Taos On The Cheap

Great deals on Santa Fe and Albuquerque restaurants with three course meals starting at $25 per couple, from now through March 13, 2010.  Not sure why we don’t have a Taos version of the New Mexico Restaurant Week promotion – hopefully they’ll get to us next year – but if you’re heading south over the [...]

Feel like a trip to Albuquerque this weekend? We’ve got exclusive discounts on tickets to The Second City comedy show at KiMo Theatre on February 20, and to Jungle Jack Hanna at Popejoy Hall on February 21.
I’m now reporting deals and steals at Albuquerque on the Cheap too, and we’re nabbing some great EXCLUSIVE offers for our readers, including [...]

Thanks to Kenny for sending this tip!
Posting this pronto, as Taco Bell has one million free tacos to give away across the country, and once they’re gone, they’re gone, so use your coupon fast!
Here’s the Taco Bell coupon for a free Fresco Taco, good for one free taco per person. It’s valid for seven [...]

The Stakeout Grill & Bar is possibly the most romantic restaurant in Taos, and I was delighted to see their new bar menu, with prices topping out at $9.95 for dishes including Oysters Rockefeller, Buffalo Lasagna, and Pumpkin Ravioi. (Buffalo burger with green chile and fries, and mini pizzas come in at a flat 9 [...]

The Early Bird Special menu at Los Amigos in the Quality Inn offers bargain eats from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. 
Entree specials include all the fixings (mash potatoes, gravy, veggie, bread) plus soup, a salad bar, and a glass of wine, which make the $7.95 price tag extra tasty for Roast Beef, Chicken Breast, Pork Chop, Salisbury Steak, and [...]

Updating this ongoing deal: Daily Happy Hour 4-6 pm -  half-price beer, wines $3, burgers $1.25 and fries for $1. Natural Harris Ranch beef, no trans fats, and eco-friendly packaging for their drive-through service. Nice people too. One cold winter night my car broke down as I was passing, so I pulled in and they couldn’t [...]

Summer Happy Hours at Vivác Winery’s Tasting Room offer two for the price of one glasses of wine on Wednesdays to Sundays between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Try new wines, hang out on the patio, listen to music on Saturdays, and taste Vivác vinos including Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, or Dolcetto at $2.50 a glass. [...]

The delicious Joseph’s Table restaurant is even more delicious through June, with Half Price bottles of wine when you dine on Wednesday nights. Chef Joseph Wrede’s menu is full of flair and fabulous flavors, from Alaskan Halibut with Fennel and Strawberries on Tarragon Beurre Blanc, to Red Chile Chocolate Nib Cheesecake. And if they’re serving [...]

Ogelvies Taos Grill and Bar, right on the plaza with a balcony overlooking the deeds and doings of downtown Taos, raises a Happy Hour glass 5:00 – 7:00 pm weekdays, with well drinks and draft beers at $2.50, house wine $3, and discounted appetizers.   
PLUS (for a few weeks only) Ogelvies’ Spring Bailout Specials on dinner entrées runs [...]

25% off dinner entrees at Lambert’s of Taos. This special offer isn’t on Lambert’s website, but they tell us it’s good through April 19, 2009.  Regular entree prices are around $22 – 38, for contemporary American cuisine in one of Taos’ favorite haunts.
Lambert’s vegetarian five nut radicchio pesto stuffed Portobello Mushroom, lentil salad, tomato, artichoke [...]

Receive Dining Rewards Points when you make FREE reservations through Open Table for restaurants nationwide, including these Taos faves:  The Stakeout Grill & Bar, Joseph’s Table, Sabroso, Doc Martin’s, and Graham’s Grille.
Each reservation earns you 100 points. Redeem points for dining cheques that you use like cash at any Open Table restaurant: 2,000 Points = [...]

Sabroso’s end of ski season Pig Roast party is on Monday April 6, 6:30 – 9:30pm.  I dunno about you, but a $15 cover including buffet, tax, and tip, plus music by the always pumping Jimmy Stadler, sounds like a hog-in-mud deal to me. Sabroso Restaurant and Bar is at 470 State Highway 150, on [...]

On Monday nights, Dragonfly Cafe offers an East Indian set menu at $17 a head. Pick 3 dishes out of 6 to make up your entree – including veggie and meat options – and the whole steaming plate is served with delicious sides of rice, chutney, raita, pickles, a salad, and poppadom and nan breads. [...]