Culinary Capers: Same Eats, Different Location

Scorned by time, our adventurers failed to eat at the second restaurant that has appeared on Food Networks Diners, Drive Ins and Dives because it closes at 2 pm. They still wanted some authentic Southwestern cuisine but hunger had onset at the same time as their disappointment while standing around in the parking lot of the closed Tecolote Café. Improvisation required running back to the van and pushing off down Cerrillos Rd in search of food. The food Gods didn’t make them wait too long before offering up a Taco Bell with the familiar but still delicious crunch wraps, double decker tacos and chalupas.
Oh… But wait. Did you enjoy that little snack of misdirection we just fed you? Instead we ate at Tortilla Flats famous for their blue corn tortilla enchiladas.

The authentic Southwestern restaurant also satisfied our ‘smackering for something sweet and boozey’ with margaritas. Many expressed concerns about the future treacherous gaseous roads they faced with their 4 hour drive towards Mesa Verde that night, but still they saddled up in the van and rolled out of Santa Fe.
Editor’s Note: I couldn’t think of a more beautiful office to be blogging from, than watching the sun set on the plateaus of New Mexico from inside a minivan.