Bernalillo - Bernalillo
Abuelita’s New Mexican Kitchen
Tue-Thu: 8am-8pm
Fri: 8am-9pm
Sat: 8am-9pm
Sun: 8am-3pm
Closed Monday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: New Mexican
This restaurant has a cozy atmosphere and notably friendly staff. The beef tacos are finger-lickin’ good but not at all greasy—like our abuelita used to make. The green chile is delectable with just the right amount of spicy goodness. Devour a sopaipilla with honey. We bet you can't eat just one.
 | | | |  | 3.88 rating (21 votes) |
Back-sass BBQ
Cuisine: Barbecue/Soul Food
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| | | | | 4.5 rating (4 votes) |
Bad Ass Coffee
Cuisine: Coffee/Tea/Espresso
Specializing in 100 percent Kona coffee from the Kona region in Hawaiian, Bad Ass Coffee serves up some of the best lattes and cold coffee drinks in town. They even offer breakfast and lunch to pair with your bad ass brew.
| | | | | 1 rating (1 vote) |
Bosque North Brewery and Taproom
Bosque Brewing’s latest location is their most ambitious by far in terms of scale—approaching from the east, Bosque North looks like an aluminum-sided castle. The ambition has paid off in a big way, with spectacular mountain views and plenty of outdoor seating, along with a truly classy food menu. How about some mussels cooked in coconut milk with your beer? Or a turkey sandwich with Gruyere cheese and a tarragon aioli? Yeah, the breweries are really upping their food game lately. And we’re not mad.
Read more: Bar Review: Bosque North Brewery and Taproom (1/24/2019)
Alibi recommends: Elephants on Parade, the seasonal brew, and the Thai mussels in coconut milk
Vibe: Lots of natural light, great views and outdoor seating—a perfect summer hangout spot.
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Dion’s Pizza
Sun-Thurs 10:30am to 10:00pm
Friday-Sat 10:30am to 11:00pm (hours can change without notice)
Besides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with fresh greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout.
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Lupe’s Antojitos
Mon-Sat: 7am-7pm
Sun: 7am-6pm (hours can change without notice)
Lupe’s Antojitos is installed very humbly in a strip mall in Bernalillo, a setting that belies the authentic and mouth-watering dishes inside. The Central Mexican menu includes three types of molcajetes, a specialty of Mexico City that presents an entire meal served in a stone mortar. Lamb barbacoa is cooked for hours until it barely clings to the bone, its drippings cooked into a brothy consommé. There are several caldos that could bring the dead back to life, including a chicken soup rivaling mom’s. And for you marineros, there’s even excellent ceviche and fried, whole tilapia.
Full review: Just what you’re craving in Bernalillo ()
| | | | | 5 rating (7 votes) |
Pizza 9
Sun-Thurs: 10am-11pm
Fri-Sat: 10am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough at multiple locations across town. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will the Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. With gluten-free crust options, it’s a perfect spot for groups with opposing dietary needs, and you can have it all delivered right to your front door!
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The Range Café
Mon-Thu: 7:30am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 7:30am-9:00pm
Sun: 7:30am-9:30pm (hours can change without notice)
Not only do these people serve thick, meaty bacon, dreamy globs of queso and hot, buttery biscuits—because that would most certainly be enough on its own—but The Range Café in Bernalillo also happens to keep things interesting at night. Step into their Lizard Rodeo Lounge for free live music three or four nights a week, a full-service bar, nice atmosphere and fine BLT. Thank you, Range people.
| | | | | 4.16 rating (23 votes) |
Ruby's Tortilleria
It’s in the heart of New Mexico but completely south of the border in spirit. If the phone cards, paletas and corrido CDs don't give it away, the green tomatillo salsa should. On weekends Ruby's turns the dining service up a notch, serving tamales and menudo. Though spiced simply, the barbacoa is rich, soft and full of complexity. For 10 bucks you get a pound of meat plus an assortment of salsas, chopped onions and cilantro, grated cabbage and lime wedges. Pints of red and tomatillo green are sold in tied-off baggies for $1.25 each. The order comes with a stack of fresh corn tortillas, but consider buying a kilo more for $2.25. With the proper reinforcements, that pound of meat will multiply into a lot of juicy tacos.
Read more: Dish Jockey: Melt-in-your-mouth barbacoa in Bernalillo (4/19/2012)
| | | | | 4.8 rating (5 votes) |
Bernalillo - Santa Ana Pueblo
The Corn Maiden
Wed-Sat: 5:30pm-9pm
Closed Sunday, Monday & Tues (hours can change without notice)
Meals Served: Dinner
You’ll worry you’re lost the whole way out to the beautiful Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa, home of The Corn Maiden restaurant. The resort is a stone’s throw from Bernalillo but feels much, much farther from town. The views from the restaurant are unmatched (except by neighboring Prairie Star) and the luxurious Southwest ambience is stellar. Expect the food to be beautiful, too. Open until 10pm Tuesday through Saturday.
Full review: The delights of Corn Maiden ()
| | | | | 4.21 rating (14 votes) |
