http://dukecityfood.com Scarfing and Sniffing restaurants and eats in Albuquerque Sat, 10 May 2008 00:25:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How cool - there is yet another sushi joint open in the downtown area for MY mackerel eating pleasure.  It is called Sushi Hana (as opposed to the very good Sushi Hama in the Northeast Heights), and is located at 6th & Central, right in the pit of downtown bar ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/05/09/downtown-deep-sea-dining/ Believe it or not, my most favorite thing at Porky's Pride BBQ was the little cup of "Three Beans" that came with my enormous platter of meat.  An incongruous mixture of red, pink and LIMA beans well-seasoned and studded with rich ground beef, they teetered on the edge of being ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/05/07/beans-over-brisket/ In another example of why it is, in some cases, risky to eat food from any restaurant, whether a large chain or a mom & pop place, not one, but two Duke City locations of IHOP have turned up employees with Hepatitis A. They are warning the public that diners of the Wyoming or Montano ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/05/02/ihep/ So, just what is unavailable in the otherwise very decent culinary offerings of The Duke City? Fourteen kinds of oysters on the half-shell, plus clams just for variety.  Bountiful spread courtesy of Neptune Oyster in the North End of Boston. http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/27/unavailable-in-albuquerque/ 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 ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/25/thinking-about-slate/ The brewpub's popularity cannot be stopped. Case in point: Kelly's patio on any evening that is not 5 degrees and snowing. Case in point: An hour-long wait at Chama River most evenings. Case in point: A NEW brewery and restaurant, called Marble Brewery is opening just north of the downtown ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/24/more-beer-for-you/ As of last week, the Nob Hill Bar & Grill is open for business and one more piece of the upper crust dining jigsaw is back in place where it ought to be. Occupying the former Graze space, the muted yellows and greens have been gutted and darkened for the more ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/22/sam-etheridge-back-in-action/ The triumphant return of the Duke City's favorite celebrity female chef is upon us! jennifer james 101 . . . is the name of the new spot, opening on April 29th in the up and coming stretch of Menaul, right next to Ruby Shoesday. I first ate at the original Jennifer James on ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/17/jennifer-james-101/ You live in Albuquerque, and you visit your usual restaurants. Why not try a little detour this evening (or any evening, for that matter), by heading just another 15 quick minutes to a cooler and more refreshing neighborhood - Cedar Crest. You head east on the freeway, and enter the ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/08/top-reasons-to-make-an-east-mountain-excursion-tonight/ (OK, that might be an overstatement, but hear me out and you'll get the idea....) I love coffee. I adore a good pull of espresso. And yet, when you or I search Google for "best barista" albuquerque, you will get a post that I wrote on my older blog ... http://dukecityfood.com/2008/04/05/its-my-fault-baristas-in-albuquerque-suck/