A new pizzeria and wine bar called Farina Pizzeria is be planed for east downtown Albuquerque. The new restaurant is the latest brain child of Artichoke Cafe owners Terry and Pat Keene.
The new restaurant will offer a casual, less costly alternative to the nearby Artichoke Cafe, which is among the city’s most successful fine dining establishments. The Artichoke is at 424 Central Ave. SE.
Farina Pizzeria will offer eight different pizzas that will be available in slices as well as full course meals.
In addition, microbrew beers from Marble Brewery will be available.
The historic building has been redone with tiles and other upgrades and a fall opening is being planned.
The pizzeria will be a great addition to local restaurants being developed in East Downtown Albuquerque.
[source: BizJournals]
Eat! Albuquerque welcomes are newest reviewer Factorygirl! Here passion of food should be a great addition to are website.
Expect Factorygirl’s first review of Padilla’s Mexican Kitchen tomorrow morning, in the mean time check out here blog Dre Day.
The Downtown Action Team (DAT) has released their third annual Look Awards showcasing the Best of Downtown Albuquerque. The Look Awards are based off of community nominations off their website.
People submitted their nominations over the past three months, with winners awarded at an Academy-awards style dinner Saturday night at the Hyatt, with entertainment by nationally-renowned Coffey Anderson, local dance group THROB and local sensation Vanilla Pop.
Carom Club: Best Night Spot
Vitality Juice Java & Smoothie Bar: Best New Business.
JC’s NYPD: Best Patio Dining
Artichoke Cafe’ : Best Place for Romance
Anodyne: Best Place for Billiards
Slate Street Cafe: Best Appetizers
Standard Diner: Best Desserts
Grove Cafe & Market: Best Place to be Seen
Happy St Patrick’s Day from Eat Albuquerque.
Eatabq.com quote of the day: Have fun, wear green, drink green beer, be safe, and the most important, Eat! Albuquerque.
Today Governor Richardson signs into law the Statewide Smoking Ban. The law bans smoking in restaurants, bars, stores and workplaces. The ban takes effect on June 15.
According to the
Free New Mexican, details:
“Smoking would be banned statewide in bars, restaurants, stores and workplaces if Gov. Bill Richardson signs a bill that cleared the Legislature on Friday.
If the proposal is enacted, New Mexico will become the 17th state — joining the neighboring states of Arizona and Colorado — with a law establishing a broad smoke-free policy.
Thirteen New Mexico communities, including Santa Fe and Albuquerque, have imposed smoking bans. The legislation would permit cities and counties to implement stronger bans, but local restrictions couldn’t be less than provided for in the bill.
The legislation provides some exceptions where smoking could continue, including retail tobacco stores, cigar bars, casinos, bingo parlors, private and fraternal clubs, one-person offices not generally open to the public, hotel rooms where smoking is allowed, sites for American Indian ceremonies and private homes, except when they’re used for commercial child or adult care.”
Finally I can go out to a bar and not have every cell in my body permeated with cigarette smoke.
An article in the Albuquerque Journal today announced that the Albuquerque Petroleum Club is closing. The Petroleum Club was a “members only” restaurant , bar and meeting space. A lot of Albuquerque’s business deals were made over lunch at the Petroleum Club. I once went to the Petroleum Club for a wedding. The windows extend from floor to ceiling, giving the club one of the best views in the city. The dining room is large and open. Maybe this is an opportunity for a public restaurant to capture this unique space.
Albuquerque journal | Via Duke City Fix
Saturday January 27th
10am-3pm
A day long event with pig roasting contest, horseshoe-pitching contest, tortilla-rolling contest, red chili cook-off and children’s activities.
I received an email from Luis informing me of this annual matanza in Belen. I was told that you pay $8 and its all you can eat. Pit roasted pig, tamales, chile, biscocitos, and more. I am going to have to take a drive to Belen this weekend.
Also if you know of any food related events in or around the city let me know. I can be reached through our contact form or by email at adrian@eatabq.com
I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays. Expect some new reviews in early January.
Best wishes
Adrian
Eat Albuquerque was down for a couple of hours, due to a local neighborhood script kiddy hacker named Johnny taking advantage of an outdated user poll. The software had many security issues and needed an upgrade. I thank Johnny for letting me know.
Nothing from the attack was lost, but during the upgrade I deleted the latest poll. So If you voted please do so again, I was looking forward to the outcome of this close poll. Remember if you don’t see a choice you want, you can add an answer at the bottom of the poll. You will still see the previous polls on the Readers Top Five page.
Have an nice weekend
Eat! Albuquerque
Today the Frontier Restaurant’s management has decided to alter the traditional Open 24 hours because of increasing violence during the late night hours. The Frontier has seen in increase of fights form patrons after the local bars close. To try to curb the violence The Frontier decided to close between the hours of 1:30am-4am on Friday and Saturday. The hours on the other days should staying the same. This is unfortunate for some of the peaceful late night patrons.
View The Frontier Restaurant Review
The Downtown Action Team awarded its annual LOOK Awards honoring local downtown businesses. The Awards ceremony’s was held at he convention center on May 13, 2006. The LOOK awards were set up by DAT as a way to showcase businesses around downtown Albuquerque. Here are some of the food related awards.
- The Carom Club won for Best Exterior Design and Best Night Spot
- Gold Street Cafe won for Best Restaurant for Breakfast
- Slate Street Cafe won for Best Lunch
- Sushi King won for Best Dinner
- Java Joe’s won for Best Use of Art in a Business
- Flying Star won for Best Place to Hang Out
More information can be found at the Downtown Action Team and the LOOK Awards websites.
