Old Town

Placitas: Try Placitas on the Plaza. Dining with a giant tree that tiers over your head and out of the whole building, the atmosphere is colonial new mexico. Best bets here are fajitas, and the chips and salsa.

The Melting Pot: Across from the Old Town Plaza on the mountain, this is a great chain restaurant to visit for celebrations, or just something different. Try the meat fondue, or just hit this one up for a dessert nightcap, yummy, hand-dipping your own strawberries!!!

Uptown

California Pizza Kitchen: You may have tried this out of your freezer section of your grocery store but it's definitely worth trying the real deal. Don't miss out on the Thai Tortilla Rolls with Thai peanut sauce: crunchy bean sprouts, carrots, chicken in a flour tortilla with a slightly spicy peanut dipping sauce.

Cake Fetish: Voted best cupcake in Albquerque in 2006 and 2007, stop in to try a "Fluffer Nutter" recognized by msn.com as one of the country's best cupcakes. Vanilla cake stuffed with marshmellow filling, peanut butter buttercream, and topped with a marshmallow. Other cupcakes of note? How about Mojito, Sleepless in Seattle, or Pucker Up!