City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3636 Monte Vista Boulevard NE
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3128 Central Avenue SE
33. Scalo Northern Italian Grill
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 255-8781
Address: 3500 Central Avenue SE
Description: As the name suggests, Scalo focuses on Northern Italian cuisine using local organic produce. It serves house-made pasta, inspired wood-fired pizzas with a special handmade thin crust, meat and fish entrées, and a changing list of specials. There are also soups, salads, panini, and a tempting choice of appetizers. For dessert check out the tiramisu, chocolate torte, and homemade gelato. Scalo has long won the hearts of locals and is usually pretty bustling. The streamlined dining room with a mezzanine level is casually classy, and there’s patio dining to watch the passing action on Nob Hill. Scalo hosts regular live jazz, serves a full bar, and has an extensive list of Italian and international wines. Reservations recommended. Open for lunch through dinner every day.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3118 Central Avenue SE
35. Yanni’s Mediterranean Grill and Opa Bar
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 268-9250
Address: 3109 Central Avenue NE
Description: You could almost imagine you’re in the Med in the cool sea-blue and white dining room, complete with Greek columns and tiled bar. The menu offers contemporary fine dining with popular items, including choice steaks; rack of lamb; fresh fish dishes, such as Grilled Yellow Fin Sole Encrusted with Parmesan Cheese; pasta dishes; and traditional Greek platters. Vegetarians are spoiled for choices, too. There’s a full bar and wine list, and the Opa Bar in refined dark red tones also serves food and has live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Open daily for lunch and dinner, with ample free private parking behind the restaurant. Reservations recommended.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 3009 Central Avenue NE
37. FLYING STAR cafe
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 293-6911
Address: 8001 Menaul Boulevard NE
Description: The smallest branch of the popular Flying Star local chain keeps the modern ambience and good-food-fast philosophy and serves breakfast and dinner all day. There’s an in-house newsstand and regular dining specials, and Flying Star sells beer and wine as well as locally roasted coffee. See the main listing for the Nob Hill location. No reservations. Open daily for breakfast through dinner.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 2201 Q Street NE
39. Flying Star CafE
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 923-4211
Address: 8000 Paseo del Norte NE
Description: Both branches of this local chain serve the fresh-made, wholesome fare that Flying Star is known for, in colorful and contemporary surroundings. See the Nob Hill entry for menu details. Both have dog-friendly patios. The Paseo del Norte location is on the southeast corner of the Wyoming intersection, just east of the I-25 North corridor. It has an in-house bakery, mountain views from the ceiling-high windows, and a patio with umbrellas shading the tables. The Juan Tabo café has a large mural and two patios with pretty landscaping. Wine and beer are available. No reservations. Open daily for breakfast through dinner.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
41. IL VICINO
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 271-0882
Address: 11225 Montgomery Boulevard NE
Description: A spin-off from the popular Il Vicino in Nob Hill, this trattoria-style restaurant serves the same great wood-oven pizzas and calzones, washed down with wines, including Il Vicino’s private-label wines, and their own microbrews. See the full listing under Nob Hill. The Montgomery branch is bigger than the original Nob Hill restaurant, and the advantage here is the patio with views of the Sandias. It’s located on the corner of Montgomery and Juan Tabo, in the Heights Village Shopping Center. No reservations. Open seven days for lunch through dinner.
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 1935 Eubank Boulevard NE
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Address: 10601 Montgomery Boulevard NE
44. Chama River Brewing Company
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 342-1800
Address: 4939 Pan American Freeway NE
Description: Superior brewpub fare includes steaks, ribs, pastas, seafood such as Maple Brown Sugar Salmon on a sweet potato purée, gourmet burgers, and toothsome appetizers. The Green Chile and Ale Fondue and the Truffled Bleu Cheese Fries get everyone hooked. The obvious accompaniment to a meal here is one of Chama River’s award-winning ales and lagers, but you can also opt for a glass of wine. There’s outdoor seating, and lunch and dinner are served daily.
45. The Range café
City: Albuquerque, NM
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (505) 293-2633
Address: 4401 Wyoming Boulevard NE
Description: This is the newest addition to the area’s three Range Cafés, and details on its “ordinary food, made extraordinarily well” menu is in the listing for the original restaurant in Bernalillo. The light and airy diner on Wyoming continues the funky cowboy-art theme with a fabulous 3-D Western mural/installation and flying cows! Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.