  | Southeast Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico Albuquerque - Southeast
Try to disregard the fact that this place is attached to an auto emissions testing shop—the food is the real deal. The menu is packed with delicately flavored soups, rice and vermicelli dishes for the vegetarian and meat-eater alike. Portions are more than generous, and so are the prices. Try the lemongrass tofu. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review This supermarket rivals Talin for its huge selection of produce, seafood, groceries and housewares—but at less pricey 99-B, it’s all Asian, all the time. Yes, there’s a prepared foods deli; and no, you shouldn’t skip it. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review These brightly painted stands sell quick, tasty Mexican standards for cheap. The burritos come wrapped in a delightfully moist and tender tortilla and are quite satisfying for the price (some are just $1.75). In fact, the most expensive dinner plate you can buy here comes in at just under $5 and features seven items. Beware: Acapulco is takeout only, and you’ll probably end up eating everything you bought before you make it back home. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Asian Grill11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Closed Saturday. (subject to change) Full review: An international flavor trip (12/2/2010)
As a cook-turned-sailor stopping at ports of call throughout Asia, Nang Thai was on the lookout for details that defined the cuisines he encountered. And now, as the owner of Asian Grill on Gibson, he’s more than happy to stand by your table and tell you about his various epiphanies. It’s clear from the sparse decor of Asian Grill’s large, clean dining space that food is the priority. Other than a television tuned to a sci-fi channel, there’s little to distract from the business of eating. Vietnamese specialties are a strong suit at Asian Grill, and while many of the recipes are carefully regional and authentic, there are also a few plates that are experiments in fusion, such as the ahi tuna steak. Other highlights include Taiwan-style flounder and pineapple beef. (Alibi Staff, December 23, 2010) Add a Review  Banh Mi CodaMon-Sat: 8:30 am-7 pm
Sun: 10:30 am-4:30 pm (subject to change) Full review: Exploring the secrets of Banh Mi Coda (5/23/2013) Full review: Dessert first, questions later (12/6/2007)
Oh, the glories of a Vietnamese sandwich with house-made butter, ham, pickled veggies, pâté and head cheese. If head cheese is too much of an acquired taste, coconut cake, beautiful steamed pandan buns and light, airy sesame balls are really not. Neither is watching Linda bring out a pan of fresh, hot bánh tiêu or sweet, fried bread sprinkled with sesame seeds.House-made sandwich meats are available by the pound. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For an award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries), quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For an award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries), quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For an award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries), quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For an award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries), quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For a quick, award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries) burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. Even comes with a drive through. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For an award-winning (for both Best Burger and Best French Fries), quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? They’re easy to spot from afar—just keep an eye out for the giant Asian Uncle Sam sign. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Bluejeans Lounge Restaurant8:30 am-2am Monday-Saturday 12:00-12:00 Sunday (subject to change) Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • Live Music • Jukebox • Pool Tables • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted Happy Hour!: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Da and Nga Nguyen set up shop in the old Talin Market building on Louisiana, one block south of Central. The Café Trang menu includes several types of spring rolls (try the shrimp sausage), grilled meats and shrimp, soups, and rice dishes that are made from scratch and to order. Café Trang also serves Vietnamese sandwiches made on special baguettes that are flown in twice a week from California, and the spicy lemongrass soup is to die for. Closed Mondays. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ] Cervantes Restaurant & LoungeRestaurant:
Mon-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-9:30pm
Lounge:
Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm
Sun: 11am-10pm (subject to change) Cuisine: New Mexican
Ah, Cervantes. It represents Albuquerque as we like to think of it: unbound by trends, not particularly fashionable, sometimes sketchy but mostly just full of good people. Its 1970s-style dining room is the perfect backdrop for ordering timeless home-cooked New Mexican food and eating until you’re stuffed. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Besides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with spring mix greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review El Mezquite Market7 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day at every location. Kitchens close at 8 p.m., though they’ve been known to run out of food earlier. (subject to change)
The biggest clue you’re still in the U.S. is an MVD Express. All the El Mezquite stores have a “casa de cambio” currency exchange service, which adds to the foreign flavor. So do rows of Mexican and other Hispanic foods with an army of piñatas suspended above. A restaurant, flanked by the store's bakery, features a cafeteria-style serving line that begins in front of a mountain of roasted pig. Next, there’s an array of meats, some mixed with vegetables, and at least one soup. Finally, past
horchata
and
aguas frescas
and a cash register, big wooden tables and a 20-something-member salsa bar await diners. (Alibi Staff, January 6, 2011) Add a Review This boxy strip mall gem is a Colombian restaurant with a solid lineup of Mexican dishes to boot, as well as chicken—crispy, juicy, falling-off-the-bone tender and full of smoky charbroiled flavor. Milky
horchata
is homemade (and runs out quickly). An appetizer of imported blood sausage comes with pieces of fried plantain that are pounded and fried to resemble flowers.
Ropa vieja
may translate as “old clothes,” but shredded flank steak in Creole sauce is a culinary masterpiece not to be underestimated—especially when it comes with chile, eggs, cilantro, garlic and plantains. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review So
sabroso
! This is one of those sweet mom ’n’ pop restaurants that is much beloved by neighbors but nearly unknown by folks in other parts of the city. Well, now you know. If you’re in the mood for real Mexican food like
chicharron
burritos, shredded chicken tacos or irresistibly good
desebrada
, then head on over to El Sabor. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ] The cheap prices don’t reflect the
grande
portions, or the quality of the ingredients, and Federico’s is open 24 hours every day. Take the kids, take the dog or just take yourself out for late plate of authentic tacos, burritos, chimichangas and an ice-cold horchata. Your stomach and your wallet will thank you in the morning. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Giovanni’sMon-Thurs:11am-9pm
Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: 4-9pm (subject to change) Cuisine: Pizza Full review: Thinner is better (6/7/2007)
Just thinking about the pizza here is enough to send our insulin levels into overdrive. The authentically crisp-yet-floppy New York-style thin crust is a perfect foundation for garlicky tomato sauce and a mountain of toppings. Buy it by the slice (just under a buck and a half plus 35 cents for additional toppings), as a pie (12, 15 or 18 inches) or Sicilian style (a rectangle with eight big slices). There are also mammoth baked calzones, rolls and stromboli. They’re all stuffed to the gills with delicious ingredients—which is exactly how you’ll leave if you eat one. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 8 ] | 
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