NM2007 - GuestLife New Mexico's Great Restaurants

Tradition and culture combine with innovation 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 Restaurants.

The Bull Ring »»
A Prime Steakhouse.

The Compound »»
Award Winning Chef and Seasonal Cuisine.

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

The Ember Restaurant at the Doubletree Albuquerque »»
Where the heated desert of New Mexico is cooled by the oceans of California.

Fuego at La Posada »»
"…a dining experience paramount to nirvana."

Geronimo »»
"…has consistently won major local and national awards…"

Il Piatto »»
Cucina Italiana.

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

Las Fuentes Restaurant & Bar »»
at Bishop's Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa.

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

The Rojo Grill at The Wyndham Albuquerque »»
An atmosphere to bring that special someone, or celebrate with friends and family.