Seriously impressive wine flights-and who doesn’t love a menu composed mainly of “picnic items” and “specialty cakes?” If we’re being honest, those are probably our two favorite food groups.The kind of eatery where lobster is just the appetizer, featuring much-lauded wine offerings and a killer breakfast menu.Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, 113 Washington Ave., (505) 988-3236.Who doesn’t wanna eat roasted rainbow trout in an (Indigenous-owned) private tipi? The curated wine collection is pretty admirable, too.While the new restaurant operating out of downtown’s Open Kitchen won’t officially open until May, the combination of chefs Hue Chan Karels and Erica Tai is bound to bring some much needed Vietnamese/Taiwanese/Korean/Hawaiian fusion to Santa Fe.Sure, you could go for the obvious choice with a specialty margarita (and don’t get us wrong, they’re top-notch), but why not make like a Bridgerton character and grab yourself a Cornish game hen while you’re at it?.If that’s not your thing, the house Dave Black built has all the expected lattes and the like-but we maintain the unadulterated original is where it’s at. The local success story brews its beverages strong, and as black coffee fanatics, we’re eternally grateful.The French-infused menu is constantly changing to showcase seasonal specialties, but right now the veal schnitzel with Irish cheddar mac and cheese has us drooling.Oatmeal lattes, turmeric drinks and coconut oil coffees (spotlight beverage, the “Latitude Adjustment,” features grass-fed butter, MCT oil and coconut oil) to please the pickiest caffeine fiends.Yes, supply chains are still shifting and restaurant workers still deserve our grace, but doesn’t it feel good to be celebrating the arrival of so much newness? On that note, if we’ve missed something or another eatery opens up, drop us a line at We’d love to hear about it. We’re not sure whether that’s the smell of hope in the air or just roasting piñon, but either way, we’re eating it up. As the restaurant scene heats back up, we’ve also gained a renewed appreciation for the joys of drinking around strangers-and decided we didn’t want to leave any beloved local bars out of the love fest, either. So many, in fact, that we’ve included almost 50 new entries this year-a staggering amount of fresh deliciousness for a city with a population of less than 100,000. For as many beloved haunts as we’ve lost in the past three years, we’re finally seeing more new options pop up to add to the directory than old favorites to cross off. Can we take a moment to get a little syrupy here, y’all? See, working on this year’s list has us a bit verklempt.
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