Eat in Southside, Santa Fe

Arroyo Vino

• ★ 4.6
• Contemporary American
• $$$$

Arroyo Vino pairs a 600-bottle wine shop with a Contemporary American kitchen ten minutes west of the Plaza; bottles are retail-plus-$20 corkage.

Maria's New Mexican Kitchen

• ★ 4.5
• New Mexican
• $$

Maria's has anchored Cordova Road since 1950 with 150-plus hand-shaken margaritas, 170 tequilas and chile-laced plates served with hand-rolled tortillas.

Clafoutis French Bakery

• ★ 4.8
• Bakery
• $

Order Almond croissant and the namesake clafoutis

Philippe and Anne Laure Ligier bake 800 to 1,000 hand-rolled pastries daily at Clafoutis on Cordova Road, a hard-French operation in a southwestern adobe.

Chocolate Maven Bakery & Cafe

• ★ 4.1
• Bakery
• $

Order Green chile croissant and Nutella banana waffle

Chocolate Maven has run a brunch-and-cake operation in Santa Fe around three decades; an open kitchen lets you watch the pastry team while you eat.

Arroyo Vino Wine Shop

• ★ 4.6
• Wine bar
• $$$

The Arroyo Vino wine shop houses 600 bottles next to the restaurant; the on-list corkage is bottle price plus $20, the kitchen plates while you sip retail.

Maria's New Mexican Kitchen Margarita Bar

• ★ 4.5
• Tequila and margarita bar
• $$$

Drink Maria's Special margarita (Casa Noble Crystal and Cointreau)

Maria's pours over 150 hand-shaken margaritas and stocks 170 tequilas in a Cordova Road cantina since 1950; former owner Al Lucero wrote the Margarita Book.

Santa Fe Bite

• ★ 4.0
• Street food
• $

Try Green chile cheeseburger

Santa Fe Bite, the employee-owned heir of the well-known Bobcat Bite (opened 2013), grinds 10-ounce green chile cheeseburgers in-house on St. Michael's Drive.

Chocolate Maven

• ★ 4.4
• Brunch
• $$

Order Green chile quiche or Nutella banana waffles

Chocolate Maven has run a Santa Fe brunch around three decades; the open pastry kitchen and a long Best of Santa Fe streak are the morning draws.