Small Bites

Plaza Café

Learn an important lesson here: Santa Fe's mythic tri-cultural heritage isn't the whole story. For one thing, it misses the role of places like Plaza Café and the huge influence of Greek families on the city's development. That means this is also the place where you can score the best of opa and hola. Try an authentic moussaka ($15.45) courtesy of the Razatos family recipe of thinly sliced eggplant, beef seasoned with nutmeg and cinnamon and oodles of béchamel sauce. Or sink into cashew mole enchiladas ($14.95) that capture the bitter spice of regional red chile with the balancing sweetness of chocolate. Portions are ample and service is down to earth. Closed for a few years after a 2010 fire, the restaurant has been lovingly restored and partly suspended in the 1950s. The beveled glass of the dessert case beacons even the overstuffed with its housemade pies and cakes.

-Julie Ann Grimm

54 Lincoln Ave., 982-1664
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
thefamousplazacafe.com

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