A 2008 hotel in Tesuque, a bedroom community of Santa Fe that is home to the renowned Santa Fe Opera. The staff is warm and attentive; the chef at Terra is a proponent of the "modern rustic style."
Downtown Santa Fe’s oldest hotel, its previously European interiors recently renovated into a simple haute-monk aesthetic. At the Secreto Lounge, cocktails are served with small-batch bitters.
The rooftop bar of this landmark Santa Fe hotel is the perfect place for cocktails.
This 58-room Rosewood Hotel is designed in classic Southwestern style.
Here, the lengua taco is the best in town, and there’s a mole poblano as rich as Croesus.
Women in drawstring pajamas queue up for the piping-hot tortillas sporting “a magical elasticity.” The chile burritos are a standout.
A counter-only joint with no tables. The soft shredded taco and the crisp, intense chicharrón in the burrito are excellent.
A no-frills place with a dedicated clientele deep into their food, most often the outstanding gordita de rajas con queso, a little spice pocket of warmth filled with chiles and cheese.
Chef Martin Rios makes good use of local ingredients to create colorful plates—the organic golden-beet carpaccio couldn’t be fresher.
A good place for matcha green tea with ginger on the rim and a tremendous bowl of oatmeal swimming in cream and strawberries, banana, maple syrup, and sticky rice.
The new space for the formerly downtown fixture—one of the town’s trailblazing galleries.
A happy place where you may encounter unique exhibits, such as 27-year-old Santa Fe artist Katherine Lee’s series of drawings, Animal Violence and Topless Women Eating Jam.
Since opening in 1995, Site Santa Fe has been gradually shifting the center of gravity of the contemporary art scene to the revamped Railyard district, thanks to its superb biennial exhibitions.
A spa complex styled like a Japanese onsen, about 20 minutes northeast of downtown. This being Santa Fe, the communal bath has been known to get randy.
This is possibly the oldest church in the United States, with a sense of coziness, simplicity, and warmth—and beautiful vigas. Don’t miss charming De Vargas Street, at the foot of the chapel.”
When tackling Pasqual’s breakfast chorizo burrito or nearly anything else on the menu, it is helpful to ask for the restaurant’s red chiles—sweet, smoky, and complex.
