Frontier
2400 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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2400 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
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- Tue · Today5 AM – Midnight
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From the local food press
- Brunch
An Albuquerque institution near UNM since 1971, where the warm cinnamon-style sweet rolls are the signature, per Gil's Thrilling Blog, served all morning in a barn-like room on Central Avenue.
Picks from Gil's Thrilling (And Filling) Blog
- Breakfast
An Albuquerque institution across from UNM since 1971, open from early morning. Gil's Thrilling Blog calls out the famous warm Frontier sweet rolls and huevos smothered in red or green chile, served in a barn-like room on historic Central Avenue.
Picks from Gil's Thrilling (And Filling) Blog and New Mexico Nomad
- Burgers
Since 1971 across from UNM, open early morning to midnight. The green chile cheeseburger here is the single most cited item in ABQ food writing.
Picks from An Inspired Cook, New Mexico Nomad, and Gil's Thrilling (And Filling) Blog
- Chili
The Albuquerque Journal counts Frontier among the five city restaurants known for green chile stew, and writes that guests take it atop breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes. The paper's 2025 review describes a counter-serve room that opened in 1971 across from the University of New Mexico, still in the Rainosek family, with flour tortillas cranked out of a contraption that feeds dough into a spinning oven. Order the stew, then a bowl of the posole and a stack of those tortillas.
Picks from Albuquerque Journal
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