Famous Dave's
Pard, you will thank me for this after you have eaten there. I do extensive travel and have eaten at many of these.
I haven’t been there in years, but there used to be a place in Old Mesilla that was great. I don’t recall the name tho. And it may be gone. If you go thru Capitan NM eat at El Paisano and in Santa Fe, the Shed.
susie
You might want to take a look at “Good Eats” “Alton Brown”...I vaguely recall his pointing out a family owned restaurant in Las Cruces as the best Mexican restaurant he’d ever been to...
Haven’t been there recently, but in the past I’ve enjoyed Senor Fish in El Paso. Interesting combination of seafood and Mexican fare.
How about Dennys :’)Last year I was headed home and had enough mountain driving but I had not been to LC before so my mom and I decided to check it out. I had no idea how high we were until I saw White Sands below us. So beautiful coming down. I forget the name of the town we stayed in but we were surrounded by mountains. We ate ate Dennys (which was very good) then took the military highway thru the desert to El Paso. My kind of drive...flat...beside the “hills” :’)
Nellie’s - Las Cruces, NM
Food Items: Chips and Salsa, Eggs with Chile and Meat, Green Chile, Huevos Rancheros, Sopaipillas
Nopalito - Las Cruces, NM
Food Items: Avocado Salad, Chiles Rellenos, Salsas, Stacked Enchilada
H&H Cafe & Car Wash - El Paso, TX
701 E. Yandel
Food Items: Chiles Rellenos, Hot Salsa, Huevos Rancheros
Smitty’s - El Paso, TX
6219 Airport Rd.
Food Items: beef, High Protein Plate Combo, hot links, Ice Tea
I’ve been to Smitty’s for BBQ, it’s quite good.
hey, patton, what was the name of the place we went to with
your friends from work? the food was good and zippy. :)
There is a small place in Las Cruces, NM call ‘Dublin’s’. It was pretty good when I visited about two weeks ago. Kind of like a chain, but better. There are a group of Comfort Hotels, north in I-25 at the first exit north of I-10. Nice, cheap places to stay, and Dublin’s is almost next door.
In El Paso, the best Mexican (traditional, not Tex Mex) is Carnitas Querétaro. There are several locations, but the easiest is on I10. Just ask any local where the ‘big pink pig’ is and they’ll send you there.
Per 25, found a link for you with directions.
http://www.eskimo.com/~sockeye/ep/cqep.html
Kiki’s Mexican Restaurant, close to Bliss, call for their hours first as my troop there didn’t know how late they are open on Sunday !
Hope it helps !
Exit I-10 on Piedras St. and Go North.
Continue North about a mile and a half.
To the intersection of Piedras and Mobile.
Kiki’s is located at 2719 N. Piedras
(915) 565-6713
http://kikismexicanrestaurant.com/findus/mappage.htm
Si Señor
1551 Amador Ave.
Las Cruces, NM 88001
505-527-0817
good food, inexpensive.
Forget Goode co. — they are a new chain.
Stay away from Pappas Bros. bar b que, but steaks are good though.
I suggest Hickory Hollow
http://www.hickoryhollowrestaurant.com/index.html
maps at bottom of home page.
another long time fav. is Demeris Barbecue,
http://www.houston.com/demeris-barbecue-b14248
Have heard consistent good on this but not tried by me recently.
Cleburne Cafeteria
3606 Bissonnet Street
713/667-2386
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.
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!
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!
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?
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.
We haven’t been through El Paso for 5 or 6 years, but we always used to stop at a Mexican restaurant called, Julio’s. It is on the far east side of El Paso, just off I-10. We really enjoyed the food there.