Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Santa Fe.

Food tour in Santa Fe

New Mexican Flavors Food Tour of the Santa Fe Plaza

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Top tables

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Geronimo

Geronimo's Canyon Road adobe, AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star, has cooked French-Asian-American fusion in the 1756 building since 1991.

The Compound

Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Santa Fe's Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester runs the market-driven kitchen as head cook.

Sazon

Fernando Olea won the 2022 James Beard Best Chef Southwest at Sazon, where the deeply researched moles and a New Mexican mole anchor the Santa Fe dinner.

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Coyote Cafe

Mark Miller built the modern-Southwestern playbook here in 1987; Coyote Cafe today still serves elk, tellicherry ribeye and a seasonal Rooftop Cantina.

315 Restaurant & Wine Bar

  • ★ 4.4
  • French bistro
  • $$$$

Chef Louis Moskow has cooked Modern French Bistro at 315 on Old Santa Fe Trail since 1995, with a deep all-French wine list anchoring the rooms.

Arroyo Vino

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.

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Where should I eat fine dining in Santa Fe?

Editor picks in Santa Fe include Geronimo, The Compound, Sazon, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.