Alibi Staff, April 14, 2011)
Pelican’s Restaurant
Mon-Thurs: 5-10:30pm
Fri-Sat: 5-11:30pm
Sun: 11am-10pm
*Bar opens every day at 4pm (hours can change without notice)
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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)
