12 new american places in Santa Fe we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Santa Fe | New American across every city.
New American cooking is the backbone of Santa Fe's high end, much of it set in centuries-old Canyon Road adobes. Geronimo cooks fusion-forward fine dining in a 1756 building as the city's sole AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star room, while The Compound nearby carries the James Beard pedigree of Mark Kiffin. Downtown, Restaurant Martin pairs chef Martin Rios's progressive tasting menus with a garden patio, and out west Arroyo Vino backs a contemporary American kitchen with a 600-bottle wine shop.
Geronimo ★ 4.7
canyon road · 724 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Geronimo cooks fusion-forward fine dining in a 1756 Canyon Road adobe, the city's sole AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star room since 1991.
The Compound ★ 4.8
canyon road · 653 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester took over the kitchen at the storied adobe in 2026.
Restaurant Martin ★ 4.7
downtown · 526 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks seasonal progressive-American tasting menus at Restaurant Martin, in a quiet downtown garden.
Joseph's Culinary Pub ★ 4.6
agua fria · 428 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Joseph Wrede, Food and Wine Best New Chef and multiple AAA Four Diamond winner, runs this 2013-opened pub-meets-fine-dining adobe on Agua Fria.
Anasazi Restaurant at Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi ★ 4.5
downtown · 113 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood with a contemporary-American menu on Washington Avenue.
Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6
west side · 218 Camino La Tierra, Santa Fe, NM 87506
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.
Vinaigrette ★ 4.5
railyard · 709 Don Cubero Alley, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Erin Wade grows the lettuces and produce at her 10-acre Nambe farm, then drives them daily to Vinaigrette's Don Cubero Alley adobe for entree-sized salads.
Harry's Roadhouse ★ 4.5
eastside · 96 Old Las Vegas Highway, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Founded in 1992 by Harry Shapiro and Peyton Young, Harry's Roadhouse passed in 2024 to manager Kathleen O'Brien and chef Mario Reyes; the patio and burger.
Vinaigrette ★ 4.6
railyard · 709 Don Cubero Alley, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Erin Wade's adobe-set Vinaigrette serves entree-sized salads built around her 10-acre Nambe farm; lunch is busy, dinner is calmer with a hanger steak.
Geronimo ★ 4.7
724 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Geronimo's Canyon Road adobe, AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star, has cooked French-Asian-American fusion in the 1756 building since 1991.
Restaurant Martin ★ 4.7
526 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks Progressive American tasting menus and a garden-patio dinner service at Restaurant Martin downtown.
Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6
218 Camino La Tierra, Santa Fe, NM 87506
Arroyo Vino runs a 600-bottle wine shop and Contemporary American dining room ten minutes west of the Plaza; bottles are retail-plus-$20 corkage.