This afternoon Talin hosted a “Food Truck Holiday Extravaganza” in its parking lot. Though perhaps less than an “extravaganza,” it was about twice the size of Talin’s Wednesday lunch food-truck pod, and the offerings were great. Our first stop was The Seasonal Palate, which had promised fresh oysters for the extravaganza. Sure enough the menu…
Eating ABQ: Dia de los Takos @ Marble Brewery
Note: Dia de los Takos has moved to San Diego. They will be missed! On Wednesday Arne and I finally made it to Marble Brewery to try Dia de los Takos. I’d been excited to try this food truck since it was brought to my attention in a comment on my review for Supper Truck….
Save the ABQ Food Trucks!
If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I love food trucks. I’ve happily checked out carts in Portland, OR and NYC, and am positively gleeful about the recent boom in food trucks here in Albuquerque. (Check out my giddy review of Supper Truck if you doubt me.) Which is why I was dismayed…
Eating ABQ: Pollito con Papas Grows Up
Read the original review here. When I posted about Pollito con Papas in July, the little restaurant impressed me mightily with its delicious, focused menu and friendly owners – but less so with its no-frills space, wonky air conditioning, and cash-only policy. Well, times have changed. For the better, in every way. They now take…
Manzano Mountain Apple Orchard
Growing up in Urbana, Illinois, it was unthinkable to let autumn pass without at least one trip to Curtis Orchard in Champaign. I remember it being a fairly modest place when I was a child, but something new got added every year. By the time I moved away, Curtis Orchard had a huge store with…
Eating ABQ: Supper Truck at Hyder Park
It’s no secret that I love food trucks, and have been excited to sample their fare in Portland and New York. But possibly my best food-truck experience ever happened Tuesday night, right here in Albuquerque. I have to thank my friend and neighbor Mary. A few weeks ago, she rode by on her adorable flowered…
Eating ABQ: Mean Bao
UPDATE: Mean Bao is now closed. One balmy evening a few weeks ago, Arne and I were walking down Central in Nob Hill when a curious sight met our eyes. In the window of the recently vacated Ecco Gelato space was a sign with a cartoonishly irritated white blob – maybe a marshmallow? a…
Eating ABQ: Rebel Donut
A couple of weeks ago, my mom came up from Belen to hang out for the day. We were lounging around, chatting about nothing much, when she uttered eight fateful words: “Did you hear about the new doughnut place?” Then she topped them with three more: “maple-bacon bar.” Five minutes later – long enough to…
Eating ABQ: Pollito con Papas
Please see the update for Pollito’s new location and other changes! When we opened the screen door of the little building on the corner of Broadway and Cesar Chavez, I almost turned around and walked away. The no-frills dining room of Pollito con Papas was broiling – not just in the AC-is-expensive way one must…
Eating ABQ: Limonata Italian Street Food Caffe
A new shop has moved into the space recently vacated (in a hurry, it seemed) by Cafe Giuseppe. That coffee and gelato shop, in a bright space on Silver and Wellesley in Nob Hill, was a place I always wanted to like but never really did. The location was awesome, the multi-room space charming, and…