Taste Of New Mexico: Local Flavors On Diners, Drive-Ins, And Dives

New Mexico LOVES food; whether it's Mexican food, burgers, pizza, etc...they will put their own spin and people love it. Guy Fieri would attest to that too as he's included several local places from all over New Mexico to be featured on the Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives". We here in El Paso would know the excitement of having local spots be featured on the show; you can see which spots HAVE made it on the show here.

If you're looking for some New Mexico spots that have caught Guy Fieri's eye, here are some that you might remember.

While these places ARE still open for us to enjoy, there WERE more places that Guy Fieri visited in the past that have sadly closed down since appearing on the show:

• The original Tecolote Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico closed down in 2014 as revealed from this 2019 news story.
• Bert's Burger Bowl in Santa Fe closed down in 2015 after being over for over 60 years.
• The Cube in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been closed for years.
• Santa Fe's Zia Diner closed down in 2016.
• Sophia's Diner in Albuquerque, New Mexico is also closed.

One other place that's worth noting is the Standard Diner in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While the NAME "Standard Diner" is gone, the place IS still around. It's just under a new name: The Range Café. They made this change in 2020 and posted about it on their Facebook page.

If you want to see more spots in New Mexico that have been featured on television, you can see some familiar & famous movies that have been filmed in New Mexico here.

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