Amuse-bouche
2019 restaurant reviews
AS 2019 draws to a close, Amuse Bouche decided to look back at the restaurants we reviewed in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. Some were uniformly beloved by our critics — from aperitif to digestif. Others weren’t perfect on the nights we showed up, but worth a look. From the humble to the high falutin’, they all make up our local food scene. — Tracy Mobley-Martinez, Pasatiempo editor
ANASAZI RESTAURANT, BAR AND LOUNGE Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi 113 Washington Ave., 505-988-3236, rosewoodhotels.com
The Anasazi’s bar and dinner menus offer a wide variety of choices that range from downright poor to meh to surprisingly good. You’ll find the usual regional suspects here — like chips, salsa, guacamole, nachos, burgers, and Cobb salad — along with roast chicken, lamb, and salmon. But the most interesting and creative dishes are born of the kitchen’s alchemical effort to merge traditional Southwest and East
Coast ingredients and sensibilities. It doesn’t always work, but when it does, it’s wonderful. Recommended: green chile buffalo burger ($20); seafood pozole ($25); spring pea ravioli ($32). — Patricia West-Barker, June 21
Driving down the long lane to Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, you’ll see planted fields of lavender and hoop-house gardens. The farm on the premises is part of the “field to fork” ethos of Campo, the restaurant established in 2017 at Los Poblanos by executive chef Jonathan Perno. A native New Mexican and five-time James Beard award nominee, Perno celebrates the