Westside Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico
Albuquerque - Westside
Hannah and Nate’s Market Café
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!
 | | | | | 4.73 rating (21 votes) |
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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| | |  | | 2.8 rating (15 votes) |
Keller's Farm Store
Mon-Sat: 9am-7pm
Sun: 9:30am-6pm (hours can change without notice)
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.
| | | | | 4.43 rating (7 votes) |
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
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.
| | | | | 3 rating (7 votes) |
La Fonda del Bosque
This new restaurant in the historic National Hispanic Cultural Center was opened by Chef Stefani Mangrum in 2017, and their food affirms her 40 years of culinary experience. The setting is romantic Spanish inn, the service is fantasic and the specials are always delicious. Try the beer-battered wild mushroom chile relleno to remember why you love chiles rellenos, and don’t skip out on dessert.
Full review: New restaurant at NHCC serves tasty Latin fusion ()
| | | | | 5 rating (1 vote) |
La Montañita Co-op
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.
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Laguna Burger (66 Pit Stop)
Mon-Sun 6am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American
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.
| | | | | 4.5 rating (14 votes) |
Little Anita's
Cuisine: New Mexican
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.
| | | | | 4.2 rating (10 votes) |
Lumpy's Burgers
Cuisine: American
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| | | | | 3.33 rating (3 votes) |
M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant
Mon-Thu 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Sun 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Italian
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Full review: M’Tucci’s Italian has American crust ()
| | | | | 4.18 rating (34 votes) |
Marble Brewery
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri.-Sat noon-midnight
Sun noon-10pm (hours can change without notice)
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.
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Mariscos Altamar
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm
Fri 11am-10pm
Sat 10am-10pm
Sun 10am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
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.
Full review: Mariscos Altamar review ()
| | | | | 3.37 rating (30 votes) |
Mariscos Las Islitas
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.
Full review: Welcome to Nayarit ()
| | | | | 2.72 rating (32 votes) |
Mimmo’s Ristorante & Pizzeria
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
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.
Full review: It’s a family thing ()
| | | | | 3.82 rating (51 votes) |
Nippon Japanese Restaurant
Cuisine: Japanese
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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)
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.
| | | | | 2.17 rating (69 votes) |
Perico's on the Green
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| | | | | 2.82 rating (22 votes) |
Pizza 9
Sun-Thurs: 11am-11pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough at multiple locations across town. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will the Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. With gluten-free crust options, it’s a perfect spot for groups with opposing dietary needs, and with several locations, you can have it all delivered right to your front door!
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Pizza 9
Sun-Thurs: 10am-10pm(dining) 11pm (delivery)
Fri-Sat: 10am-11pm (dining) midnight (delivery) (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough at multiple locations across town. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will the Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. With gluten-free crust options, it’s a perfect spot for groups with opposing dietary needs, and with several locations, you can have it all delivered right to your front door!
| | | | | 3.06 rating (18 votes) |
Pizza 9
Sun-Thurs: 10am-11pm
Fri-Sat: 10am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough at multiple locations across town. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will the Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. With gluten-free crust options, it’s a perfect spot for groups with opposing dietary needs, and with several locations, you can have it all delivered right to your front door!
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