A.m.: Breakfast

Breakfast

Alibi

\ Oct 06, 2011

9 min read

A.M. — Best Huevos Rancheros: The Range Café (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)

Northeast Heights: 4401 Wyoming NE • 293-2633

UNM Area: 2200 Menaul NE • 888-1660

Bernalillo: 925 Camino del Pueblo • 867-1700

rangecafe.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

The Range serves this New Mexico staple just the way Alibi readers like it—with a blue corn tortilla, white cheddar cheese and enough chile to get you high till New Year’s.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Frontier

3) Duran Central Pharmacy

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Breakfast Burrito

Frontier

2400 Central SE • 266-0550

frontierrestaurant.com

Golden Pride

Northeast Heights: 3720 Juan Tabo NE • 294-5767

East Central: 10101 Central NE • 293-3531

UNM Area: 1830 Lomas NE • 242-2181

Westside: 5231 Central NW • 836-1544

goldenprideabq.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

There’s something about Frontier and Golden Pride’s simple, five-ingredient burrito that inspires serious food lust. Is it the roasted chunks of green chile that wake you up in the middle of the night? The salty, slightly crispy hash browns? Whatever its secret, the Frontier’s got you hooked.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Blake’s Lotaburger

3) Tie: Dos Hermanos, Flying Star Café, Twisters

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Pancakes

Downtown: 2039 Fourth Street NW • 242-1226

Fairgrounds: 933 San Mateo NE • 265-9237

Far Northeast Heights: 6650 Holly NE • 821-9816

I-25 Corridor: 4500 Osuna NE • 344-1472

Northeast Heights: 3913 Louisiana NE • 881-0019

Northeast Heights: 1105 Juan Tabo NE • 293- 3154

Westside: 6311 Riverside Plaza NW • 352-6209

Rio Rancho: 1620 Rio Rancho Boulevard SE • 896-1411

wecksinc.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Alibi readers give Weck’s a collective thumbs up for giant, made-from-scratch stacks infused with the old-fashioned goodness of buttermilk. It’s like a big plate full of “Good mornin’!”

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Frontier

3) Flying Star Café

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best French Toast

Nob Hill: 3416 Central SE • 255-6633

Downtown: 723 Silver SW • 244-8099

North Valley: 4026 Rio Grande NW • 344-6714

Uptown: 8001 Menaul NE • 293-6911

Northeast Heights: 4501 Juan Tabo NE • 275-8311

Far Northeast Heights: 8000 Paseo Del Norte NE • 923-4211

Corrales: 10700 Corrales Road • 938-4717

Bernalillo: 200 South Camino del Pueblo • 404-2100

flyingstarcafe.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Loaded down with caramelized brown-sugar syrup, fresh fruit and real whipped cream, these things are like giant slabs of crack. Albuquerque, you are addicted.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Weck’s

3) Slate Street Café

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Eggs

See Best Pancakes for contact information.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Get them whipped into a big honkin’ omelet, stuffed into a burly breakfast burrito or crowning a bowl of Weck’s famous papas and chile. Readers agree it’s eggcellent here.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Le Peep

3) Gold Street Caffè

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Bacon

218 Gold SW • 765-1633

goldstreetcaffe.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Crispy bacon glazed in red chile: It’s a siren song that’s lured some of the most devout vegetarians we know into a momentary meat relapse. Resistance is futile. That’s why Gold Street has this category on lock down every year.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Weck’s

3) Tie: The Range Café, Slate Street Café

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Healthy Breakfast

600 Central SE • 248-9800

thegrovecafemarket.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Poached eggs with asparagus, housemade granola and organic yogurt, or a steamy bowl of oatmeal. When you want to eat right and do it with flourish, there’s no better breakfast than The Grove’s.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Flying Star Café

3) Tie: Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café, The Range Café

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Doughnuts

Northeast Heights: 1605 Juan Tabo NE • 292-9908

Northeast Heights: 4501 Montgomery NE • 881-2707

UNM Area: 1723 Lomas NE • 247-9022

Westside: 3301 Coors NW • 352-6008

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

Local doughnuts! Hot and spongy or crumbly and moist, you can’t beat these guys. And they’re always inexpensive. Try the purple frosting one with sprinkles. Or the highlighter-orange glazed. No kidding.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Krispy Kreme

3) Duke City Donuts

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Cup Of Coffee

Nob Hill: 3513 Central NE • 256-0345

UNM Area: 2300 Central SE • 254-3800

UNM Area: 1131 University NE • 247-0662

Westside: 1642 Alameda NW • 899-1001

Northeast Heights: 8405 Montgomery NE • 296-7654

Uptown: 2201 Louisiana NE • 884-0098

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

When you’re cramming for an O-chem exam, inferior bean juice doesn’t cut it. The smart folks at Satellite know this. In addition to convenient spots all over town, they’ve installed premium java dispensaries at several strategic locations on and around UNM campus. Brain cells, ignite!

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Tie: Café Giuseppe, Winning Coffee Co.

3) Tie: The Grove Café and Market, Java Joe’s

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Brunch

The Grove

See Best Healthy Breakfast for contact information.

Zinc

3009 Central NE • 254-ZINC (9462)

zincabq.com

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

You can’t choose between the sunlight-soaked stainless steel at The Grove and the cozy, amber woods at Zinc. What makes these two eateries so special is not only their phenomenal food, but the way they make you feel when you step inside.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

2) Slate Street Café

3) Weck’s

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011: Best Biscuits And Gravy

See Best Pancakes for contact information.

Best Of Burque Restaurants 2011:

It ain’t fancy food, but nothing gets your pants on faster in the morning than the promise of flecks of sausage and bacon permeating a puddle of cream gravy.