DAT Best of Downtown Albuquerque LOOK Awards
June 21, 2007 by Foodie
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 [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2007 by Foodie
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.
Governor Richardson Signs the Statewide Smoking Ban
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 [...]
The Petroleum Club Closing
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 [...]
Belen 7th Annual Hispano Chamber Matanza
January 26, 2007 by Foodie
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, [...]
Merry Christmas
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
Where’s Johnny!
November 26, 2006 by Foodie
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was down for a couple of hours, due to a local neighborhood script kiddy hacker named Johnny taking advantage of an outdated user poll.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 Frontier Restaurant of Albuquerque Unfortunately Changing Hours
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 [...]
NEWS – Downtown Albuquerque’s LOOK Awards
May 21, 2006 by Foodie
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 [...]
NEWS: readers polls and recipes pages
April 25, 2006 by Foodie
Some new changes to Eat Albuquerque are rolling out this week. First is the readers poll on the side bar. The new poll allows you to vote for your favorite restaurant on the list or even add a new restaurant. Hopefully once a month I am going to take the results and add a new [...]
New Downtown pool club opens its doors
March 17, 2006 by Foodie
March 10, 2006 The Carom Club opened its doors to the public. The Club will features professional style pool tables as well a upscale food menu. The club will be serving lunch and dinner in a 100% non-smoking apnosphere. That’s right no smoking is allowed in the Carom Club. The club is owed by a [...]