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Apologies if I'm covering some overly familiar ground, but I've previously found the folks on these forums to be extremely helpful and knowledgeable, so figured I'd give it a shot.
A friend and I are going to be in Santa Fe for about 24 hours next week, during a roadtrip through the southwest. Are there any suggestions for restaurants, bars and other places where we can get a good feel for the town and its people?
It's not as much time as we'd like to spend there, but we want to make the most of it. Any help is much appreciated.
I probably had the shortest Santa Fe vacation in history – it lasted only 15 minutes. I flew from San Diego to Albuquerque, rented a car at the airport, and drove to Santa Fe. I went directly to Upper Crust Pizza and ordered one pizza "to go." I then drove back to Albuquerque with the pizza, dropped off the rental car, and flew to San Diego (smelling up the plane's cabin with pizza aroma) where we had Upper Crust pizza for dinner at home. I hope that restaurant is still as good today as it was back in 1991 – you can definitely make fantastic memories in a limited amount of time.
If I had a day to spend in Santa Fe, I'd hit Tia Sophia's for breakfast, walk up to the plaza on W. San Francisco ST. and take in the Palace of the Governor's or the History Museum. For lunch I'd grab a frito pie in the 5 and dime and people watch on the plaza or walk over to the Cowgirl BBQ on Guadalupe or Upper Crust Pizza on Old Santa Fe Trail. In the afternoon I would head up Hyde Park road if weather allowed and I wanted to see the outdoor possibilities near Santa Fe. Otherwise I would take the 'tour de Santa Fe' if I wanted to see a 'daily life' Santa Fe which would consist of taking Old Santa Fe Trail out of Old Town, hang a right on Rodeo Rd. Then hang a right on Cerrillos Rd. if you want to see the retail strip side of Santa Fe, or stay on Rodeo (turns in to Airport Rd.) and take Agua Fria back to Old town if you want to see some of the old neighborhoods that locals can live in. Dinner would be Tomasita's or the like if I was downtown and Castro's on Rodeo Rd. if I was still on the other side. If you weren't museumed out, Museum Hill gets you into some older neighborhoods. It has some nice views and, of course, more museums: MOSCA, International Folk Art, Wheelwright Museum. Have fun.
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