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Selfish road trip vanity: Eating places in Las Cruces, NM/El Paso, TX?
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Posted on 01/04/2009 5:53:23 PM PST by DCBryan1

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To: DCBryan1

Deming-Cruces is 62 miles. Going to be kinda late when you roll in there. But if some are open for breakfast... Yum!!


41 posted on 01/04/2009 6:52:13 PM PST by CedarDave (Under Obama, yesterday's pork-laden earmarks have become tomorrow's economic stimulus projects)
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To: DCBryan1

I remember a great steakhouse just off of I-10 on the west side of Ft. Stockton Texas. The steak was great and as I was leaving, I noticed a country western singing group had autographed the wall behind the cashier. I can’t remember the name though, but there may not be too many others in that area.


42 posted on 01/04/2009 7:04:29 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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FREEPERS! Thank you for the suggestions! We just sat down at La Posta de Mesilla in old town historic Mesilla. GREAT salsa and we just got our beer! Thanks again!


43 posted on 01/04/2009 7:07:17 PM PST by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims. Execute child molesters RFN!)
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About ten years ago I ate at La Posta. It’s good food. The funny thing is the waitress seemed concerned I couldn’t handle the “heat” like the locals could and recommended a milder meal than I ordered. When I ate it didn’t seem that hot and when I told a cousin later that day (that lived in Las Cruces) she figured they had given me the mild meal anyway. A few days later I had another cousin in Hatch prepare the local style of enchilada and it didn’t seem that bad, either. New Mexican cuisine has the reputation for being much hotter than Tex-Mex, but if the seeds are removed it isn’t that bad.


44 posted on 01/04/2009 7:17:28 PM PST by Oklahoma
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To: urtax$@work

Goode Company is not a chain. It is owned by Jim Goode, a houstonian who has opened seafood, mexican and bbq restaurants in several locations in houston


45 posted on 01/04/2009 7:19:06 PM PST by Former MSM Viewer ("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." W 2001)
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To: DCBryan1

Seven years I’ve been lurking here at FR, and finally I decide to register to respond to the ‘hugh and series’ topic of food in the southern NM area. Such priorities...

Lots of good suggestions already given here. Nellie’s is great, but only open these days for breakfast/lunch. La Posta is best for the classic Old Mesilla experience.

Others we like:

Andele
2184 Avenida de Mesilla, Mesilla

Delicias
1413 E. Amador, Las Cruces

Delicias del Mar
1401 El Paseo, Las Cruces

Fortis Mexican Elder Restaurant
321 Chelsea Street, El Paso

Yes, it’s a chain, but thought you needed a steakhouse suggestion:
Great American Land & Cattle Co.
7600 Alabama Street, El Paso

Hard to go wrong with the food around here—have fun!


46 posted on 01/04/2009 7:21:36 PM PST by Bokeh
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Glad to see this thread! I’m going to Las Cruces in late April for the “Carmina Burana” at NMSU, and some sightseeing and hiking. Gonna be there a week...anyone recommend some good hikes within a 100 mile radius?


47 posted on 01/04/2009 7:22:14 PM PST by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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Head uphill from Cruces, toward the missile range. When you see a missile beside the highway, turn right. Park the car, start hiking.

PS - bring lots of water.


48 posted on 01/04/2009 7:39:07 PM PST by patton (+)
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To: jim-x; leda

That is the one I was trying to remember.


49 posted on 01/04/2009 7:40:24 PM PST by patton (+)
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To: CindyDawg

Sounds like Ruidoso- did the Denny’s look like a 50s diner? If so that is the best Denny’s I ever ate in- Hubby and I spent 4 days there last year and ate several meals there.


50 posted on 01/04/2009 7:52:01 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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Get a good steak - on I-10 South-East of El Paso.

We saw the top 10 US Steakhouses on the travel channel and decided to try the El Paso one for Christmas dinner - a real change from turkey...:^)

It was great, melt in your mouth steak and at reasonable prices. A nice family place with a small zoo, and not part of a chain. They grow their own steak.

Full details here - definitely worth a stop if you are on I-10.

Link here

The ranch was the location for the movie "Courage Under fire".

We also liked the El Encanto Hotel in Las Cruces.

51 posted on 01/04/2009 8:17:41 PM PST by az_gila (AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
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To: DCBryan1
On the far west side of El Paso by the race track there's the Stock Yard. Great steakhouse and it's just off I-10 about a 1/4 of a mile. Look for the race track turn off.
52 posted on 01/05/2009 4:08:42 AM PST by Dusty Road
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You can’t travel through El Paso without eating at Gunther’s Edelweiss Restaurant. It’s a family-owned German restaurant that I would stack up against any German restaurant in the U.S. Take a moment and google it and you’ll find great reviews as well as directions. On my last trip to El Paso, it was the best meal I had there.


53 posted on 01/05/2009 4:21:44 AM PST by MetsJetsandNets
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To: CindyDawg

Cloudcroft is a lovely place, I would love to retire there. It still feels like a small town.


54 posted on 01/05/2009 6:57:46 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: mckenzie7

It sounds like you’re thinking of Lincoln.


55 posted on 01/05/2009 6:58:50 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: DCBryan1

Great choice!


56 posted on 01/05/2009 6:59:46 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: Oklahoma

If you like hot, we tried some chili beer for New Years Eve. It was HOT!


57 posted on 01/05/2009 7:01:01 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: Tammy8

There’s a Denny’s in Ruidoso?? Where is it?


58 posted on 01/05/2009 7:02:19 AM PST by brytlea (You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
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To: brytlea

It’s out on Highway 70, technically it is in the part of town or seperate town of Ruidoso Downs- it looks like a polished metal 50s diner and when we were there they had fantastic food- just great cooks I guess because the menu was the same as other Denny’s of course- but the food was way better.


59 posted on 01/05/2009 7:07:11 AM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: Fred

We ate at Famous Dave’s in El Paso about a month ago and it was great. There may be more than one but we ate at the one on Mesa.


60 posted on 01/05/2009 7:12:07 AM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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