Bristol Doughnut Co is a restaurant in Northeast Heights, Albuquerque.
Bristol Doughnut Co on Comanche Road NE in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights is the brioche doughnut bakery with maple bacon.
Why locals love it: Comanche Road NE bakery in the Heights with brioche doughnuts and a maple bacon glaze, often sold out by 11:00.
Tip: Arrive by 09:00 on Saturday, the brown butter glaze sells out first, then ask for the rotating weekly special at the counter.
Address: 10301 Comanche Rd NE, Unit 7, Albuquerque, NM 87111
Java Joe's on Park Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque is the Breaking Bad Tuco Salamanca filming cafe, with chai and breakfast burritos tourists often miss.
Why locals love it: Downtown Park Avenue cafe where Breaking Bad's Tuco Salamanca scene was shot, missed by tourists chasing the Walter White house.
Tip: Order the chai and breakfast burrito, ask the staff to point out the Tuco scene location in the front room before you sit down.
El Modelo on Second Street SW in Albuquerque's Barelas neighborhood is the carne adovada counter since 1929.
Why locals love it: 1929 Barelas takeaway counter wraps carne adovada burritos in butcher paper, tourists miss the South Valley turn.
Tip: Order one of everything from the counter case, eat at the picnic tables outside or take it down to the Rio Grande bosque.
Pop Fizz at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Fourth Street SW is the Alvarez family paleteria with organic Mexican popsicles since 2013.
Why locals love it: Storefront paleteria tucked inside the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Fourth Street SW, overlooked by tourists chasing Old Town.
Tip: Order the cucumber lime paleta or an ice cream taco, then walk into the NHCC galleries next door for a quiet afternoon.
Tia B's La Waffleria on Campus Boulevard in a bungalow in Albuquerque's Nob Hill is the waffle only restaurant.
Why locals love it: Bungalow on a residential Nob Hill side street with waffle only menu, missed by Central Avenue tourists.
Tip: Order the green chile waffle for the New Mexican angle, or the bacon brie sweet waffle with maple syrup for the classic combo.
Vernon's Speakeasy on Fourth Street NW in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is the unmarked steakhouse and Prohibition cocktail bar.
Why locals love it: Unmarked door on a North Valley boulevard hides a steakhouse and Prohibition era cocktail bar with no signage.
Tip: Reservation required, ring the bell at the unmarked Fourth Street door, ask for the speakeasy bar list inside.
Yasmine's Cafe on Central Avenue near UNM in Albuquerque is the Middle Eastern halal counter with shawarma plates.
Why locals love it: Tiny Central Avenue Middle Eastern counter near UNM with a long student regulars line that tourists never join.
Tip: Order the shawarma plate with extra garlic sauce, sit at the counter, watch the chef wrap the wraps in real time.
