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[SurferWife]

@Kachina624 & @just bee...we arrive tonight! Have either if you eaten at Perea’s NM Restaurant? If so, is it as good as the Yelp reviews state?

[patbz]

@SurferWife:  My son loves Sadies Salsa; didn't know they had a restaurany!  Well make it a point to go there when we are in Albuquerque later this month!

[just bee]

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@patbz wrote:

@SurferWife:  My son loves Sadies Salsa; didn't know they had a restaurany!  Well make it a point to go there when we are in Albuquerque later this month!

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@patbz

There are three locations: On 4th, on Hotel Circle and on Academy.

[just bee]

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@SurferWife wrote:

@Kachina624 & @just bee...we arrive tonight! Have either if you eaten at Perea’s NM Restaurant? If so, is it as good as the Yelp reviews state?

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@SurferWife

Can't say I have.  After living here for so many years, we've developed our own recipes and cook at home.

When we moved here we liked Garduno's but we were in the minority.  Then we liked El Pinto but it's changed quite a bit.  Then Sadie's, of course.  Then we started going to Casa de Benavidez.

Now we just stay home and cook.

[Kachina624]

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@SurferWife wrote:

@Kachina624 & @just bee...we arrive tonight! Have either if you eaten at Perea’s NM Restaurant? If so, is it as good as the Yelp reviews state?

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@SurferWife.  No, I've never eaten there.

[Kachina624]

@just bee.  El Pinto is a lovely place to eat on a summers evening, but I imagine the patio is very chilly tonight.  Food is just so-so.  When all of our presidents visit Albuquerque,  that's where they're taken to eat.  It was an old hacienda; lots of atmosphere, very Spanish.

[just bee]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@just bee.  El Pinto is a lovely place to eat on a summers evening, but I imagine the patio is very chilly tonight.  Food is just so-so.  When all of our presidents visit Albuquerque,  that's where they're taken to eat.  It was an old hacienda; lots of atmosphere, very Spanish.

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@Kachina624

Yes, and presidential candidates, too.  Their photos are on the walls.  I remember watching a George W. Bush interview and I kept wondering why the background looked so familiar.  It was the bar at El Pinto.

It's always been the place to take visitors from out of town.  Which is precisely what we were doing the last time we were there and discovered that the price of their entrees had increased while the quality had noticeably diminished.  Haven't been back.

Garduno's was a favorite spot until they expanded and opened several new restaurants.

Sadie's is a bit too generous with the piles of potatoes.  The salsa is still addictive.

Los Cuates opened a restaurant near Cottonwood and one visit was more than enough.

Haven't been to Casa de Benavidez in several years but they had a patio, too, and the restaurant was always decorated for the holidays.  Friendly, cozy place.

[Kachina624]

@just bee.  It's hard to find a really good Mexican restaurant, even in Albuquerque.   I'm embarrassed to admit it, but for years my favorite place to eat Mexican was Poncho's Mexican Buffet.  I cried when I discovered it was closed.  Used to eat at one in Houston years ago too.

[just bee]

@Kachina624

I'll admit to getting greasy tacos from Perico's on Golf Course.  There's just something about their salsa I like.