Cafe Pasqual's
- ★ 4.8
- New Mexican
- $$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Chef Katharine Kagel has cooked seasonal Pueblo-meets-Mexico-meets-Mediterranean at Cafe Pasqual's just off the Plaza in Santa Fe since 1979.
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The Shed
The Shed's red chile, grown out at the family farm and ground in-house, has anchored a Santa Fe lunch line since 1953. Sister room of La Choza.
Geronimo
- ★ 4.7
- New American
- $$$$
- Canyon Road
Geronimo cooks fusion-forward fine dining in a 1756 Canyon Road adobe, the city's sole AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star room since 1991.
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The Compound
- ★ 4.8
- Contemporary American
- $$$$
- Canyon Road
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester took over the kitchen at the storied adobe in 2026.
Sazon
Fernando Olea, 2022 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, has cooked in Santa Fe since 1991; Sazon opened on Shelby Street in 2015 with a Degustacion menu.
Restaurant Martin
- ★ 4.7
- New American
- $$$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks seasonal progressive-American tasting menus at Restaurant Martin, in a quiet downtown garden.
Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves
- ★ 4.6
- Japanese Izakaya
- $$$
- Eastside / Hyde Park Road
Izanami serves elevated izakaya plates and one of North America's deepest premium-sake lists inside the Ten Thousand Waves spa, off Hyde Park Road.
Coyote Cafe
- ★ 4.5
- American
- $$$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Coyote Cafe pioneered modern Southwestern under Mark Miller in 1987; today the downtown room serves elk and tellicherry ribeye, with a rooftop cantina.
Joseph's Culinary Pub
Chef Joseph Wrede, Food and Wine Best New Chef and multiple AAA Four Diamond winner, runs this 2013-opened pub-meets-fine-dining adobe on Agua Fria.
La Boca
- ★ 4.6
- Spanish Tapas
- $$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Chef James Campbell Caruso, an eight-time James Beard nominee, opened La Boca in 2006; modern Spanish tapas, an all-Spanish wine list and deep sherries.
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Anasazi Restaurant at Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi
- ★ 4.5
- New American
- $$$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood with a contemporary-American menu on Washington Avenue.
Arroyo Vino
- ★ 4.6
- Contemporary American
- $$$$
- Southside
Arroyo Vino pairs a 600-bottle wine shop with a Contemporary American kitchen ten minutes west of the Plaza; bottles are retail-plus-$20 corkage.
Radish & Rye
- ★ 4.5
- Soul food
- $$$
- Agua Fria / South Capitol
Radish & Rye pairs farm-to-table Southern plates with 175 American brown spirits in an Agua Fria adobe; bourbon flights and steak tartare lead.
El Rincon Cafe
- ★ 4.4
- New Mexican
- $$$
- Downtown / The Plaza
Family-owned El Rincon Cafe upstairs in Hotel Chimayo on Washington Avenue Santa Fe, a Northern New Mexican kitchen with French technique, farm-to-table.
Paloma
Paloma cooks fresh, handmade Mexican plates and pours an extensive agave spirits list a block north of Tomasita's in the Guadalupe district.
Vinaigrette
Erin Wade grows the lettuces and produce at her 10-acre Nambe farm, then drives them daily to Vinaigrette's Don Cubero Alley adobe for entree-sized salads.
Jambo Cafe
- ★ 4.6
- Caribbean
- $$
- Cerrillos Road Corridor
Chef Ahmed Obo cooks Swahili-inflected East African and Caribbean stews at Jambo Cafe in Santa Fe's College Plaza on Cerrillos Road, open since 2009.
Dr. Field Goods Kitchen
Chef Josh Gerwin's Dr. Field Goods centres on a butcher and bakery; the Devargas-mall kitchen turns own meats and bread into chile-laced burgers and pizza.
Atrisco Cafe & Bar
Atrisco builds family-recipe red chile from sun-dried whole pods at Devargas Center, served with local Santa Fe lamb, beef and honey-glazed sopaipillas.
Casa Chimayo
Casa Chimayo cooks family Chimayo red and green chile and Dine accents downtown; Guy Fieri filmed Diners, Drive-Ins for the blue corn enchiladas.
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