El Chile Toreado ★ 4.7
El Chile Toreado runs an under-$12 breakfast burrito out of an Early Street trailer; the green chile delivers heat and the kitchen turns lines fast.
Try: Breakfast burrito or carne asada taco
Horseman's Haven Cafe is a new mexican budget eat in Cerrillos, Santa Fe.
Horseman's Haven has poured cheap chile-laden plates from a Cerrillos Road gas-station building since 1981; full meal under $15, plus the Bourdain-blessed.
Address: 4354 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507
El Chile Toreado runs an under-$12 breakfast burrito out of an Early Street trailer; the green chile delivers heat and the kitchen turns lines fast.
Try: Breakfast burrito or carne asada taco
Tomasita's has done sub-$20 stuffed sopaipillas and chile combo plates since 1974; the line is part of the deal, the kitchen never rushes you.
Try: Chile combo plate
El Chile Toreado runs an under-$12 breakfast burrito out of an Early Street trailer; the green chile delivers heat and the kitchen turns lines fast.
Try: Breakfast burrito or carne asada taco
Bumble Bee's plates counter-service Baja-style tacos and burritos near the Plaza on Jefferson Street; under $15 fills you, salsa bar is included.
Try: Mahi mahi fish taco
Santa Fe Bite, employee-owned heir to the iconic Bobcat Bite chile-burger lineage; the 10-oz patty under $18 pulls St. Michael's Drive crowds Tue through Sun.
Try: Green chile cheeseburger
Palacio Cafe sits a half block from the Plaza and runs breakfast burritos and Boar's Head deli sandwiches under $15 from 07:30 daily, closed Tuesday.
Try: Boar's Head Reuben or breakfast burrito
Tune-Up plates pupusas, breakfast burritos and tres-leches cake under $15 in a Hickox Street adobe near the Capitol; the line is regulars, not tourists.
Try: Pupusas plate