Day-by-day eating plans for Albuquerque: weekend classics, family routes, vegan plans, on-a-budget editions.
Day-by-day plans
Albuquerque: a green chile day, from breakfast burrito to cheeseburger
- ★ 4.7
- 1 day
- First time visitor, one day
A day built around green chile: a breakfast burrito at The Frontier, carne adovada at Mary and Tito's, a green chile cheeseburger at The Owl Cafe and a beer at La Cumbre.
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Day 1Friday: Frontier, Mary and Tito's, Owl Cafe, La Cumbre
- Morning
- Start at The Frontier on Central Avenue across from UNM at 8 am; it is open from 5 am to midnight every day. Order the breakfast burrito and a cinnamon roll heated to order.
- Afternoon
- Go to Mary and Tito's Cafe on Fourth Street NW for lunch and order the carne adovada, the dish behind its 2010 James Beard Foundation America's Classics award. The cafe has no website of its own, so check its opening hours before you go.
- Evening
- At 6 pm eat a green chile cheeseburger at The Owl Cafe on Eubank Boulevard NE, which is open until 8 pm on Fridays. Finish at La Cumbre Brewing on Girard Boulevard NE, open until midnight on Fridays, for a beer at 8 pm.
StopsThe Frontier RestaurantMary and Tito's CafeThe Owl CafeLa Cumbre Brewing
Albuquerque: Old Town to Nob Hill heritage walk
- ★ 4.6
- 1 day
- Heritage focused traveller, one day
Old Town plaza and coffee in the morning, brunch at Campo at Los Poblanos in the North Valley, and wine, dinner and a late cinnamon roll in Nob Hill.
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Day 1Saturday: Old Town adobe, Los Poblanos farm, Nob Hill route 66
- Morning
- Start at 9 am with a pour over at Cutbow Coffee on Rio Grande Boulevard, just north of Historic Old Town (open from 8 am on Saturdays), then walk to Old Town Plaza and San Felipe de Neri Church, built in 1793 on the plaza's north side.
- Afternoon
- Drive north to Campo at Los Poblanos for brunch, served Thursday through Sunday from 8 am to 2:30 pm with the last seating at 1 pm; advance reservations are strongly encouraged. The estate is set among 25 acres of lavender fields.
- Evening
- Have dinner at Yasmine's Cafe on Central Avenue near UNM around 6 pm (open until 8:30 pm on Saturdays), then a glass of wine and a charcuterie board at Salt and Board on Harvard Drive (open until 9 pm on Saturdays). Close with a cinnamon roll at The Frontier across from UNM, which is open until midnight.
StopsCutbow CoffeeCampo at Los PoblanosYasmine's CafeSalt and BoardThe Frontier Restaurant
Albuquerque: an Indigenous food day at Indian Pueblo Kitchen and Bow and Arrow
- ★ 4.7
- 1 day
- Indigenous food curious traveller, one day
A day at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, with breakfast and lunch at Indian Pueblo Kitchen, which is owned and operated by New Mexico's 19 Pueblos, then Bow and Arrow Brewing, founded by Shyla Sheppard and Missy Begay.
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Day 1Sunday: Indian Pueblo Kitchen, IPCC museum, Bow and Arrow
- Morning
- Start at Indian Pueblo Kitchen inside the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center at 2401 12th Street NW at 9 am, when it opens. Breakfast is served all day: try the Native Superfoods Waffles or Griddle Cakes made with blue corn, or the blue corn atole. Then walk the museum and exhibition galleries.
- Afternoon
- Lunch at Indian Pueblo Kitchen again at 1 pm, with an Indian taco on house made frybread or the red chile beef bone posole. Browse the Indian Pueblo Store next door for jewelry, pottery and rugs.
- Evening
- Head to Bow and Arrow Brewing on McKnight Avenue NW at 6 pm; it is open until 9 pm on Sundays. The brewery was founded by Shyla Sheppard, a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, and Missy Begay, who was raised on the Navajo Nation. Try the Denim Tux American Pilsner.
Old Town day: New Mexican comfort and Frontier breakfast
- ★ 4.6
- 1 day
- First-time visitor, single day
A New Mexican Albuquerque day: a Frontier breakfast, lunch in the North Valley, Old Town in the afternoon and a beer at Marble Brewery Downtown.
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Day 1Day 1: Frontier to Marble Downtown
- Morning
- Breakfast at The Frontier across from UNM at 8 am: a breakfast burrito and a cinnamon roll heated to order.
- Afternoon
- Lunch at El Pinto in the North Valley at 1 pm; the menu has carne adovada, stuffed sopapillas and posole. Then drive to Old Town and walk the plaza, where San Felipe de Neri Church dates from 1793.
- Evening
- Dinner at Sadie's of New Mexico on Fourth Street at 7 pm for the carne adovada and a frozen coconut margarita, then a beer at Marble Brewery Downtown, open until 10 pm Sunday to Thursday and midnight on Friday and Saturday.
StopsThe Frontier RestaurantEl PintoSadie's of New MexicoMarble Brewery Downtown
Albuquerque New Mexican day: breakfast burrito to last beer
- ★ 4.7
- 1 day
- Green chile fan, single day
A day of New Mexican food from a breakfast burrito at El Modelo through Indian Pueblo Kitchen and El Patio to a beer at Tractor Brewing Nob Hill.
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Day 1Day 1: breakfast burrito to last beer
- Morning
- Breakfast at 8 am at El Modelo Mexican Foods on 2nd Street SW, open 7 am to 7 pm every day, for a breakfast burrito or huevos rancheros.
- Afternoon
- Lunch at Indian Pueblo Kitchen from 1 pm for the Pueblo Green Chile Stew, made with roasted Hatch green chile, and an Indian taco on frybread. Coffee after at Humble Coffee Co on Lomas Boulevard NE; check its hours before you go.
- Evening
- Dinner at El Patio de Albuquerque's original location on Harvard Drive SE at 7 pm; it is open Tuesday to Sunday until 9 pm and closed Monday. Finish with a beer on the covered patio at Tractor Brewing Nob Hill, open until midnight Sunday to Thursday and 2 am Friday and Saturday.
StopsEl Modelo Mexican FoodsIndian Pueblo KitchenHumble Coffee CoEl Patio de AlbuquerqueTractor Brewing Nob Hill
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