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Mexican in Santa Fe
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on Mexican in Santa Fe below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 Mexican & New Mexican in Santa Fe
Santa Fe's signature cuisine — the red and green chile spine of Northern New Mexican cooking. Cross-referenced from Santa Fe Reporter's 2025 Best of Santa Fe Food & Drink winners and the Santa Fe New Mexican's Pasatiempo review archive.
- #1
La Choza Restaurant
Near Railyard
“Voted the #1 New Mexican restaurant by Santa Fe Reporter readers — the Carswell family's 1983 sister to The Shed, with award-winning red chile the Pasatiempo review calls "unparalleled."”
- #2
The Shed
Downtown Plaza
“A family-owned Plaza institution since 1953 and a James Beard America's Classics recipient — red chile is ground in-house every morning, and the blue-corn enchiladas are the textbook Northern New Mexican benchmark.”
- #3
Tomasita's Santa Fe New Mexican Restaurant
Railyard
“Maryol/Gundrey family-run since 1974 and celebrating its 50th year — perennially voted Best New Mexican and Best Margarita by Santa Fe Reporter readers, with a gold-coin margarita locals treat as the house pour.”
- #4
Tia Sophia's
Downtown Plaza
“The downtown landmark credited with putting the first breakfast burrito on a menu — a Santa Fe Reporter Best of Santa Fe regular, with red and green chile sauces the plaza crowd treats as the house benchmark.”
- #5
Plaza Cafe Downtown
Downtown Plaza
“Santa Fe's oldest restaurant (1905), Razatos family-owned since 1947 — the carne adovada breakfast burrito and huevos rancheros are the classic Plaza-era Northern New Mexican plate.”