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V.28 No.37 | 9/12/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Roll Your Own
Hosho finds light bites appealing at Spring Rollin’
At first glance you probably wouldn't think you could successfully build a restaurant around what, in America, is basically considered an appetizer, but that's exactly what Spring Rollin' has done. With spring rolls made right before your eyes and egg rolls flash fried as you pick your spring roll ingredients, they've combined traditional with inventive to a pretty delicious effect.
V.28 No.36 | 9/5/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Soo Bak To The Basics
Soo Bak Seoul Bowl is right at home in their new kitchen
Soo Bak Seoul Bowl is just plain amazing. From food truck to full restaurant, with food this good, it shouldn’t be a surprise that they were busy, even hidden away off of Central Avenue.
V.28 No.35 | 8/29/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Need a Pita, Take a Pita
Need-A-Pita does Middle Eastern food perfectly
Much like the baklava, Need-A-Pita is all about layers. It would be easy to mistake it for just another eatery on Menaul but peel back a few layers, and it’s a place of love and care towards the food that gives it more oomph than you find in some other parts of the city.
V.28 No.34 | 8/22/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
It’s Like Coming Home
Casa Rondeña’s kitchen is a bold new direction for the winery
Casa Rondeña wasn’t always a winery; it used to be a home. There are a lot of places that have a homey-like decor or a home-style menu, but have they ever felt like dinner with your family?
V.28 No.33 | 8/15/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Ain’t No Land Like Poland
Red Rock Deli makes Poland proud
Red Rock Deli has some of the most consistent and solid food in this city. It’s not some elaborate show of presentation and crazy creation; it's tradition and love, and it’s simply sublime.
V.28 No.32 | 8/8/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
The Art of Not Choking
Artichoke Cafe maintains excellence for 30 years
Artichoke Café pricing isn’t so exorbitant that you couldn’t manage to pull off a nice date night there once in a while, and the lunch pricing alone is very fair, in terms of comparability with other spaces around town versus quality. Maybe if someone has been around for 30 years, you should check out what they’re doing right.
V.28 No.31 | 8/1/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Burgers, Bites and Beginnings
Santa Fe Bite is poised to take Nob Hill by storm
Sometimes there’s a hidden factor in a burger that makes it different than anything else you’ve ever tried. This “it” factor is alive and well at Santa Fe Bite, showing that there’s still room for traditional tastes to surprise us in a world saturated with wild creations.
V.28 No.29 | 7/18/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Enchanting Brews
Enchanted Circle Brewing Co. offers selection and style
Every new brewery that comes to Albuquerque hopes they aren't the one that starts a chain reaction of people getting tired of new breweries. With Enchanted Circle Brewing expanding out of Angel Fire into Albuquerque, they had one distinct advantage going in: They’ve done this before, and they know their beer list is not only functional, but also well liked.
V.28 No.28 | 7/11/2019
Clarke Conde
Restaurant Review
Take Another Piece of My Kart
Dia De Los TaKos hides joy in plain sight
If ever you felt like there was a lack of weirdness in our food scene, as if the experimentation and intrigue that pushed us to inventive combinations was gone, fear not. Dia De Los TaKos is holding the torch high for all to see that creativity and boldness aren’t gone.
V.28 No.27 | 7/4/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
A Slice of Hope
Restoration Pizza makes an impact in the community
From their amazing mission to their high-end approach to casual dining to their amazing beer list, there’s not a part of Restoration Pizza that doesn’t work.
V.28 No.26 | 6/27/2019
Dan Pennington
Restaurant Review
Flavors Far-out and Familiar
Duke City Kitchen rules AM roost
Duke City Kitchen honors the classics but isn’t afraid to take chances with flavor combos that shouldn’t work.
V.28 No.25 | 6/20/2019
Eric Williams Photography
Restaurant Review
Elote’s for Sho’tes
Burque’s Burgers and Dawgs brings color to International District
Burque’s Burgers and Dawgs is a bright dot on Gibson that is hard to miss and has a good foundation of food to grow from.
V.28 No.24 | 6/13/2019
Restaurant Review
Back to ... the Future?
Some things are too good to change, including Pizza Castle
Pizza Castle's new location trades away the grimy patina of decades for a drive-through.
V.28 No.23 | 6/6/2019
Dan Pennington
Restaurant Review
Hidden Gem in Burque
The Pupuseria brings variety and taste to the forefront
The chicken at Pupuseria y Restaurant Salvadoreño was cooked so perfectly it hardly made sense. It was literally falling off the bone but hadn’t been overcooked in the slightest.
V.28 No.22 | 5/30/2019
Dan Pennington
Restaurant Review
You Dim Sum, You Lose Sum
It Dim Sum is your new favorite snack stop
It Dim Sum brings community to the meal, with an immense variety of choices and the opportunity to discover new things with every bite.
