   | Albuquerque Restaurants near Cottonwood Stadium 16 Albuquerque Flying Star CaféSun-Thurs: 6am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 6am-11pm (subject to change)
Winner of Best Casual Dining, Best Veggie Burger, Best Toast, Best Healthy Breakfast and Best Desserts in our restaurant polls. Sure, you go in thinking you’ll be good and get a skinny latte, scrambled egg whites and a side of turkey and green chile sausage, but five minutes later somebody’s saying “eclair” and the voice is coming from your mouth. But, boy, do they taste good. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Albuquerque - North Valley Terra Bistro and Wine BarLunch: Tues-Fri: 11:30am-1:30pm Dinner: Tues-Sat: 5:30pm-close (subject to change) Full review: Grounds for celebration (2/8/2007)
Upscale is as upscale does, and Chef-Owner Peter Lukes does it right. The wine list is huge and the menu reflects the very best of seasonal American bistro dining with hints of the continental—like baked Brie, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus, Angus beef carpaccio, seared crab and corn cakes, and a traditional salad Niçoise. Lunch or dinner, there’s never a bad time for a chicken Waldorf salad, and the service here is top-rate. Bring a friend, bring a date or bring a divorce lawyer—the intimate setting and fine cuisine will impress all. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Albuquerque - WestsideCake Fetish is a boutique bakery with a singular passion for cupcakes (it won Best Cupcakes in the 2007 Best of Burque Restaurants Poll). Not only that, the shop makes teeny, tiny cupcakes. Dense, two-bite buttons of cake, so you can comfortably troll through 30 flavor concepts like "Velvet Elvis," red-velvet cake with cream cheese icing; or minty, dark-chocolate grasshopper, mounded with fluffy French buttercream. This is one instance where you can have your cake and eat it, too. Regular-sized cupcakes also available. (Alibi Staff, May 20, 2011) Add a Review Chow’s Asian BistroMon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-9:30pm
Sun: 11:30am-8:30pm (subject to change) Cuisine: Chinese
Chow’s is one of those rare Chinese food finds that doesn’t make you feel too guilty about digging into a steaming pile of noodles. In fact, this place features extremely fresh and flavorful dishes that jump off the plate with color. Try the dragon sesame chicken and the volcano fish, not to mention their delicious herbal tea and gingered bok choy. Pick up some chopsticks and head to Chow’s for lighter, yet zesty, fare. (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. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Elliott's RestaurantVegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Live Music • DJ • Karaoke • Dancing • Pool Tables • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Wireless Internet • Credit Cards Happy Hour!: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
 Garduño’sLunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sun. (subject to change) SUNDAY BRUNCH FIESTA! Just $12.95!: every Sunday 10:30 am - 3:00 pmComplimentary Buffet: 4:00 pm - 6:00 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
Hooters RestaurantMon-Thurs-11-11, Fri-Sat-11-12, Sun 11-10 (subject to change) 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 • Credit Cards Happy Hour!: every weekday 2:00pm - 6:00pmHappy Hour!: every weekday 9:00pm - 11:00pm
There’s nothing like a luscious mango lassi to take the sting out of the New Mexico sun. Indulge in the lavish lunch buffet, or go for dinner when you’ll have a more relaxed meal with great service and an icy cold beer. It's cheap for kids, too. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) View/Add Reviews [ 1 ]  Keva JuiceMon-Thurs: 7am-9pm
Fri: 7am-10pm
Sat: 8am-10pm
Sun: 9am-8pm (subject to change) 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, 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) Add a Review It’s mini-Miche! Like a smaller, Westside version of the Heights’ former, beloved Le Café Miche, the Miche Bistro has different owners, but the quality of food is comparable. Breakfast croissants with butter and marmalade, a quiche
du jour
or a rich seafood crêpe, this place brings on the French cuisine but the prices won’t have you screaming “
non, non
!!” There are daily specials and desserts, and if a crêpe with ice cream and rum-marinated cherries doesn’t turn you on, then nothing will. Closed Sunday and Monday. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Pelican’s RestaurantMon-Thurs: 5-10:30pm
Fri-Sat: 5-11:30pm
Sun: 11am-10pm
*Bar opens every day at 4pm (subject to change)
Roughhewn wood planks lead you into this nautically themed steak and seafood restaurant, which doesn’t start seating for dinner until 5 p.m. Luckily, happy hour begins at 4 p.m. 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, 10-ounce, 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. Dinner’s served until 10:30 p.m. every night. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
You’ll probably have to battle full parking lots and at least a moderate wait, but these delays, annoying as they may be, are one of the best “reviews” a restaurant could hope for. Inside, the dim lighting and rustic décor easily fade away when an enormous pile of tender, saucy meat appears before you. The menu is huge, with a seemingly endless combination of meats in varying proportions. The almost heat-free sauce is tangy and sweet but mellow enough to go down nice and easy without a pucker. Friends of the sausage will love the hot links; well-spiced and smoky dogs with a delightful snap. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review
The pulled pork at Rudy’s makes us drool like dogs under the dinner table. Heaped up between two slices of pillowy white bread and kissed with sauce, it is absolute hog heaven. Rudy’s dining room takes “Spartan” to a new level, but as the weather improves so does our opinion of sitting out on their covered patio. Rudy’s wins Best Barbecue every year in our restaurant poll. What are you waiting for? Now serving meaty breakfast tacos! (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review Sushi KingMon-Thurs: 11am-9:30pm
Fri: 11am-11pm
Sat: noon-11pm
Sun: 11am-9pm (subject to change)
Sushi south of Cottonwood Mall? Yessir, the Westside's getting better all the time. Fight the fern bars with a mix of noodle dishes, rolls, nigiri and sashimi in an almost retro-diner environment. Try a monkeyball with a pot of tea before you hit the movie theater. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010) Add a Review |   
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