We’re closing out the second week of our SW excursion and are spending the next few days in Santa Fe, NM. I’d appreciate suggestions for lunch/dinner, regardless of cuisine, although we really do like the Mexican slant on things. Thanks!
I don’t know Santa Fe that well but there is a brewpub by I25 that used to be pretty good.
I know that’s totally not helpful but I just wanted to put in a recommendation for Sadie’s in Albaquerque. That have the best resteraunt salsa in the world.
Eta: to be slightly more helpful after a quick google it’s called the Santa Fe brewing company.
Thanks, but we’re not going to backtrack to Albuquerque just for salsa. 
If you are standing in the plaza facing the main Cathedral, over on the left side across the street is “The Shed”. Best food we had on our road trip between Ft. Worth and Reno. Highly recommended. The menu is Mexican. Yum!
That’s the one recommendation we did have, so it’s good to hear it confirmed. Tonight we ate a place called El Milagro in a nearby mall. It was pretty darn good on all fronts: carne adovada, chile rellenos and chicken/green chili nachos. Burp.
Flying Star in the railyard is good for a casual lunch if you’re not particularly interested in New Mexican food. Also the Southside Plaza Cafe near the movie theatres.
If you have taste for a half-hour excursion up to Pojoaque, Gabriel’s is very nice. I’ve known people who travel to Santa Fe specifically to go to that restaurant.
Plaza Cafe. It’s on the square and done like a 50s style diner. I like to mix their red and green chili together. Huge fluffy sopapillas to dip in your chili and smother with honey. Geronimo’s is good for fancier chow.
Oar house has a great green chili burger.
Santa Cafe is high-end and quite nice.
Tesuque Market has a great pizza with chorizo, and strong margaritas.
Rooftop Pizza is also quite good.
A few years ago when I would stop by Santa Fe regularly, sometimes a guy would be selling big roasted turkey legs from a cart in the main plaza. I recommend one of those.
You could also grab a Frito Pie at the Five and Dime. Said to be where it was invented.
Has the on-plaza location yet reopened after the fire? My understanding was that they were still in bureaucratic hell with the city.
It’s been 16 years ago, but I still remember the spicy and yummy cuisine at the Pink Adobe.
Heh…that’s right…I remember that I had the Steak Dunigan.
Oh, for breakfast Cafe Pasqual’s is great and deserving of their excellent reputation. During peak seasons there is usually a line, but probably not at this time of year.
Coyote Cafe (and their outdoor Rooftop Cantina) is also very good.
Luna Cafe (or Cafe Luna, or something) has great espresso, lattes, gelato, etc.
The Indian restaurant near the parking lot across from Cafe Pasqual’s (a block away from the Plaza) is great also.
Ignore the people talking about “Bobcat Bite”, a burger place a bit east of town. Nothing special, weird hours, usually a line.
I’ll second Oredigger77’s suggestion of Santa Fe Brewing, and add Blue Corn Brewery at Cerrillos Rd. and Airport Rd.
Just a couple of blocks north of there, also on Cerrillos Rd is a nice little place for lunch, Posa’s El Merendero. Another good place for lunch near the Plaza is Del Charro, on Don Gaspar at Alameda.
Tomasita’s at 500 S. Guadalupe has very good food.
We had lunch at The Shed today, and an ice cream crepe at a place that’s attached to La Fonda. Good stuff.
Hell, I just assumed it had reopened. Nope. Looks like there’s another location in Santa Fe. 
You can’t get a meal there, but there’s a really cool shop full of fossils & meteorites called Dinosaurs & More just a block west of the Plaza on San Francisco St.
A bit late to the thread, but we enjoyed our late dinner at The Atomic Grill, which was only a few blocks from the Plaza. Nothing fancy, but decent vegetarian and cafe fare. I’m sad to hear that the Plaza Cafe had a fire. I remember having a decent breakfast there, and the place looked to be very popular. My GF remembered a meal she had there when she was quite a bit younger.
If you are a fan of Pueblo pottery, Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery is outstanding and the proprietor is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The prices are quite high, but hey, it’s in the middle of Santa Fe, what did you expect? Still fun to go and gawk at the multiple Martinez and Gonzales pots and platters.
Harry’s Roadhouse is superb for breakfast/brunch.
I’m still in shock from the prices on the Martinez stuff: $7,000 for a freaking pot? And a small one, at that.