Santa Fe Foodie

Spinach enchiladas at a restaurant in Bernalillo, New Mexico

When I travel to New Jersey to visit my family, the first thing I do once I leave the airport is make a beeline to my favorite Italian restaurant (Italianissimo in West Caldwell, which was briefly featured in the Sopranos) that serves heavenly eggplant parmigiana sandwiches. The next night I head to the Nelly’s diner (in Waldwick) that knows how to make a mean cheese “pie”, fried ravioli and mozzarella sticks.

Though I’m less familiar with the area, I’ve created the same habit of finding all the best foods when I go to Santa Fe, which I did last week.

Visiting my friend, Marcia (who was amazing enough to fly me down there on one of her Southwest coupons), I told her the only thing I really wanted to do was have breakfast at the Santa Fe Baking Company that serves up the absolute best huevos rancheros. So much so that it’s ruined me – I can’t order these anywhere else but at SFBC.

But, not only did I get my huevos rancheros, I sampled amazing food for three days (and came home a few pounds heavier as a result

Here’s my culinary tour of Santa Fe:

I eased into the eating experience with chips and hand made salsa and guacamole at Harry’s Roadhouse.

New Mexican pancakes

Tamales and a bowl of green chiles at Tomasita’s

The Grand Finale – Huevos Rancheros at the Santa Fe Baking Company

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