Rarely do history and contemporary culinary talent meet in the same place; they do at The Turquoise Room at La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona. The restaurant, in the renovated historic hotel, once the crown jewel in the Fred Harvey empire, merges vintage touches with chef/owner John Sharpe’s innovative farm-to-table menu. The retro touches such …
When we’re traveling we love to get restaurant recommendations from locals. If you know a local travel writer who covers the area that’s even better. Craving some good barbecue on a recent trip to Loveland, Colorado, we reached out to a local blogger we know and asked where we could get the best ‘cue in …
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Café Pasqual’s is a [amazon_textlink asin=’0804142068′ text=’Santa Fe’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7dc7b525-8a7b-11e7-8147-ffa062e54a55′] dining destination. Chef/owner Kathrine Kagel has been feeding Santa Feans and visitors since 1979. The popular eatery, committed to organic food and creative cookery often has a line out the door. Kagel calls her approach to food sourcing, “Never, ever,” meaning that no …
When we moved to [amazon_textlink asin=’1628872446′ text=’Santa Fe’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’35365b27-7f82-11e7-8d02-d98a2cd1fe9a’] over a decade ago it was almost our anniversary and we wanted a special restaurant to celebrate the occasion. This was before the Internet was loaded with restaurant websites complete with menus as well as tons of review sites so we were flying …
At Pie-O-Neer Pies in Pie Town, New Mexico, the only thing you can order is pie, really good [amazon_textlink asin=’1581573278′ text=’pie’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’ed9ae609-6ffd-11e7-b909-f18eab83f387′]. After all, the town is named for this very American treat. It’s as American as say, apple pie, or pecan, or chocolate or the many others you’ll find here on …
Sushi in the high desert Southwest? Yes! Shohko Cafe, Santa Fe’s first Japanese restaurant, has been doing it since 1980. And, they do it well. Immigrants Hiro and Shohko Fukuda arrived in the US from Japan in the late 1960s and settled in [amazon_textlink asin=’1465441131′ text=’California’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’theyums-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’1771014e-61eb-11e7-b3be-17ef7869d6a5′]. They arrived in Santa Fe …
The hot dog may have arrived in the US from Germany but it quickly became a quintessential American food. When you think of iconic hot dogs joints, a few places come to mind: Nathan’s which started in Coney Island in 1915, the Lower East Side’s Katz’s Deli, Dave’s Red Hots in Chicago and Pink’s Hot …
You don’t have to go to [easyazon_link identifier=”1628872748″ locale=”US” tag=”theyum-20″]New Orleans[/easyazon_link] to get a Creole breakfast. Lucile’s in Fort Collins, Colorado has been serving up authentic Louisiana vittles since 1996. This is the second outpost of the restaurant; the original Lucile’s opened in Boulder, CO in 1980. Tony Hanks, the owner of the Fort Collins branch, …
Northern New Mexico has its own distinct cuisine. While it overlaps with Mexican in some respects, the main ingredient is chile, either red or green. Chile is so important in [easyazon_link identifier=”1631214209″ locale=”US” tag=”theyum-20″]New Mexico[/easyazon_link], both as a crop and an ingredient, that it’s the Official State Vegetable. Rancho de Chimayó, about 40 minutes northeast …
When we travel we try to avoid the touristy restaurants, searching for places that are independently owned and local favorites. While researching San Diego restaurants I found Los Cuatros Milpas (The Four Cornfields), a local taco institution. Although, we’re not big on places with long lines and this place is famous for them, we really …
