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La Plazuela

  • July 17, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Go Girl! from Los Angeles, California
La Plazuela

We stopped in for breakfast since I had heard the Heuvos Rancheros are to-die-for. I wasn't disappointed, but I enjoyed the airy room as much as the spicy food.

From journal Small yet Sophisticated Santa Fe

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La Plazuela

  • June 11, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by PearlInTheWorld from Medford, Massachusetts
La Plazuela

Just like you can’t beat La Fonda Hotel for it’s location, you can’t beat La Plazuela Restaurant for its atmosphere. The room feels like an enclosed courtyard. The sun beats in through the glass ceiling and bounces off the hundreds of hand-painted windowpanes that make up the walls. You’ll feel like you’re outside and inside at the same time. It’s very relaxing.

During my stay at La Fonda Hotel, La Plazuela was a natural for breakfast. The service was very laid-back, but when we told them we were in a hurry, they were very accommodating. The food was excellent. I had the French toast and my friend had the pancakes. Both were excellent. The portions weren’t huge but plenty for me.

La Plazuela is pricey though. I guess that’s to be expected at a nice hotel like La Fonda. Our total bill including French toast, pancakes, coffee and orange juice came out to $22 with tip.

All in all, I would recommend this place. Next time, though, I’ll check out the French pastry shop in the hotel for breakfast and save La Plazuela for dinner.

For more information, check out their web site at: www.lafondasantafe.com/food.html

From journal Hanging out in Santa Fe

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La Plazuela

  • March 26, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Peregrine from , New Mexico
La Plazuela

Eating here is like eating inside a kaleidoscope. It’s sort of Mexican, sort of Southwestern, and very colorful. All four walls of the large room off the lobby of La Fonda Hotel, are made of glass, as it the ceiling. While the ceiling is shaded against the hot sun, the walls, divided into window panes, are painted in simple designs and primary colors, much like the windows D.H. Lawrence painted for Mable Dodge Luhan. Ficus trees are draped in strings of tiny white lights and the furniture is heavy, dark, and ornately carved.

We had breakfast here. The menu is small and everything has a southwestern twist, even the Eggs Benedict which comes with sauteed tomatillos (they look like little green tomatoes, but have a sharp almost citrus taste) and Hollandaise sauce with cilantro, one of the basic ingredients in local cuisine.

You can order traditional huevos rancheros (eggs served on a tortilla with beans), breakfast burritos, and my choice – Huevos Oaxacas – scrambled eggs with roasted tomato salsa, tiny strips of fried tostadas, poblano chile (a mild chile) and served with black beans and potatoes and tortillas. When the food arrived, it looked as good as it tasted, served on brightly colored plates that pulled their hues from the painted windows. The atmosphere is relaxed and the tables are set far enough apart that you aren’t in everyone else’s conversation. Service was excellent and the price not out of line for Santa Fe.

The La Fonda is a landmark in Santa Fe and even if you don’t stay or eat here, you should walk around the public areas. They have quite a large collection of original art, and even keep a resident artist on staff (the current one did the windows in the restaurant). There are also several shops in the hotel, all a notch above the usual tourist fare you usually find in hotel shops.

There has been a fonda or inn in Santa Fe since the early 17th century when the town was just a dusty outpost on El Camino Real. Over the years it has hosted what sounds like a who’s who of the old west: Sheriff Pat Garrett, Kit Carson, Governor Lew Wallace (he wrote Ben Hur), Archbishop Lamy, and Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman.

La Plazuela is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

From journal The City Different

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