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The new pizza place and bread bakery is very good! Always busy. It's on Water on the Water side of the downtown mall.
It sure is good. There were a lot of comments about this place on the Sun News message boards when Zeffiro first opened. Their bread is awesome, but get there early because they often sell out, especially on Saturdays. The place is usually packed, even for dinner during the week. For downtown LC, this is surprising. Very reasonable prices.
I hear they may be opening a smaller pizza place near NMSU that will offer pizza to go.
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Tito: Coming from a big city like Chicago, I found that Las Cruces restaurants were no match, even for Mexican Food, however they aren't a disaster either. I found them adequate for a small size city where eating out is not a big business. The ones in Mesilla are perhaps the most interesting.
I agree about the big cities and better food. Believe it or not, I had a hard time adjusting to what I consider "mediocre" Californian food! I think New York City has the best food -- but we all can't live there!
Things I avoid in California, in particular, are pizza, chicken wings, and Chinese food. I'm from the birthplace (Buffalo, New York) of chicken wings, so I know what they are supposed to be like! Pizza here is downright nasty. Crusts like biscuits, hardly any toppings, little sauce and little flavor. Only in desperation do I sometimes take to that. And Chinese food -- not sure why it's so awful here, considering there is a large Asian population -- my guess is that in New York City where there is loads of competition, that only the best survive.
So....that brings me to my next suggestion: since we seem to be foodies, I suggest that those of us in the Las Cruces area have a "Foodie Potluck" once a month -- rotating between homes. I'm sure we could cook up things that we wouldn't normally get there. I could even cook you "real" chicken wings.
I love to cook, anyway, and I love ethnic cuisines. It could be fun -- who knows -- we might find something to peddle around there. Here, where I work, someone in town will bring in homemade tamales for a dollar each -- nice big ones and spicy, too!
I have a nice Fillipino recipe for a "mochi"-type food that I got from a friend here. I also do a nice Malaysian spicy chicken in coconut sauce!
I'm not much on desserts, but there are all kinds of things we could treat each other to! If they take free advertisements for free events, we could advertise in the Las Cruces Sun....just an idea.
I love eating good food, and I usually cook at home because a lot of the stuff out here isn't that great (I know that sounds snobby, in a way, but I grew up in a multi-ethnic city, so I got used to some good food!). Plus, my grandparents had a 56-acre farm, so I was used to lots of fresh foods straight from the garden!
Anyway, if anyone is interested, hopefully, I and Nancy will be there in the not too distant future. My house goes on the market May 31st -- after that, only time will tell!
I trust the judgment of those already there, so just keep the suggestions coming! You guys on the New Mexico forum gave me the suggestion of El Pinto and the Frontier restaurant across from the University of NM, Albuquerque -- never would have found them without you -- it was great, and also great fun! Thanks!
I do not find any references to Paola's so far. It has been open about 7 weeks now and we finally tried it for lunch today. First impressions are very positive. They offer Panini sandwiches, Pupusas, soup, salad and many pastries. Also, Breakfast Burrito and Breakfast Croissant.
I had the Grilled Veggie (zucchini, yellow squash, peppers & portabello mushrooms) for $5.25. My wife had the Turkey Pesto Panini for $6.75. Both were very tasty. Sandwiches come with choice of House, Greek, Garden or Macaroni salad.
We almost never buy dessert when eating out, but we brought home a slice of Tres Leche cake and a slice of a quesadilla which they tell us is a Salvadoran desert, nothing like what we think of as quesadilla. It was sort of a light yellow batter cake. They say it does have cheese though, as well as cream. (We made the mistake of trying the quesadilla taste sample while waiting for the sandwiches, resulting in buying deserts.)
There are tables for eating in and the decor was fresh and bright. Nothing fancy but clean and pleasant. The location is in a small strip mall at Main and Madrid, just across Madrid from Fiesta foods.
Hours were listed as M-F 7AM to 5 PM and Saturday 8 AM to 2 PM.
We really enjoy New Mexican cuisine (El Comedor in Mesilla is our #1 choice) , but it is nice to have some alternatives. We will go back.
I think Nellie's just received a violation by the state of NM. That's pretty shocking, because I always thought it was a relatively clean place.
As someone who was inspected (my restaurant, that is) dozens of times, I know that the seriousness of a violation is all about the details. It doesn't necessarily mean rat's running the kitchen (ala Ratatouille) or unsafe food, but can easily be a technical violation an equipment violation or an number of other things. Most home kitchens, no matter how clean, could not pass a restaurant type inspection. There would be a whole list of violations in most homes. Do you ever put warm soup, stock or sauce in the refrigerator without chilling it first? That'll get you written up in most states. Just an example.
I'm not in NM at the moment so I don't know what their violation was.
But I agree that Nellies (unlike Dick's) is a clean operation as far as I've been able to observe with trained eyes.
And their food is pretty darn good.
But I agree that Nellies (unlike Dick's) is a clean operation as far as I've been able to observe with trained eyes.
I'm guessing some others here are regular posters over at the LC Sun News [domain blocked due to spam] forums, where they've censored the word Dick's to come out as ****'s, even in the threads about reviews and news about the plethora of Dicks in this town. Smokey Dicks - that will never get old, in my book.
I've been really happy every time I've been to Brigit's Cross in Picacho Hills. I'm glad I work in that area of town and I hope it maintains enough business to stick around.
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I'm guessing some others here are regular posters over at the LC Sun News [domain blocked due to spam] forums, where they've censored the word Dick's to come out as ****'s,
If you had been a teacher , you would know that name is always a point of hilarity.
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Paola's Bakery
