19 upscale places in Santa Fe, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Santa Fe: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Santa Fe food.
Cafe Pasqual's ★ 4.8
downtown · 121 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Katharine Kagel has cooked seasonal Pueblo-meets-Mexico-meets-Mediterranean at Cafe Pasqual's just off the Plaza in Santa Fe since 1979.
Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves ★ 4.6
hyde park · 21 Ten Thousand Waves Way, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.
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.
La Boca ★ 4.6
downtown · 72 West Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.
Secreto Lounge at Hotel St. Francis ★ 4.6
downtown · 210 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Secreto Lounge is Santa Fe's most awarded cocktail room; the smoked sage margarita and garden-to-glass program live inside Hotel St. Francis one block off.
Rowley Farmhouse Ales Pub ★ 4.6
agua fria · 1405 Maclovia Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Rowley brews farmhouse sours and saisons in a small Maclovia Street facility; the gastropub plates farm-to-table dinners alongside the tank lineup.
Arroyo Vino Wine Shop ★ 4.6
west side · 218 Camino La Tierra, Santa Fe, NM 87506
The Arroyo Vino wine shop houses 600 bottles next to the restaurant; the on-list corkage is bottle price plus $20, the kitchen plates while you sip retail.
La Boca ★ 4.6
downtown · 72 West Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
James Campbell Caruso opened La Boca in 2006; modern Spanish tapas, an all-Spanish wine list and deep sherries served Wed through Sun on Marcy.
Radish & Rye ★ 4.5
agua fria · 548 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Radish & Rye pairs farm-to-table Southern plates with 175 American brown spirits in an Agua Fria adobe; bourbon flights and steak tartare lead.
Paloma ★ 4.5
railyard · 401 South Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Paloma cooks fresh, handmade Mexican plates and pours an extensive agave spirits list a block north of Tomasita's in the Guadalupe district.
Tonic ★ 4.5
downtown · 103 East Water Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tonic is the city's serious-cocktail room, an art deco intimate space pouring liquor-and-house-syrup seasonal classics on East Water Street.
Maria's New Mexican Kitchen Margarita Bar ★ 4.5
southside · 555 West Cordova Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Maria's pours over 150 hand-shaken margaritas and stocks 170 tequilas in a Cordova Road cantina since 1950; former owner Al Lucero wrote the Margarita Book.
El Rincon Cafe ★ 4.4
downtown · 125 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.
Santa Fe Spirits Downtown Tasting Room ★ 4.4
downtown · 308 Read Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Santa Fe Spirits, founded 2010 by Colin Keegan, pours locally distilled Colkegan single malt and Wheeler's dry gin in a tasting room off Galisteo on Read.
VARA Vinoteca Santa Fe ★ 4.4
downtown · 329 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
VARA Vinoteca is the Santa Fe branch of the Albuquerque winery; wines from California, Spain and New Mexico, plus vermouth and chicken croquetas.
Radish & Rye Bar ★ 4.4
agua fria · 548 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Radish & Rye sits closer to bourbon-bar than wine-bar (175 American browns) but pours bottle wine alongside Calabrian-chile steak tartare and bone-marrow.
Coyote Rooftop Cantina ★ 4.3
downtown · 132 West Water Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Coyote Cafe's seasonal rooftop runs April through October above the downtown dining room; tacos, tequila and the city's most visible Plaza-edge sunset.
Susan's Fine Wine and Spirits Back Bar ★ 4.3
agua fria · 632 Agua Fria, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Susan's has sold Santa Fe over 1,000 wines, 400 craft beers and top-shelf spirits since 2005; the back bar serves cocktails next to the cellar shelves.
CAVA Santa Fe at Eldorado Hotel ★ 4.2
downtown · 309 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
CAVA functions as the Eldorado Hotel's living-room bar, with craft cocktails and live music six blocks west of the Plaza on San Francisco Street.