An Underground Guide to AlburquerqueErda Gardens and Learning Center
Posted on October 11, 2012
OhmygodErdaGardens.
The only all-local, biodynamic CSA in town, composed of several farming sites in the South Valley. What’s a CSA? Why, Community-Supported Agriculture, my friend! In effect, you buy a “share” for the growing season, which makes sure the farm can go on in this crazy capitalist world, and they give you food. Lots of food. In Erda’s case, about 5 lb. of fruits and vegetables each week, which you can pick up in the South Valley or University Area. The season lasts from May to October. It’s as close as you can get to
Skarsgard Farms (Formerly Los Poblanos Organics)
Posted on March 28, 2011
Delicious, healthy-looking (and -tasting!) produce, mostly grown on the Skarsgard farm in the North Valley. Given the quantity and quality of the vegetables, the price is pretty good – a mite cheaper than you’ll find in the markets. Continue Reading
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Southwest Cash & Carry
Posted on March 28, 2011
Where else can you get a jar of Sadie’s for $2.50? One of those places you went to years ago, forgot about, suddenly remembered, and decked yourself for overpaying somewhere else all those years. Continue Reading
Pro’s Ranch Market
Posted on March 28, 2011
Pro’s is Jimi Hendrix and all other grocery stores are the guitar…guy from Coldplay. Whassisname. Though based in California, they’re our premier Mexican mercado, and so authentic you should probably be nose-deep in 501 Spanish Verbs on the way in. With an open-air feel, find the pandería, tortillería, carnicería, and more -ería’s than we have can keep up with. Get everything to cater that unexpected wedding in one spot.
Actually, turns out we don’t endorse their “tortillería“. Sigh.
The Fruit Basket of Albuquerque
Posted on March 28, 2011
High-quality produce at about half supermarket prices, and healthier-looking. They also have Mexican colas (real sugar in glass bottles!) and a line of superhero-shaped piñatas that’d make any cholo think twice (about his little cousin Cheto’s birthday party). Continue Reading
Farmer’s Market
Posted on March 28, 2011
Year-round, this cramped grocery deals local, from Dixon apples to Hatch chile. The small freezer’s stocked with tamale-makings, tortillas, y todo Nuevo Mexicano. It’s rare we get to parrot with sincerity, “a fast nickel beats a slow dime.” Continue Reading
Comfort Foods/Desert Gardens
Posted on March 28, 2011
Founded in 1989 by local former fast-food owner Mark Harden and now an enormous sauce & salsa operation. Highly portable spice packets, soups, dip, bread, and dessert mixes form the Comfort Foods conglomerate. Continue Reading
Talin Market
Posted on March 28, 2011
Their aisles are named by capital city (Havana, Saigon, etc.), which is both convenient and frustrating, if you failed high school geography. Their cache of hard-to-finds, from curries to South American teas to Asian hot sauces, is relieving and intimidating in equal measure. Continue Reading
La Montañita Co-op Market
Posted on March 18, 2011
A member-owned source for organic food, health, and beauty care products. The bulk aisle is expansive, the meat top-notch, and the best produce in the city. This month, prime-quality organic thanksgiving turkeys! Continue Reading
The Grove Cafe & Market
Posted on February 21, 2011
One of the few exclusively organic offerings in town; a refreshingly ambitious philosophy from owners Lauren and John. The airy, covered patio mirrors the inside space, and they heat it in winter! Continue Reading
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