Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Bob Newell (bobnewell@bobnewell.net)
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:51:55 -0700
Woolworth's was replaced by "Five and Dime" or some such name, I never
can quite remember it, but it is still there with the little grubby
snack bar at the very back, right next to the dirty restrooms, and the
Frito Pie is as good as it gets; and yes, not expensive by any measure
and especially compared to Santa Fe's often inflated tourist prices.
I send visitors there for Frito Pie and they are in disbelief that I
would recommend such a place, until their first taste.
There is another place on the Plaza, the Atomic Cafe, that serves an
upscale version of Frito Pie on nice dishes and nicely arranged (for a
much higher price). It's just not good. Frito Pie has to be eaten
out of the bag with a plastic spoon; nothing else works.
For those readers who, perish the thought, may not be familiar with
Frito Pie: take a bag of Fritos, slit it open lengthwise, pour in a
generous amount of the best quality Texas chili you can make or get,
sprinkle with shredded cheese, and that's Frito Pie, to be eaten right
out of the bag with the aforementioned plastic cutlery.
On 11/22/05, Matt Evans <tmattevans@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bob --
>
> I heard that the Woolworth's in Santa Fe closed down but that the
> snack bar lives on. True? The Frito Pie at Woolworth's was one of
> the best (and certainly the cheapest) lunches in Santa Fe.
>
> Matt
>
> On 11/22/05, Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> wrote:
> > > I knew the food would be right up my alley from what I
> > > had heard, so I went looking for some Tex-Mex (not
> > > really knowing what it was).
> >
> > Tex-Mex is not the same as Mexican is not the same as New Mexican. In
> > Texas you get chili, Tex-Mex style. In New Mexico you get chile, red
> > and green. In Mexico as far as I know you get neither, but something
> > else again. (Mexican chili con carne is made with chunks of meat
> > rather than ground meat, if I recall correctly.)
> >
> > Of course you can get some New Mexican style food in Texas and Tex-Mex
> > here in New Mexico (Frito Pie being a prime example). I've also had
> > New Mexican style in Arizona and Colorado, but never in California or
> > elsewhere. Tex-Mex, on the other hand, is pretty ubiquitous.
> >
> > Unrelated aside: hadn't been to a MacDonald's around here in literally
> > years but went to one yesterday, and found double green chile
> > cheeseburger on their $1 menu. It was pretty indifferent, nothing
> > like Dave's Not Here in Santa Fe or even Dos Amigos in Espanola, but
> > at least they had it.
> >
>