Santa Fe Margarita Trail and other Self-Guided Foodie Trails & Tours

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SELF-GUIDED FOODIE Trails & Tours

Do you identify as a gastronome, a gourmand, or a gourmet? Or are you just generally hungry?! However you ID, you are in the right place as Santa Fe hosts hosts 400+ restaurants from the casual to the exquisite.

Visit santafe.org/self-guided-tours

Santa Fe Margarita Trail

Gracias to José Cuervo, who reportedly introduced tequila to New Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, Santa Fe has grown into a mecca for the potent cocktail. Taste 40+ of the best margaritas in the world at Santa Fe’s most popular bars and restaurants. Track your progress with the paper Passport or the app and earn rewards, like T-shirts, an invitation into the Margarita Society, a Margarita Bartender Kit, and many more surprises! As Forbes Magazine says, “Kentucky has its bourbon. Napa Valley has wine. And, Santa Fe has margaritas—darn good ones, too.”

Breakfast Burrito Tour

Beware: You may never return to a regular burrito! Santa Fe is arguably the birthplace of the breakfast burrito—a combo of soft, savory scrambled egg, melted cheese, hash browns or rough-cut roasted papas (Spanish for potatoes), your choice of bacon, sausage, or chorizo, pinto or black beans, red, green, or Christmas chile, all wrapped in a fluffy, warm tortilla. And we’ve been perfecting it ever since. Handheld or smothered, the breakfast burrito is always the right choice for a satisfying meal at any time of day.

Coffee Lovers Tour

Santa Fe is known for its chile, but our coffee is pretty remarkable, too, with many shops roasting their own beans for a signature strength and flavor. The Tour will guide you to some engaging locals’ hangouts all over town where you can relax and absorb the scene.

Food Truck Tour

In Santa Fe, the demand is high for a super-tasty on-thego repast, so good thing there are dozens of food trucks open year-round! Think pupusas, sushi, hoagies, falafel, po’boys, tacos, burritos, roasted plantains, beignets, calabacitas, pizza, green chile cheeseburgers, barbecue brisket sandwiches, baby back pork ribs, rugelachs, rolled ice cream, frybread. Oh, and a whole truck for the vegan oriented. This casual meal could be your most delicious.

The Chocolate Trail

This rich and sweetly flavored route connects Santa Fe’s world-class artisan chocolatiers, who offer everything from traditional cacao drinks to hand-rolled truffles and hand-dipped chocolates accented with piñon nuts and chile. Why not visit all? The Chocolate Maven Bakery, Kakawa Chocolate House, Señor Murphy Candymaker, Sweet Santa Fe, and The Chocolate Smith look forward to welcoming you!

Craft Beer & Spirits Tour

Jump on this inspired itinerary to various breweries, beer halls, tasting rooms, and distilleries where Santa Feans take their beer and spirits craft quite seriously! For the sudsy side, try hop-filled IPAs, opaque stouts, hard kombuchas or the local cideries’ variety of fruit-derived fermentations from sweet to dry. For the harder stuff, there’s Tumbleroot’s High Desert Gin, Santa Fe Spirits’ Silver Coyote Pure Malt Whiskey, and Altar Spirits’ Ritual Vodka. And if you prefer bubbles, don’t miss the New Mexico-based Gruet Winery’s tasting room, which serves Pinot Noir and Chardonnay-based sparkling wines with roots originating from Gilbert Gruet’s Champagne house in Bethon, France.

Tumbleroot Pottery Pub 135 W. Palace Avenue tumblerootpotterypub.com Tumbleroot Pottery Pub is a place where friends gather to enjoy artisanal libations served in ceramic vessels made by local potters. Located near the historic Santa Fe plaza, Tumbleroot Pottery Pub taps into the best of what the city has to offer—craft beverages, clay, and creativity.

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Calendar

Are you a foodie? Consider planning your trip around these culinary events.

Year-round

Santa Fe Margarita Trail

40+ of the best margaritas at popular restaurants/ bars. Download the app or purchase a Passport.

santafemargaritatrail.com

Santa Fe Farmers’ Market

One of the oldest, largest, and most successful growers’ markets in the US. More than 150 farmers and producers. santafefarmersmarket.com

Las Cosas Cooking School

The motto here is “We cook for fun!” Try one of their popular and eclectic classes in a state-of-the-art kitchen space inside the Las Cosas Kitchen Shoppe. lascosascooking.com

Open Kitchen

Get comfortable cooking international cuisines in a beautiful space. Open Kitchen also offers private classes and has wonderful catering and to go menus, all featuring global flavors.

openkitchenevents.com

Santa Fe School of Cooking

Take interactive and demo-based culinary classes in the foods of the Southwest.

santafeschoolofcooking.com

SPOTLIGHT

Anasazi Restaurant Bar & Lounge 113 Washington Avenue rosewoodhotels.com/en/ inn-of-the-anasazi-santa-fe 505.988.3236

Inspired by Santa Fe’s rich cultural and culinary history, Executive Chef Andre Sattler’s cuisine fuses classic culinary techniques with innovative recipes to offer American cuisine influenced by local ingredients.

New Mexico Brewers Guild’s WinterBrew

Samples the suds brought to you by breweries from around the state. nmbeer.org

Souper Bowl

Vote on the best soups from local chefs. Fundraiser to help alleviate hunger.

thefooddepot.org/souper-bowl

February

Santa Fe Restaurant Week

75 participating restaurants invite you to feast on prix-fixe meals at a fraction of the cost.

santafe.restaurantweeknm.com

June

New Mexico Cocktail Week

Seminars, signature events, and high-quality cocktail experiences at participating bars and restaurants.

nmcocktailweek.com

July

Santa Fe Wine Festival

Sample handmade New Mexican wines from 20 vintners around the state. golondrinas.org

August

Panza Llena (aka Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival) Spanish for full belly, Panza Llena is all about showcasing local grub and suds purveyors.

golondrinas.org

September

Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown

Chefs compete to make the best green chile cheeseburger. You taste and vote!

ediblesmackdown.com

Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta

A week of events celebrating Santa Fe restaurants and exquisite wines from around the world. Don’t miss the Grand Tasting! santafewineandchile.org

SPOTLIGHT

Sazón 221 Shelby St sazonsantafe.com 505.983.8604

Fine Dining from Chef Fernando Olea, winner of the James Beard Award: Best Chef Southwest 2022. Join us at Sazón for the award-winning wine list, outstanding service and creative menu for a dining experience like none other!