Northwestern New Mexico Restaurants

Fast-food and familiar franchise restaurants thrive in this region, but there are also lots of reputable homegrown establishments. The B&Bs here serve uniformly delicious, homemade breakfasts (and some serve equally tasty dinners). Western favorites like rib-eye steak and barbecue pork and chicken are common menu items, breakfast burritos are ubiquitous, and, as elsewhere in New Mexico, topping everything is red and green chile sauce, commonly referred to simply as "chili." Vegetarians take note: chili is often cooked with pork in its green incarnation, and beef with red; ask about it when you order. Posole is another dish in which it is more common to find pork than not. Other local specialties include Navajo fry bread, which can be served plain, or topped with honey and powdered sugar, or taco-style with meat, beans, lettuce, and cheese; and mutton stew such as you would be served at a pueblo's feast day. Delicious bread and pies, baked in beehive-shaped outdoor hornos (ovens), are sold at roadside stands at some pueblos.