Restaurants in Santa Fe
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Saveur
Basically a foodie's dream salad bar, this innovative eatery serves everything from mixed greens to steamed fish and noodle salads, buffet style. Bonus: for take-out beginning at 15:15, soups and salads go for 30% off, and 50% off at 15:30.
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Maria's New Mexican Kitchen
Huge portions of New Mexico standards, like the steak and chile rellenos combo topped with green chile, would make this 1952 Santa Fe standby a winner anyway. But with more than 100 margaritas (around US$6-around US$46it's a must.
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Absolute Nirvana Spa & Tea Room
Find absolute tranquility at this elegant tea spot offering teacakes, scones and organic lunches. Choose from 50 varieties of tea to help you peacefully unwind overlooking a lush garden. It borders a B&B and a world-class spa .
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Mu du Noodles
Pan-Asian organic dishes, like lamb dumplings, Vietnamese spring rolls and tofu laksa, inspire lines out the door of this cozy contemporary spot; the noodles and specials are recommended, and almost everything has a vegan version.
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Guadalupe Cafe
With a few dining rooms spread around a cozy old house, and an inviting outdoor patio, this reliable restaurant goes beyond the usual list of New Mexican specialties (try the chicken breast rellenos). Breakfasts are hearty and the salads are immense.
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Santa Fe Baking Company & Café
An upbeat café serving burgers, sandwiches and hearty breakfasts all day. Place your order at the counter then savor Southwestern-style specialties drenched in red, green or 'Christmas' (a combination of both) chili sauce.
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Five and Dime General Store
For a memorable local dish, sidle up to the counter at this sundries shop and order a Frito pie ($4.35). They say this delicacy - a bag of Fritos topped with meat, beans and onions - has been served here since 1962.
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Upper Crust Pizza
Relax on a nice outdoor patio or in a cozy interior over pizza piled with green chile, piñon, or traditional favorites like pesto and pepperoni. This is considered by many (including us) to be Santa Fe's best.
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Shed
Superconvenient to the Plaza and with a fun ambience. The food, however, is seriously overrated, aiming straight for the perceived middle-of-the-road tourist palate. There's a nice patio.
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Cleopatra Cafe
Makes up for lack of ambience with taste and value: big platters of delicious kebabs, hummus, falafel and other Middle Eastern favorites.
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Café San Estevan
Settle in at a humble wooden table in this cozy dining room with a stone kiva fireplace. And then start enjoying burgers, steaks, salads and New Mexican favorites prepared by Franciscan monk Estevan Garcia.
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Tecolote Café
It's all here - any enormous combination you want to dream up of eggs, potatoes, tortillas, beans, salsas and the best Hollandaise sauce in town - at the finest, oldest hole-in-the-wall on the strip.
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Downtown Subscription
The coffee shop of choice for resident artists and writers. It does 31 types of tea, espresso, pastries and savory offerings, complemented by a truly spectacular newsstand and flagstone patio.
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Burrito Company
Because of its prices, this pleasant, plaza-side favorite will allow you to spend more money on art. Enjoy budget blue-corn enchiladas and chorizo burritos that compete with the best of 'em.
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Il Piatto Cucina Italiana
This crowded, spirited establishment serves up creative Italian fare. When you want a night off from red and green chile sauces, a pasta dish with sun-dried tomatoes may be just the thing.
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Atomic Grill
Pull a plastic chair up to a Formica-top table on the shaded patio, order a sandwich and a local ale, and watch the world walk by at one of Santa Fe's only late-night venues.
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Mariscos 'La Playa'
Mexican-style seafood, including caldo 'El Mejor'- a tomato-based soup with shrimp, octopus, scallops, clams, crab and calamari - goes well with an agave wine margarita.
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Museum Hill Café
Despite having a captive audience on Museum Hill , the café serves excellent salmon en papillote (around US$9), New Mexico and Navajo-inspired fare.
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Thai Café
Santa Feans and tourists done with the green chile thing can enjoy flavorful Thai cuisine here. You can't go wrong with the curries or the seafood.
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India House
Curries, naan and everything vindaloo are fabulous here, as is the abundant lunch buffet. In fact, it's one of the best deals in town.
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Tia Sophia's
Local artists and visiting celebrities outnumber tourists at this longstanding Santa Fe favorite that's always packed. Breakfast is the meal of choice, with fantastic burritos and other Southwestern dishes. Lunch is pretty damn tasty too; try the perfectly prepared chile rellenos. The shelf of kids' books helps little ones pass the time.
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Plaza-side vendors
Tacos, burritos and fajitas are specialties at these city-licensed stalls where you can dispense with table manners entirely.
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Saigon Cafe
Tasty options include huge portions of hot Vietnamese soups; crispy, garlicky salads; and a variety of fried-noodle dishes.
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Raaga
An awesome new Indian restaurant with delicious curries, biryanis and tandoori specialties. Only one flaw: the chai is lame.
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Il Vicino
For a break from chile, come to Il Vicino, where you'll find brick-oven pizzas, pastas and salads a quick walk from the Plaza.
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