Santa Fe & Around

Trattoria Nostrani

May 7, 2013

This restaurant in Santa Fe is now Vivre–same management and chef, but with a French menu, rather than Italian. I haven’t had a chance to eat there yet.

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Good News, Bad News in Santa Fe

April 23, 2013

Bad news: beloved Aqua Santa restaurant shut last fall! Good news: Charles Dale (formerly of Encantado) has reopened it as Bouche Bistro.

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Hours updates

April 18, 2013

A helpful reader just alerted me that the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe is no longer free on Friday evenings. Now it’s only on the first Friday of the month, to NM residents with ID. Also, the Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque closes for maintenance periodically–so it’s inaccurate to say it runs “frequently all [...]

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Terra (Encantado)

August 15, 2012

This restaurant and resort in Tesuque, just north of Santa Fe, is now a Four Seasons property. The real news is that the chef previously in charge of Terra has gone, so I can’t vouch for the menu any longer. Proceed with caution!

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Lamy: Legal Tender Open

May 10, 2012

Oh boy! When you get off the train in Lamy (maybe one of the coolest places to get off a train in the U.S…), the Legal Tender restaurant is now open. This also gives a nice reason for a bike ride down the rail trail from Santa Fe. The info is here.

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Santa Fe map correction

August 12, 2011

Horseman’s Haven is in the wrong place—it is on the opposite side of Cerrillos Road, south of the intersection with Airport Road.

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Santa Fe CVB

August 12, 2011

There’s now a tourist info office in the Rail Runner depot in the Santa Fe rail yard–handy.

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Dar al Islam

August 12, 2011

The directions to this retreat center in Abiquiu are not quite right. After a few miles on County Rd. 0155, you must turn right through a marked gate (always open), then continue another mile or so to a fork. Bear left to get to the Dar al Islam gate. Bear right to get to Plaza [...]

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Santa Fe changes

August 12, 2011

Plaza Café is closed temporarily, due to a fire, but should reopen by the end of 2011. Corazon bar/club is closed. The Ore House bar has moved off the plaza. It’s now around the corner at 139 W. San Francisco Street (formerly/still sorta Milagro). Linda Durham gallery is shut. Lew Allen Contemporary on Palace is [...]

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Outside Santa Fe: closures

August 12, 2011

Embudo Station in Embudo appears to be shut. Matilda’s restaurant in Espanola is closed.

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