  | North Valley Albuquerque Restaurants Albuquerque - North ValleyThe chile is always hot and flavorful, and it’s especially good on the breakfast burritos. This is traditional New Mexican food at dirt-cheap prices. Sit down and eat, or just do take-out. Bulk foods also available. Closed Sunday. (Alibi Staff, September 7, 2011) Add a Review How many times have you driven past the little white food cart at Fourth Street and Griegos and thought, Is it worth stopping for? Without a doubt, the answer is yes. Have a seat at the picnic table in front and watch
tia
through a Plexiglas window as she rolls up tacos, burritos, quesadillas and gorditas with carne asada, pollo asado,
picadillo
(spiced, minced beef)
chicharrones
and lingua (meltingly tender tongue). Grab a communal bowl of salsa and become happily fed while making new friends. There are a few types of
aguas frescas
(fruit juices) to drink, and in the winter, ALT is one of the few places you can get
champurrado
(a hot chocolate-atole beverage) in Albuquerque. (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 in our poll) burger and fries and a breakfast burrito that hits the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each 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. This one even has a drive-through. (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. (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 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 Home of the ranchero burger and a screamin’ $2 Frito pie (which usually takes top honors in our restaurant polls), these burgers are similar to their Lotaburger or Its-a-Burger cousins, except they have loads of green or red chile on them. And Bob's offers "taco burgers"—burgers in taco shells instead of buns. And the chili dogs are a foot long. And there are blended root beer floats. Bob is quite the creative entrepreneur. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Casa de BenavidezMon-Thu 10:30 am-8 pm
Fri: 9 am-9 pm
Sat: 8 am-9 pm
Sun: 8 am-3 pm (subject to change) Cuisine: New Mexican Full review: A taste of “old" Placitas in the North Valley (9/24/2009)
One of the most beautiful patios in town. Benavidez is way the hell up there in the North Valley, but if you’re looking for a good breakfast burrito, or simply someplace to sit and have some chips, queso and a mind-erasing Bloody Mary, this place is worth your time. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Easily the most excessively punctuated business title in Albuquerque, Cravin’ Cookies ... and More! is a cozy bakery nestled in the lush greenery of the Far North Valley. Café-style seating indoors and out, potted plants and a wooden display hutch create a warm, homey environment that begs visitors to sit and sip a cup of tea. Barb, the carbohydrate crafter, bakes up at least a dozen different cookies a day, along with several pies, cakes and tortes. Cookies are available in mini and regular sizes, and there’s always a plate of samples to help you make up your mind—but may we suggest the red-chile chocolate cookies, chocolate chip cookies, toasted coconut pie ... and skipping lunch and going straight for the flourless chocolate torte. Winner of Best Cookies in recent Best of Burque Restaurants polls. (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 microgreens) 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 until 10 p.m. weeknights or 11 p.m. weekends. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Because it’s just far enough away to make a trip to El Camino the perfect excuse for a Saturday morning motorcycle ride. Because there are handpainted cow skulls on the wall and the waitresses call you “hon’.” Because the down-home breakfast burritos and huevos rancheros are just plain good. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review El PintoMon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 10:30am-9 pm (subject to change) Cuisine: New Mexican
Touted as New Mexico’s largest restaurant, the North Valley’s El Pinto is best known for its gorgeous, shady environment (perennially Best Patio in our restaurant polls) and award-winning jarred salsa. Try it for Margaritas, brunch and a little flan. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 6 ] Best of Burque 2009 (Best Lesbian Bar):
Exhale has live entertainment, a smokin' dance floor, naughty drinks and jalapeño poppers. Outside of a planet with pink clouds and rivers of chocolate, populated solely by lovely lesbian ladies, what more could a girl ask for? (Alibi Staff, December 23, 2010) Add a Review  Ezra’s PlaceTue-Sat: 11am-3pm, 5-9pm
Sun: 9am-2pm
Closed Monday (subject to change) Full review: Sophia’s little brother is quirky but charming (5/14/2009)
From the folks who brought us Sophia’s Place (breakfast and lunch only), Ezra’s Place is just a short jog down the street inside the Lucky 66 Bowl. Chef Dennis is playing with dinner in the same lane-side dining room where Sadie’s got its start. The Kobe beef burger is what all burgers should aspire to be, and at $10 (served with blue cheese, caramelized red onion and a heap of those shoestring fries), it’s an outright steal. Other dishes span a wide and surprising ingredient range (
Asadero
cheese? Duck confit and free-range chicken?) but the comfort-food quality (tacos, et al) make this place at home in the bowling alley. Open for lunch and dinner, plus brunch on the weekends. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 6 ] Farm & TableDinner hours:
Wed-Thu 5pm-9pm
Fri-Sat 5pm-10 pm
Brunch hours:
Sat- Sun 9am-2 pm (subject to change)
After a long winter of teasing us via its Facebook page, Farm & Table finally opened on Fourth Street between Paseo and Alameda. The setting is gorgeous, inside and out (the spacious courtyard overlooks 10 acres of farm field). The local and organic ingredients are meticulously sourced, and the food is reasonably priced for what you get. As mind-expanding as the pork pork belly is, Chef Ravey’s seafood is on another level entirely, as one might expect from a talented Hawaiian chef. (Alibi Staff, May 3, 2012) Add a Review  Flying Star CaféSun-Thurs: 6am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 6am-11pm (subject to change)
Flying Star’s blueberry buttermilk pancakes are a guaranteed silver bullet for your behemoth-sized sweet tooth. They’re friggin’ enormous, fluffy and filling, and at about $2.30 a pop, a little frivolous. But you’re worth the extra pennies, aren’t you, sweetie pie? Throw in a side of green chile turkey sausage and a beautiful North Valley patio, and your
crudo
is history. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review French Riviera BakeryTues-Fri: 7am-2:30pm
Sat: 7am-12:30pm
Closed Sunday & Monday (subject to change)
You have enough to worry about without the stress of not knowing where your next baked good is going to come from. Have a buttery fruit pastry, a slice of pie or buy a loaf of that nice, spongy white bread to take home and tear off chunks to stuff in your mouth in a secret corner of the kitchen. We won’t tell. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review If it’s salt-of-the-earth, tried-and-true New Mexican favorites you’re after, hit up a Garcia’s in your area. It’s got daily specials, breakfast anytime and even a "gringo menu" that’ll fill you up without depleting your wallet. The huevos rancheros with green chile will leave you licking the plate and contemplating seconds. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ]
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