Movin' on up—to the East Side. You might remember Fremont's Fine Foods from an article we ran back in March of 2004. In an interview with owner Aimee Tang, we chronicled the specialty shop's generations-long history in Albuquerque, from its 1918 inception at Central and Sixth Street to its current holdings deep in the North Valley. Actually, better make that former holdings. This past month the Fremont's crew relocated to the Courtyard (Lomas and San Mateo), in the space that used to house Gordon Schutte's La Piazza. The shop is coming up on its 88th birthday, and thanks to the move it's looking better than ever. The space is big and breezy with 25-foot ceilings, marble floors and one huge window that looks out onto cascading green vegetation. Picture the Mesozoic atrium of the New Mexico Natural History Museum, but with food instead of aquariums. There are gleaming bakers racks packed with imported dry goods from all over God's creation. You'll also find hot and hard-to-find designer lines like The Girl and the Fig and Apple Canyon. Don't overlook the small refrigerated section, either. That's where our production manager found sausage from his neighborhood butcher shop—in Chicago. The shop stocks almost entirely on customer demand, so call 792-DINE (3463) to request your favorite Old World specialties. Or just stop by for lunch sometime. They're open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
