GuestLife New Mexico's Great Chefs

Tradition and culture combine with inovation to bring new twists to old favorites.

New Mexico’s native food is a cuisine developed over three and a half centuries by the culinary influence of four cultures: Native American, Aztec, Spanish and American. The Pueblo inhabitants whom the Spanish colonizers encountered in the 1500s had developed a diet based on corn, squash, beans and a variety of meats. Their small ears of blue corn were roasted and ground to make a fine meal baked into a thin, flat bread called "piki." Squashes were roasted for their sweet flesh and oily seeds. Beans simmered over coals in clay pots.

The most recent generation of chefs and other culinary innovators have brought hundreds of new recipes into the mainstream of New Mexican food. "Tex-Mex," or border cooking, and the food of northern Mexico have also gained in popularity. Below you will find links to just a few of GuestLife New Mexico’s favorite Great Chefs.

The Bull Ring »
A Prime Steakhouse.

The Compound »
Contemporary American cuisine derived from Santa Fe’s rich heritage of regional and Mediterranean influences.

De La Tierra® Restaurant »
El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa.

Fuego at La Posada »
If you are looking for "Top of the Mountain," world class dining in Santa Fe, this is it.

Geronimo »
Señor Geronimo Lopes would be very pleased...

Landry’s Seafood House »
Landry’s echoes the sights, sounds and sensations of a 1940s seafood house.

La Plazuela at La Fonda »
A Feast for the Eyes and the Palate.

The Ore House »
Fine Dining at the End of the Trail.