A good downtown area restaurant with yet another gourmet take on the down-home cooking, meatloaf, etc. more

The Standard Diner offers a swank, yet relaxed, spin on the diner. Classic fare like chicken fried steak gets reinterpreted as chicken fried sashimi-grade tuna, burger can be made sans bun and with beets instead of beef, and mac and cheese comes with smoked salmon and green chile (you know you're in New Mexico when...). The Diner is located across... more

Okay, so: The Standard Diner is one of my favorite adaptive reuse projects anywhere. For those who are not familiar with Albuquerque, the Standard is right smack in the middle of one of the hot new parts of town, directly across the street from the old Albuquerque High School (speaking of amazing adaptive reuse projects...). It's housed in an old... more

Just spent 4 days in ABQ/Santa Fe. The first time we drove by this restaurant (Sat. evening) it was jammed-packed...so we went somewhere else. Never heard of it before, but figured we'd have to go back...so on the way out of town on the day of departure, we got there after lunch hour. Got "The Blue Plate Special"...it was an... more

Lou-the manager is WONDERFUL! cool place, great decor, great food-interesting eclectic innovative menu and great comfort dishes-like the Osee's tomatoe soup. more

Expensive for a diner more

decent, but great mac and cheese more

This is a fairly new restaurant to the east downtown area of Albuqureque. I tried it for the first time today. The menu is has some interesting items like a duck tamale appetizer or lobster salad. The prices seem fair. I like that they offer healthy sides like jicama salad and broiled potato fingers (they look kind of odd but... more