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“green chile love since 1962”
Jack and Connie Thomas built El Pinto Restaurant in 1962. It started as a one room restaurant with just a handful of tables and a small kitchen. They built their home right by the restaurant so they could raise their family and be close to their business. Slowly the restaurant expanded and they added another room and an elegant patio where people could sit and enjoy their meal during the warm weather. When Jim and John took over the restaurant from their parents, they expanded with more patios and a beautiful indoor garden room. The restaurant now seats over 1,200 guests at a time in our five patios, three indoor dining rooms, and a cantina. The patios can be enclosed during the winter months so the guest can still enjoy the patio and sit near a warm fire. The restaurant sits on twelve acres and it includes a 5,000 square foot manufacturing facility to produce salsa and sauces for retail. We are the largest New Mexican restaurant in the state of New Mexico.
If you are going to make New Mexican food in New Mexico and charge outrageous prices for it, make sure it is full of flavor... I ordered the tamale plate, which came with rice and beans. The rice... Read more
AVOID this place. We were unfortunate enough to book a 8:30 pm reservation on a week night. While there were plenty of people there in the restaurant, the staff must have wanted to go home. We... Read more
We called ahead of time to ask if they could accommodate outdoor seating and they said yes, as long as it wasn't cold and windy. It's a beautiful sunny 67 degrees and not windy. They wouldn't seat... Read more
El Pinto
Hours
- Sun: 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
- Mon - Thu: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Fri, Sat: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
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Wifi
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
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Bar
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Lunch
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Brunch
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Coffee
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Takeout
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Private Dining
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Outdoor Seating
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