Moon New Mexico UPDATE

A little slow on this, but the restaurant Rancho de Chimayo had a fire this summer. It’s closed until at least April 2009.

Again, I spoke too soon: the CCA in Santa Fe (p. 83) hasn’t in fact reopened the James Turrell SkySpace–too bad!

This has been moving around a lot due to the construction on Railyard Park. Short-term: check the website (www.santafefarmersmarket.com) for locations. Long-term: there will be a permanent year-round market hall in Railyard Park, which will open sometime in late summer/early fall.

LeMoyne’s Landing (p. 99) is now a French café called Clafoutis, serving breakfast and lunch till 4pm. Tasty and fresh, and good pastries.

Coyote Café (p. 99) is no longer owned by Mark Miller, and has been taken over by the same restaurateur who owns Geronimo. I enjoyed my meal there, but the menu is completely different and the cooking—while ambitious on the surface—is actually pretty standard stuff. It’s certainly the place to schmooze in Santa Fe right now.

Kasasoba (p. 100) is shut. It’s now another high-end Asian place.

Tiny’s (p. 101) is incorrectly placed on the map. It’s actually off the east side of St. Francis Dr., south of Cerrillos—Pen Rd. here is not really a street, but a big parking lot.

Dave’s Not Here (p. 102) is shut.

Blue Window Bistro (p. 107) changed hands, but it’s still good. The menu is a bit different now, though—none of the chile relleno crepes.

El Rey Inn (p. 94) is incorrectly placed on the map—it’s actually about midway between Llano St and 2nd St, so closer to the plaza than on the map.

Chapelle Street Casitas (p. 94) has changed its name to Adelante Casitas.

And I didn’t include the Santa Fe Sage Inn (www.santafesageinn.com) in this book, but it has since gotten a complete overhaul and is now excellent value—free wi-fi, pool, big breakfast, really comfortable beds and clean rooms. It’s only a little farther out of the center than Santa Fe Motel & Inn.

Addison Arts (p. 89) is shut.

Meyer-Munson Gallery (p. 90) is now called Meyer East. Little has changed, though.

Victoria Price (p. 90) is shut.

Mellow Velo (p. 92) has moved to 638 Old Santa Fe Trail—that’s just a couple of blocks south of Paseo de Peralta. It’s also phasing in a new phone number: 505/995-VELO. But it no longer rents cruisers for in-town riding—just mountain bikes and road bikes.

More roads have been paved en route to Diablo Canyon (p. 51, driving directions on p. 52), so you have to look out for the dirt road 4.6 miles in—it heads uphill and bears slightly right, while the main paved road turns left. If you miss the turn, you’ll find yourself on a giant subdivision loop, soon heading south and then back east toward the city.

Poeh Museum (p. 104) is open 9am–4pm Sat (not 4–9pm).