Albuquerque - Downtown
Breve Crepes and Coffee
Mon-Fri: 7am-4pm
Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm (hours can change without notice)
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Le Troquet
Mon-Sat: 11am-2pm and 5pm-9pm
Sun: Closed (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: French
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet
This petite Downtown restaurant serves tres magnifique French cuisine. Le Troquet has a cozy atmosphere and sumptuous dishes so pull up a chair. Open for lunch and dinner, Le Troquet offers vegetarian dishes, seafood and even dessert. Don’t leave without a fresh-baked baguette.
Full review: Le Troquet serves French fare and fine wine ()
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 | | | | | 3.5 rating (2 votes) |
Albuquerque - Far Northeast Heights
Vintage Four Twenty-Three Wine Bar
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Full review: A Vintage repast ()
| | | | | 2.83 rating (35 votes) |
Albuquerque - Nob Hill
Frenchish
Cuisine: French
Jennifer James goes casual-ish with this Nob Hill eatery that serves up everything from a heavenly seared foie gras on grilled bread pudding drizzled with bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup to a whimsical carrot dog. The wine selection is great and there are weekly off-menu specials like lamb and mocha baked Alaska.
Full review: Jennifer James goes casual-ish ()
| | | | | 4 rating (5 votes) |
The Last Call
Tues: 5:05pm-2:34am
Wed-Thurs: 5:05pm- midnight
Fri-Sat: 5:05pm- 2:34am
Closed Sunday and Monday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American, Greek/Mediterranean, Deli/Sandwiches, Caribbean/Cuban, Asian Fusion, Italian, French, Seafood, Pizza, Vegetarian/Health Foods
The Last Call is one of the best late-night eateries in town. They consistently have excellent food with plenty of vegetarian options. Beat the midnight crowd and go early for dinner, or even earlier now that they’re open for lunch. In other words, nothing is standing between you and a taste of heaven. The Cali burrito with veggies is perfection, but we highly recommend the fish tacos and truffle grilled cheese, too.
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| | | | | 3.69 rating (32 votes) |
P’tit Louis Bistro
Tues-Sat: 11am-2:30 pm
Tues-Sat: 5:30pm-10pm
Closed Sun-Mon (hours can change without notice)
P’tit Louis’ digs is a collaboration between Christopher Descarpentries, John Phinizy and Tom White of Il Vicino and Two Fools Tavern. With classy lunch, dinner and wine menus, this lovely bistro will truly transport you to France. The delicousness doesn’t stop with hors d’oeuvres and entrées; the dessert choices are absolutely to die for, so make sure to save room.
Full review: P’tit Louis Bistro sends you to Paris for a night ()
Alibi recommends: Traditional French dishes done well, but make sure you try the oysters on the half-shell, the soupe à l'onion gratinée, and save room for the crème brûlée!
Vibe: Get misty-eyed in a cozy, ’20s-Paris-like feast for the senses.
| | | | | 3.27 rating (37 votes) |
Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Brunch:
Sun: 11am-2:30pm
Dinner:
Sun: 5pm-9pm
Mon-Thurs: 5pm-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 5pm-11pm
Cellar Bar:
Tues-Sat: 4:30pm-12am
Mon: 4:30pm-11pm (kitchen until 10pm) (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American, Fine Dining, French, Organic/Locally Grown, Wine Bar, Bar, Dessert, Fusion, Steakhouse, Vegetarian
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Wireless Internet
Zinc is a delightfully renovated historic space in Nob Hill, reborn as an upscale restaurant serving elegant American food with noticeable French inspiration. Downstairs, the cellar bar attracts a younger crowd for drinks and music. The happy hour menu, wines by the glass and prices are the best around. Give the brunch a try, and while you’re at it, try a Taos Mule from the bar.
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Full review: A tale of two restaurants ()
| | | | | 4.22 rating (82 votes) |
Albuquerque - Northeast Heights
Chez Axel
Lunch: Tue-Fri: 11am-2pm
Dinner: Tue-Sat: 5pm-9pm
Closed Sunday and Monday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: French
Oui, messieurs and mesdames, a good piece of quiche is the international language of love. Chez Axel serves Mediterranean-French cuisine, and the crêpes are très bons. Order them stuffed with salmon, tarragon sauce and cheese, or mushrooms, bacon and béchamel sauce. Have a leisurely lunch from 11am to 2pm or a relaxing dinner from 5 to 9pm. And don’t forget an orange marmalade and liqueur-covered plate of crêpes Suzette for dessert—you won’t be disappointed, so allez vous-en!
| | | | | 3.66 rating (17 votes) |
La Quiche Parisienne Bistro
La Quiche is an authentic French bakery from husband-and-wife team Sabine Pasco and Bruno Barachin. (Bruno is from Bordeaux, where he achieved master baker status years ago.) In addition to a large menu of sandwiches, pâtés, soups and stews (the bourguignon is served in a house-made pastry shell). La Quiche sells loaves of country bread, fantastically complicated bread showpieces and viennoiseries—flaky, buttery pastries like brioche, croissants and pain au chocolat that traditionally came from Vienna. They use imported French butter, and it shows. The fruit tarts are the best in town. You'll also find a catering menu and a variety of quiches, ready to go for workers with little time for a proper lunch.
Full review: Simplicity in the city ()
Full review: Le Quiche Parisienne’s new digs ()
| | | | | 3.58 rating (43 votes) |
Le Chantilly Pastry Shop
If the café’s mural of French street life doesn't quite make you forget that you're in an Albuquerque strip mall, closing your eyes and tasting a flaky blueberry cheese croissant might. If the croissant doesn't work, try some petits fours. But if sweets aren’t doing it for you, maybe you need something savory: Perhaps one of the daily lunch special sandwiches and a cup of espresso will do it?
| | | | | 2.93 rating (29 votes) |
Le Paris French Bakery
The baguettes at this little Northeast Heights storefront and café are phenomenal—many of the city’s best restaurants use Le Paris as their house bread. Not familiar with French food? The friendly staff will happily steer you in the direction of one of the light breakfast and lunch offerings. Don’t skip anything involving chocolate.
| | | | | 3.07 rating (57 votes) |
Albuquerque - Old Town
Antiquity Restaurant
Sun-Thurs: 5-9pm
Fri-Sat: 5-10pm (hours can change without notice)
This creeking wooden-floored and quaint restaurant is located in Old Town and is one of the few places in the city unafraid of serving a very rare steak. The all around energy is charming and old timy, and their menu is thoughtful and satisfying. Save your money and treat yo self.
| | | | | 4.09 rating (61 votes) |
La Crêpe Michel
Lunch:
Tue-Sun: 11:30am-2pm
Dinner:
Tues-Sat: 6-9pm
Closed Monday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: French
Navigating the labyrinthine alleyways that comprise Old Town should be rewarded duly with a fine lunch. Savor the soupe de poisson, follow it with a salade maison, then choose between a brunch, lunch or dinner menu complete with a quiche du jour. Skip the turquoise jewelry altogether and just go have the dessert crêpes aux fraises or poire belle-hélène. Regret will be a thing of the past with a dish of coupe glacée, and why regret anything in the first place? We don’t.
Full review: Where fine dining is a snap ()
| | | | | 4.62 rating (26 votes) |
Restaurant Antiquity
It’s a classy kind of joint, this Antiquity; tablecloths, waiters with bow ties and fancified French food (including seafood) that will push you toward ecstasy even as it drains your pocketbook. But it’s unmistakably Albuquerque too. For one thing it’s in an ancient Old Town hacienda, the kind with an uneven floor, two-foot-thick walls at every doorway and rooms that ramble back farther than you would ever guess from the outside. For another, the blue-jeaned may mix freely with the formally attired in that wonderful New Mexican way that so annoys the Easterners among us.
Full review: Hide from the world at Antiquity ()
Alibi recommends: The tenderloin au poivre and whatever’s on special.
Vibe: Romantic, cozy and candlelit. Really an escape from the rest of the world.
| | | | | 3.3 rating (56 votes) |
