Fei’s Café Review Think Inside The Box Bento boxes are those lovely partitioned lacquered wood meal containers from Japan. I picked one up at a yard sale years ago but [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Apr 26, 2007 Read More Fei Cafés "Combo House Special" with vegetable nuggets and cold sesame noodles ($5.25). (Tina Larkin)
Mick’s Chile Fix Review Get Your Licks At Mick’s An honest-to-god good value is hard to come by these days. The Flowbee I bought for $59.95 came with a promise that I’d [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Apr 19, 2007 Read More Server Dave Sweis delivers an armload of plates to a full table Saturday morning. (Tina Larkin)
Snack Attack No. 19 Everybody secretly loves Baileys. I don’t hide the fact that I’m a big fat wussburger with cheese, and I’d proudly order a nutty [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More The picture’s not out of fucus—you’re just really wasted.
Spinn’s Burger & Beer Review They Spinn-Ed Me Right ’Round I’ve vowed never to get fooled again by booze with a “Southwestern” angle. Case in point: I bought a bottle of DeKuyper’s “Cactus [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Apr 12, 2007 Read More A slice of Texas in the ol’ Burque. (Tina Larkin)
Sal-E-Boy’s Pizzeria Review Save It For The Morning After Procuring a hot pizza pie in this town can be easy, but the quality is not always above the bar. Ordering pizza from [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Apr 05, 2007 Read More Salvatore LiRosi tosses dough in his restaurants’ kitchen. LiRosi has been making pizzas for the Rio Rancho area for more than 25 years. (Tina Larkin)
Snack Attack No. 18 Ben And Jerry’s Crème Brûlée Ice Cream I’ve eaten my fair share of cracky-snacky foods. Liquid, solid, animal, vegetable and mineral. And now I have tried frozen crack, and it [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More Mmmm ... frozen crack.
Lindo Mexico Restaurant Review It’s A Beautiful Place Cash only—not a concept that most of us are familiar with in this age of plastic-in-a-hurry. I cruised into Lindo Mexico for lunch [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More The chile relleno ($6.99) comes with beans, rice and smothered in cheese. (Tina Larkin)
Snack Attack No. 17 Coconut Crème Coffee Mate Java junkies of the world unite! This creamer is so rich it makes Donald Trump look like K-Fed. Tropical sweetness coupled with a [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Mar 22, 2007 Read More Tropical, liquid crack
Yummi House Review I’ve Got Hai Shen In My Tummy Yummi House is owned by Carol Chiang, a former Chopstix waitress who struck out on her own with one of Albuquerque’s newest Chinese [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Mar 22, 2007 Read More “Buttercup yellow walls accented by red, knotted string creations and charming plum booths.” (Tina Larkin)
Café Azul Review For Diners, Captive Or Otherwise I’ve always been curious to know what sort of food is served to people in jail. I couldn’t imagine inmates having a make-your-own-omelet [...] Jennifer Wohletz \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More Café Azul's pecan-chicken salad sandwich, served with a side of potato salad and fresh baby carrots, is only $5.65. (Tina Larkin)