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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Gil's Thrilling (And Filling) Blog and Albuquerque Journal. Updated September 2026.
Vick's Vittles · Southeast Albuquerque
A country-cooking mainstay on East Central where Gil's Thrilling Blog highlights the chicken-fried steak under green chile gravy. The menu also carries a broasted pork chop and the Cowboy Burrito, a winner at Albuquerque The Magazine's Hot Plate Awards. Order the chicken-fried steak with green chile gravy, or the Cowboy Burrito if you want the award plate, and take the biscuits alongside.
66 Diner · Nob Hill
A retro Route 66 diner on Central Avenue that Gil's Thrilling Blog has visited many times, calling out a chicken-fried steak served as one large slab. The griddle also turns out green chile cheeseburgers and milkshakes. Order the chicken-fried steak and a malt, or a green chile cheeseburger if you want the diner's Route 66 classic.
Mac's Steak in the Rough · Bel-Air
An Albuquerque drive-in tradition for more than six decades, known for the chicken-fried-steak fingers it calls steak in the rough. Gil's Thrilling Blog covers it as a longtime local fixture, and it has turned up in national drive-in roundups. Order the steak-in-the-rough fingers with gravy for dipping, and add the onion rings for a full old-school plate.
DS BBQ Soulfood & Seafood · Northeast Heights
D's BBQ Soulfood & Seafood serves soul-food plates from a counter inside a Wyoming Boulevard convenience store. The seafood plate pairs fried catfish and shrimp with sides such as fried cabbage and potato salad. The oxtail plate comes over Cajun rice with gravy, and the sides vary with what's available that day. Choose the seafood plate for crisp fried fish and shrimp or the oxtail plate for a rich, slow-cooked meal.