I often have the thought that I don’t visit certain restaurants enough. Really, though, there are only so many meals in the week and calories I can ingest before I start to inflate.

Even in a city as “small” as Albuquerque, we have a good number of restaurants, most of them worthy of patronage any day of the week. So when I visit an old favorite and realize that I really still like them, inevitably I feel a pang of guilt for not eating there more often. In small ways, I hope that I can help them out by encouraging others to go instead through my writing, blogging, and just conversations with friends.

Slate Street Cafe is one of those great spots, with pleasing food and stylish decor. I was writing about them earlier today and had the occasion to describe where they existed in the local restaurant scene, “They are a go-to place when Artichoke is too fancy, Relish is too casual, and you’ve forgotten that Chef du Jour exists.”

That sums it up nicely, while even giving props to that other go-to gem on San Pasquale.