Southwestern New Mexico Restaurants

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  • 1. Chope's Bar & Cafe

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    Pronounced cho-pez, it looks like a run-of-the-mill adobe building from the outside, but inside the 150-year-old former Benavidez homestead you'll find happy locals and many turistas eating well-seasoned Mexican food and drinking ice-cold beer and tasty margaritas. Bikers join the convivial crowd in the bar next door; like the restaurant, it's still owned by the Benavidez family. It's worth the 15-mi drive south from Old Mesilla for the local flavor.

    16145 S. NM 28, La Mesa, New Mexico, 88044, USA
    575-233–3420-restaurant

    Known For

    • Local favorite
    • Homemade rellenos
    • History (est. 1909)

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 2. Double Eagle

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    Chandeliers, century-old wall tapestries, and gold-leaf ceilings set the scene at this elegant restaurant inside an 1848 mansion on Old Mesilla's plaza. Some say ghosts, including one of a young man who incurred his mother's wrath by falling in love with a servant girl, haunt the property. Continental cuisine, steaks, and flambé dishes are served, formally, in the main restaurant. The restaurant has its own aging room for its renowned steaks, and you can sample all sorts of delicious alcoholic infusions from the bar (the chile vodka makes a fantastic Bloody Mary). Pepper's, the adjoining Southwestern-style café, has more casual fare including chiles rellenos served with colorful tortilla chips. The Double Eagle Sunday Champagne brunch is excellent and a good deal (reservations are recommended).

    2355 Calle de Guadalupe, Mesilla, New Mexico, 88046, USA
    575-523–6700

    Known For

    • Margaritas
    • Tableside preparation
    • Historic ambience

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
  • 3. La Posta

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    Once a way station for the Butterfield Overland Mail and Wells Fargo stagecoaches, this restaurant in an old adobe structure has hosted many celebrities through the years, including Bob Hope and Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. Some of the Mexican recipes here date back more than a century; among the best menu choices are tostadas compuestas (red or green chile, meat, and pinto beans in tortilla shells), and enchiladas with red or green chile. Exotic birds and tropical fish inhabit the lushly planted atrium.

    2410 Calle de San Albino, Mesilla, New Mexico, 88046, USA
    575-524–3524

    Known For

    • Spicy Mexican food
    • Historic ambiance
    • Unique atrium with plants and birds

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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