Santa Fe NM

Not sure about SF, but we were just in Red River and Taos last week and pretty much everything was open. A handful of shops in Taos were still closed, but guessing it's because old folks own them. A bunch of places in Taos still required masks to enter.

You need to hit The Shed in SF - best New Mexico food in town.

No clue on what is open but Pantry, Shed, La Choza and Paper Dosa are always at the top of my list when going there.

Tia Sophia
Tomasitas
The Shed
The Pantry
La Choza
Coyote Cafe
Cafe Pasqual
Terra $$$

Go to Madrid just south of Santa Fe. It is where they filmed Wild Hogs. Cool shops and restaurants.

Must've hit an off night, but The Shed sucked last week. May have been our choices.

Humble Posa rocked.

My wife were just there for a week from May 31 - June 6. We stayed at an Airbnb a block east of Tomasita's Restaurant on Cerrillo's Rd, which was a nice and convenient area. We mostly went for the food and weather, capping off a two week road trip to Durango and Santa Fe working remotely.

The restaurants were beginning to open the week we were there. For New Mexican, we ate at Tomasita's, La Choza, and Maria's. La Choza and Tomasita's were 1a and 1b as our favorite food wise and were excellent, with La Choza having very good margaritas. Maria's was still good but not on their level. We also went to El Farol on Canyon Road for some delicious happy hour tapas and drinks. I'm starting to think New Mexican food is better than Texmex. The green and red pepper sauces are amazing.

Overall the town seemed quieter than normal with tourists, which was kinda nice. We only checked out a few shops and did some walking along Canyon Road. Shops and exhibits were open (prob not all), and the city had strict mask requirements. However, Meow Wolf and Georgia O'Keeffe were temporarily closed which was unfortunate.

We hiked up Atalaya Mountain and Dorothy Stewart trails. They were really convenient and easy to moderate hikes. Checking out the architecture of the million dollar homes in that area was worth it.

We also went to the Santa Fe Farmer's Market which had really great produce, dried peppers, etc, and is open Tuesdays and Saturdays. We ate in during the week quite a bit so that was worth it to us. I also wanted to check out restaurants/exhibits in Tesuque, but didn't have the time.

All in all it was a great trip to escape Houston weather and enjoy Santa Fe. Just about the entire city is walkable. The trip was 100% worth it.

So they eliminated the 14 day quarantine in NM? Are the indian reservations and casinos open?

No clue on casinos and reservations. I think they’re opened up again, but not knowledgeable enough to know for certain.

We were out there for again Spring Break, and restaurants are all back open. Main issue is if you’re trying to eat with a large group. They are still pretty weird about that at the restaurants. We had three families with us. One of them has a large house in the foothills toward Tesuque, so we ended up just getting takeout for their house when we all wanted to eat together.

A lot of restaurants won’t serve you drinks until you sit down, so that also makes waiting for a table kind of suck. We usually don’t mind waiting an hour or so, because we will have drinks while we wait. Not an option this time out. And yes, a lot of the restaurants don’t take reservations, but there are some that do. Need to call them most likely.

Our only new dining experience this time around was eating at the restaurant at 10,000 waves spa. It was really excellent. It does take reservations.

La Choza was fantastic when we tried it last month.
Best marg I've ever had, and so much great "New Mexican" food.