  | Old Town Albuquerque Restaurants Albuquerque - Old Town
The aroma of the "Ring of Fire" pizza—filled with green chile, red chile and jalapeños—flavors the air and makes you wanna sing some Cash. The pizzeria ladles on four signature sauces and offers a variety of salads, soups and excellent appetizers while you wait on that "Gut Buster" pizza (eight toppings of your choice). OTPP also has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet every day to satisfy your cheese cravings. The “Marble Monday” beer special is one of the best deals around. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 3 ] Q BarTues-Thurs: 4pm-11pm
Fri: 4pm-2:am
Sat: 6pm-2am
Closed Sunday and Monday (subject to change)
In addition to an upscale selection of booze, the cozy and modern Q Bar serves a brief but pleasantly appetizing menu of nibbles and noshes. The dishes are small enough to make good snacks and expensive enough to keep them that way—you'd have to spend more than you'd like in order to really fill up. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Robin’s KitchenCuisine: American, Deli/Sandwiches, Specialty Food Store, Organic/Locally Grown, Bakery/Sweets, New Mexican Read more: Locovore: Robin’s Kitchen is healthy at the Harwood (9/15/2011)
After 12 years of feeding students at Escuela del Sol Montessori, Robin Day and her husband Tom Day began selling her cooking to the public. We’re so glad she did. A cute, five-table dining room in the Harwood Art Center makes up Robin’s corner enclave. You can tell a lot about the quality and integrity of a place by how it cuts or doesn’t cut corners. The little things stand out at Robin’s, like organic milk for the coffee. Many of the herbs come from their garden, as well as the tomatoes in the salad and sandwiches. The breakfast burrito, made with oven-roasted Yukon gold potatoes, green chile and eggs as local as they can find, is absolutely masterful. Sprouts and sprouted grains find their way into the food in many ways, including Robin’s great grains salad, made with wheat berries, barley, dill, parsley and sprouted lentils in a homemade, roasted garlic and balsamic dressing. There are frozen quarts of soup to go, and a lineup of baked goods on the rack by the register includes muffins made with organic fruit that was frozen in season. (Alibi Staff, September 29, 2011) Add a Review If you find yourself wandering around Old Town somewhere near lunchtime, don’t hesitate to duck into this little café for a quick bite. The sandwiches will remind you of lunches your mom used to make, especially the big peanut butter and jelly. You won’t be able to resist the temptation of a cookie or two from the bakery case, so just plan on indulging. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Fantastic burgers, frito pie, hot and meaty sandwiches, and all kinds of old-fashioned soda fountain beverages are waiting for you in this tiny, authentic mom ’n’ pop diner. We love the bleu cheese green chile burger (only $3.95), salmon burger, fresh crab cake sandwich and homemade potato salad. The Malt Shop offers free delivery on $5 minimum orders to Old Town and Downtown every day, but be warned that it doesn’t accept plastic. (Alibi Staff, May 20, 2011) Add a Review  Seasons Rotisserie & GrillLunch:
Mon-Fri: 11:30am-2:30pm
Dinner:
Daily starting at 5 pm
Rooftop Cantina:
Mon-Thu 4pm-11pm
Fri-Sat 4pm-11:45pm
Sun 4pm-10:45pm
Happy Hour:
Mon-Fri 4pm-6:30, 9pm-10pm (subject to change) $$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet Full review: Fine dining is always in season (3/11/2010)
Seasons’ rooftop patio is one of our favorite wine-drinking destinations, especially when it’s nice out. There are heaters up there for chilly nights, the courtyard fountain provides a calming gurgle, the view of the mountains is great and the happy hour menu has outstanding dishes at more than reasonable prices. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ] After you’re done finding Nemo (we’ll give you a hint: check out the clownfish display at the aquarium), skip the scary snack bar and have a nice, sit-down lunch with the kiddies in the cool indoors. And the best part? The entire back wall of the restaurant is part of the aquarium exhibit, so you get to watch sharks having lunch while you’re eating. Macabre? Maybe, but the food is good and the prices are uncharacteristically reasonable for lunch at a “captive audience” place. Ah, the irony of eating seafood pasta while watching tropical fish swim by, but the nibblers will love you for it. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review  Slate at the Museum10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Snacks, coffee, pastries until 4 p.m. Closed Monday. (subject to change) Read more: Mina's Dish: Two museum cafés offer more than eye candy (10/20/2011)
Just inside the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, this cozy lunch spot is an offshoot of Slate Street Café. Specialties include the museum Niçoise—a stellar presentation of poached (rather than seared) tuna on a bed of field greens, green beans, sliced new potatoes—crispy buttermilk chicken and steak frites. During the museum’s Third Thursday Nights, Slate also offers a special menu called “Small Plates Great Tastes” featuring items such as ahi mango ceviche, duck and almond empanadas, and New Orleans barbecue shrimp. (Alibi Staff, October 20, 2011) Add a Review New Mexico's largest winery, St. Clair Vineyards has branched out into the food service sector. The casual, reasonably priced eatery is located just to the northwest of the Sheraton Old Town off Rio Grande. Regular live jazz music, two patios and a spacious front specialty wine and gift shop bring wine festival flair to thirsty Burqueños year-round, while the menu is built around the Vineyard's signature wines. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 2 ] Add a Review A restaurant that focusses mostly on salads may be a hard-sell for meat happy Burqueños, but make no mistake: Vinaigrette does salad right. From gourmet options that feature duck and arugula, to more delicate fare with pomengranate seeds and shoestring yams, Vinaigrette presents a world of salads you may not have known existed. And much of their menu is locally grown at their fields in Nambe, too. (Alibi Staff, April 25, 2013) Add a Review | 
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