Just be sure to introduce her to Ten Thousand Waves spa. It's a special experience.

Yes - that's on the list!

Where exactly is Bobcat Bite? North or south of SF?

Would it be geographically desirable for lunch after Tent Rocks?

>>Would it be geographically desirable for lunch after Tent Rocks?<<
That would depend if I were really hungry or not. I don't remember how long the drive is from Santa Fe to Tent Rocks. I thought about an hour door-to-door but I'll let someone else chime in that remembers.

Bobcat Bite is off of I-25 just south of Santa Fe about 4 miles. When you are returning to Santa Fe you can stay on I-25 and take the Old Pecos Trail exit. Then turn right at the light for Old Las Vegas Highway and you'll parallel I-25 for approx. 4 miles.

Bobcat bite has winter hours (I'm not sure when you are going) but right now they are open
Wed-Sat 11am-7:50pm 505.983.5319

www.bobcatbite.com

Also, Bert's Burger Bowl that is just off of the plaza area tied for best burger if that is a more convenient location. (I'd still go for the "original".

Also, Harry's Roadhouse is a great stop and if the weather is nice their patio out back should be open. It's on the same road you'll take to Bobcat Bites -- Old Las Vegas Highway. You can't miss it -- painted with bright colors and will most likely have a packed parking lot -- it's worth a stop, too.

Thanks BG. We're coming from Albuquerque (early am) and going straight to Tent Rocks. Then we're going SF and staying overnight. I was wondering about having lunch there. And this will be on Fri 4/17. I also thought about Chocolate Maven, but am also not sure of the location.

I haven't made it to Chocolate Maven yet. It is on the south side of Santa Fe proper (not south on I-25). From the directions on the website you'll take the St. Francis exit and turn left at 4th light San Mateo, Chocolate Maven will be on the right just before the 2nd light. DebitNM ate there around Dec/Jan and she liked it. But the menu at Chocolate Maven is quite different than the menu at Bobcat --it's all about the green chile burger there.

It's pretty even on drive times to each.

A few small suggestions from my very recent trip to NM:

If you plan to dine at The Shed for dinner, make a reservation. We went on a Monday night at 5:30pm (a little early for dinner, but we skipped lunch) and there was over an hour wait for a table with no reservations. We weren't seated until 6:45pm.

Chocolate Maven was excellent. The directions BeachGirl247 gave you were exactly right, but be aware the restaurant is in a big industrial looking garage, not your typical store front. You'll see signs on the side of the "garage" boasting all of the awards they've received and they earned every one of them! YUM!

Dinner at the Coyote Cafe was fabulous! The restaurant is lovely and the food/wine was perfect.

However, we were disappointed when we dropped off a friend at the St. Francis Hotel (we are staying elsewhere)and found out the lovely lobby is under construction and the restaurant is closed so breakfast is not being served. The guest was not told about this at the time of making the reservation.

Good to hear, Marianna! Where else did you eat?