Guidebook for Ranchos de Taos

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Guidebook for Ranchos de Taos

Food Scene

Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Fast, hot, delicious, has gluten-free options. Right across from the McDonald's. There's also the Diner I further north down Paseo.
24 habitants recommandent
Taos Diner II
216 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
24 habitants recommandent
Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Fast, hot, delicious, has gluten-free options. Right across from the McDonald's. There's also the Diner I further north down Paseo.
Go here at least once. The comfortable lobby of the Taos Inn is called "Taos' Living Room." Good restaurant, legendary margaritas, outside patios, live music, artwork.
91 habitants recommandent
The Historic Taos Inn
125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
91 habitants recommandent
Go here at least once. The comfortable lobby of the Taos Inn is called "Taos' Living Room." Good restaurant, legendary margaritas, outside patios, live music, artwork.
El Monte Sagrado is one of our swank hotels. Beautiful, surprisingly accessible. Have a single-malt scotch at the Anaconda Bar, pretend you're part of the 1% for a while.
De La Tierra Restaurant
317 Kit Carson Rd
El Monte Sagrado is one of our swank hotels. Beautiful, surprisingly accessible. Have a single-malt scotch at the Anaconda Bar, pretend you're part of the 1% for a while.
Historical landmark, newly renovated. Go for coffee, drinks, food, live music. Right down the street from us.
25 habitants recommandent
Old Martina's Hall
4140 NM-68
25 habitants recommandent
Historical landmark, newly renovated. Go for coffee, drinks, food, live music. Right down the street from us.
Some consider this THE place for coffee. Right downtown by the Plaza. Run by Shree yoga teachers.
59 habitants recommandent
World Cup Café
102 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
59 habitants recommandent
Some consider this THE place for coffee. Right downtown by the Plaza. Run by Shree yoga teachers.
Ignore awkward building, "Italian Restaurant" sign. Park in back, go inside, enjoy elegant dining in "north Italian" style. Open grill, fires in winter, artwork, great food. "The Trading Post."
20 habitants recommandent
Trading Post Café
4179 NM-68
20 habitants recommandent
Ignore awkward building, "Italian Restaurant" sign. Park in back, go inside, enjoy elegant dining in "north Italian" style. Open grill, fires in winter, artwork, great food. "The Trading Post."
You're lucky to have the best New Mexican food restaurant in New Mexico right around the corner. We recommend the blue corn green chile chicken enchiladas with a fried egg on top.
30 habitants recommandent
Ranchos Plaza Grill
30 habitants recommandent
You're lucky to have the best New Mexican food restaurant in New Mexico right around the corner. We recommend the blue corn green chile chicken enchiladas with a fried egg on top.
Good location, fast service, good food, wide variety, happy hour items
40 habitants recommandent
5 Star Burgers
1032 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
40 habitants recommandent
Good location, fast service, good food, wide variety, happy hour items
Run by a very energetic, enterprising family in the Mexican "taqueria" style. Large menu, everything's delicious, reasonable prices.
53 habitants recommandent
Guadalajara Grill
822 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
53 habitants recommandent
Run by a very energetic, enterprising family in the Mexican "taqueria" style. Large menu, everything's delicious, reasonable prices.
Located in a fabulous old house off Bent St. downtown (used to be The Apple Tree.) Excellent food, skilled wait staff, sommelier.
97 habitants recommandent
Lambert's of Taos
123 Bent St
97 habitants recommandent
Located in a fabulous old house off Bent St. downtown (used to be The Apple Tree.) Excellent food, skilled wait staff, sommelier.
Almost as good as our Ranchos Grill, in north end of town.
123 habitants recommandent
Orlando's
1114 Don Juan Valdez Ln
123 habitants recommandent
Almost as good as our Ranchos Grill, in north end of town.
World-famous as The Best. Be sure and try the Basil Pesto Dressing.
44 habitants recommandent
Taos Pizza Out Back
712 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
44 habitants recommandent
World-famous as The Best. Be sure and try the Basil Pesto Dressing.
Right in the middle of the John Dunn complex downtown, popular gathering spot, good food variety, family-friendly.
19 habitants recommandent
Bent Street Cafe & Deli
120 Bent St
19 habitants recommandent
Right in the middle of the John Dunn complex downtown, popular gathering spot, good food variety, family-friendly.
Scrupulous attention to local foods and creative recipes. Owned by locals. Highly recommended, more for adults than kids.
139 habitants recommandent
The Love Apple
803 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
139 habitants recommandent
Scrupulous attention to local foods and creative recipes. Owned by locals. Highly recommended, more for adults than kids.
Great lunch place in north side of town, near Cid's. Tasty, innovative food, reasonable prices.
60 habitants recommandent
Gutiz
812B Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
60 habitants recommandent
Great lunch place in north side of town, near Cid's. Tasty, innovative food, reasonable prices.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bakery; different names and owners since 1957, perpetually popular.
70 habitants recommandent
Michael's Kitchen Restaurant and Bakery
304-C Pueblo St Rd
70 habitants recommandent
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, bakery; different names and owners since 1957, perpetually popular.
We don't have a lot of options for instant, ready to go takeout food but this new place, is a good start. Big selection of everything. For years the owners were the go-to sushi caterers.
26 habitants recommandent
KOKO Coffee/Deli/Carry-Out
1033 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
26 habitants recommandent
We don't have a lot of options for instant, ready to go takeout food but this new place, is a good start. Big selection of everything. For years the owners were the go-to sushi caterers.
Full "italian" food menu (pasta etc.) in Albertson's shopping compound.
16 habitants recommandent
Mondo Italiano Taos
832 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
16 habitants recommandent
Full "italian" food menu (pasta etc.) in Albertson's shopping compound.
Best fresh coffee, close by, run by owners, machines scrupulously cleaned daily, best takeout BK burrito
Taos Java
1006 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
Best fresh coffee, close by, run by owners, machines scrupulously cleaned daily, best takeout BK burrito

Essentials

Our local natural foods grocer. Don't have a Whole Foods here, don't need one. Cid is a local guy, built this business over 30 years. Great store, amazing variety for relatively small space.
43 habitants recommandent
Doc Martin's Restaurant
125 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
43 habitants recommandent
Our local natural foods grocer. Don't have a Whole Foods here, don't need one. Cid is a local guy, built this business over 30 years. Great store, amazing variety for relatively small space.
Clean, well-managed grocery store downtown, best place for organics outside Cid's.
93 habitants recommandent
Smith's Food and Drug
224 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
93 habitants recommandent
Clean, well-managed grocery store downtown, best place for organics outside Cid's.
Close to our end of town, full-service including in-store bank, post office, pharmacy
41 habitants recommandent
Albertsons Market
710 A Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
41 habitants recommandent
Close to our end of town, full-service including in-store bank, post office, pharmacy
Full-service groceries, best selection of Hispanic foods including fresh tortillas.
Super Save Discount Foods
519 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
Full-service groceries, best selection of Hispanic foods including fresh tortillas.

Shopping

Not many good bookstores left! Please patronize this one. Great selection of Taos and New Mexico authors. While you're in the area check out the other shops on Bent St.
Moby Dickens Bookshop
124 Bent St
Not many good bookstores left! Please patronize this one. Great selection of Taos and New Mexico authors. While you're in the area check out the other shops on Bent St.
A lively toy store with a big imaginative playground out front. You must stop there if you have kids. You'll probably end up buying something but they have a wide selection of items and prices.
24 habitants recommandent
Twirl
225 Cam De La Placita
24 habitants recommandent
A lively toy store with a big imaginative playground out front. You must stop there if you have kids. You'll probably end up buying something but they have a wide selection of items and prices.
A big, very well maintained thrift store. Have never failed to find the perfect item or gift at the perfect price here.
Pieces
1024 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
A big, very well maintained thrift store. Have never failed to find the perfect item or gift at the perfect price here.
Taos has so many great shops but this is one of my favorites. There's some really exquisite handmade stuff in here. Right across from the Taos Inn downtown.
Taos Blue
101 Bent St
Taos has so many great shops but this is one of my favorites. There's some really exquisite handmade stuff in here. Right across from the Taos Inn downtown.
A huge selection of, well, gems and minerals. Unusual place with lots of really pretty rocks with well-informed owner/staff. Reasonable prices, gift ideas abound.
Taos Gems and Minerals
637 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
A huge selection of, well, gems and minerals. Unusual place with lots of really pretty rocks with well-informed owner/staff. Reasonable prices, gift ideas abound.
New competitor for the pharmacy and alcohol business in Taos.
12 habitants recommandent
Walgreens
811 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
12 habitants recommandent
New competitor for the pharmacy and alcohol business in Taos.
Our "alternate pharmacy." Huge selection of herbs, oils, homeopathic, supplements, etc. ad infinitum. Knowledgeable staff.
6 habitants recommandent
Taos Herb Company
710 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
6 habitants recommandent
Our "alternate pharmacy." Huge selection of herbs, oils, homeopathic, supplements, etc. ad infinitum. Knowledgeable staff.
Best place to gear up. On the Plaza.
Taos Mountain Outfitters
113 N Plaza
Best place to gear up. On the Plaza.

Arts & Culture

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art
119 Kit Carson Rd
Beautiful pieces.
Our only movie theater. Just off Paseo, you can scan their sign for what's playing as you're driving by. Newly renovated.
14 habitants recommandent
Storyteller Cinemas
110 Old Talpa Canon Rd
14 habitants recommandent
Our only movie theater. Just off Paseo, you can scan their sign for what's playing as you're driving by. Newly renovated.
This may be one of the last "video" (DVD) rental places left in the world. Huge selection. Big family sections. Two locations North and South.
Video Casa
1353 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur
This may be one of the last "video" (DVD) rental places left in the world. Huge selection. Big family sections. Two locations North and South.
Out of town on the way to the ski valley, lovely garden setting, interesting pieces.
Lumina Contemporary Art
11 State Rd. 230
Out of town on the way to the ski valley, lovely garden setting, interesting pieces.

Everything Else

So many fine yoga teachers and studios in Taos. Gotta point you to this one though. Good location downtown with other shops, restaurants nearby.
9 habitants recommandent
Shree Yoga Taos
112 Cam De La Placita
9 habitants recommandent
So many fine yoga teachers and studios in Taos. Gotta point you to this one though. Good location downtown with other shops, restaurants nearby.
Right across the street (south) from Smith's off Paseo.
Spin & Sparkle Laundromat
106 Siler Rd
Right across the street (south) from Smith's off Paseo.
Just north of Cid's
Pinch Penny Wash-O-Mat
823 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte
Just north of Cid's
Only offering some of the world's finest skiing experiences…….Renowned ski school, we can suggest a few names of teachers who can transform your game.
240 habitants recommandent
Taos Ski Valley
116 Sutton Place
240 habitants recommandent
Only offering some of the world's finest skiing experiences…….Renowned ski school, we can suggest a few names of teachers who can transform your game.
This is a day trip, 4 different pools: Lithia, Iron, Soda and Arsenic springs. Full service spa staffed by therapists. Restaurant, huge gift shop. Not recommended for families.
173 habitants recommandent
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa
50 Los Banos Drive
173 habitants recommandent
This is a day trip, 4 different pools: Lithia, Iron, Soda and Arsenic springs. Full service spa staffed by therapists. Restaurant, huge gift shop. Not recommended for families.

Sightseeing

Worth a stop, even locals go there. Armloads of tourist info, hiking maps, gifts, helpful staff. Clean restroom.
Taos Visitor Center station
Worth a stop, even locals go there. Armloads of tourist info, hiking maps, gifts, helpful staff. Clean restroom.
Right around the corner, this or "Ranchos Plaza" has many unexpected shops, church from 1700s, "most frequently painted / photographed in NM"
8 habitants recommandent
Saint Francis Plaza
Saint Francis Plaza
8 habitants recommandent
Right around the corner, this or "Ranchos Plaza" has many unexpected shops, church from 1700s, "most frequently painted / photographed in NM"

Entertainment & Activities

Very family-friendly, a little less intimidating than the TSV. Reasonable skiing when there's snow. A river runs through it, scenic and accessible hiking / snowshoeing trails, good disc golf course.
46 habitants recommandent
Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort
5224 NM-518
46 habitants recommandent
Very family-friendly, a little less intimidating than the TSV. Reasonable skiing when there's snow. A river runs through it, scenic and accessible hiking / snowshoeing trails, good disc golf course.
Swimming pool, ice skating rink, skate park, arcade, other youth activities. Visit their link www.taosyouth.com for swimming and skating hours.
8 habitants recommandent
Taos Youth and Family Center
407 Paseo Del Cañon E
8 habitants recommandent
Swimming pool, ice skating rink, skate park, arcade, other youth activities. Visit their link www.taosyouth.com for swimming and skating hours.
Family-oriented ski resort, many features, open in summer with new zip-line, about half an hour from here
57 habitants recommandent
Angel Fire Resort
10 Miller Ln
57 habitants recommandent
Family-oriented ski resort, many features, open in summer with new zip-line, about half an hour from here