Pacific Ocean Marketplace 2200 W. Alameda Ave. Denver, CO (303) 936-4845 Pacific Ocean Marketplace is one of the anchor stores in the Alameda Square Shopping Center, consisting primarily of stores and restaurants that specialize in Chinese or other types of … Continue reading
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Como’s–El Paso, TX
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Como’s Italian Restaurant 4030 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 533-0287 Como’s is one of the city’s longest running Italian restaurants that is still around, and this has several implications. One is that it serves the traditional red Italian … Continue reading
Sun Garden–El Paso, TX
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Sun Garden Chinese Bistro 6600 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 585-8898 Update Jan. 2021: Sun Garden is offering takeout only. Orders must be called in, and when it is ready they call you back. You pick it up … Continue reading
Valley Super Market–El Paso, TX
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Valley Super Market 850 Resler Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 585-1003 Valley Super Market is a local meat market and Mexican grocery store with several locations in El Paso. Not being familiar with many of the items normally sold in Mexican … Continue reading
Sam’s–El Paso, TX
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Sam’s China Bistro 9225 Dyer St. El Paso, TX (915) 751-1838 I think I should begin by repeating the introduction to the review of Sun Garden Chinese Bistro: When Sam’s Chinese Restaurant opened on Yandell Drive it was a groundbreaking moment … Continue reading
Caliche’s–Alamogordo, NM
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Caliche’s Frozen Custard 2251 N. White Sands Blvd. Alamogordo, NM (575) 439-1000 At the time when frozen yogurt places were very popular (and to some extent still are) I was largely wishing that frozen custard was as widely available as … Continue reading
Amigos–Roswell, NM
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Amigos 1300 N. Main St. Roswell, NM (575) 623-3293 From reading various forum discussions about Roswell, one might think that it is a world class tourist trap that draws people in because of its UFO theme when actually there is “nothing … Continue reading
Hong Kong–Portales, NM
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Hong Kong Super Buffet 113 N. Chicago Ave. Portales, NM (575) 226-0017 When I discovered Hong Kong’s “Super Buffet” it was the epitome of all the stereotypes common to the southern Great Plains: unlimited quantities of Americanized fried and syrupy … Continue reading