Guidebook for El Prado
Food Scene
Great atmosphere, great food, great wine! Andy, the proprietor, creates a festive and delicious dining experience every night. Most food (much of it sourced locally) is cooked in the beautiful wood-fired oven and the menu is really creative. Plus it's only 5 minutes away! Noon - 9 every day (one of the only places to get a great meal at 3 in the afternoon). Tell him we sent you! (Reservations are not accepted - first come, first served, but there is community seating also.)
30 locals recommend
Common Fire
88 NM-150Great atmosphere, great food, great wine! Andy, the proprietor, creates a festive and delicious dining experience every night. Most food (much of it sourced locally) is cooked in the beautiful wood-fired oven and the menu is really creative. Plus it's only 5 minutes away! Noon - 9 every day (one of the only places to get a great meal at 3 in the afternoon). Tell him we sent you! (Reservations are not accepted - first come, first served, but there is community seating also.)
Lovely little spot with romantic atmosphere, dark lighting, good wine and locally sourced food. Her lunch spot, Manzanita Market, is equally delicious but doesn't show up on the map - it's on Taos Plaza. Credit cards not accepted at the Love Apple, but reservations are.
139 locals recommend
The Love Apple
803 Paseo Del Pueblo NorteLovely little spot with romantic atmosphere, dark lighting, good wine and locally sourced food. Her lunch spot, Manzanita Market, is equally delicious but doesn't show up on the map - it's on Taos Plaza. Credit cards not accepted at the Love Apple, but reservations are.
Best chocolate made and served by the sweetest, coolest people, in the cutest shop. All fair trade, single-origin kind of stuff, hand-crafted. The hot chocolate is a must-have!
36 locals recommend
Chokola'
100-198 Juan Largo LnBest chocolate made and served by the sweetest, coolest people, in the cutest shop. All fair trade, single-origin kind of stuff, hand-crafted. The hot chocolate is a must-have!
Sol Food Market is a very cool little organic market in Arroyo Seco with a great sandwich cafe with very healthy and delicious options. Outdoor and indoor seating.
43 locals recommend
Sol Food Market
Sol Food Market is a very cool little organic market in Arroyo Seco with a great sandwich cafe with very healthy and delicious options. Outdoor and indoor seating.
If you're on the south side of town and need a bite to eat (or a whole pie for later), check out this place. Great food to go or eat there, and they make a mean matcha latte (and coffee drinks, of course).
26 locals recommend
KOKO Coffee/Deli/Carry-Out
1033 Paseo Del Pueblo SurIf you're on the south side of town and need a bite to eat (or a whole pie for later), check out this place. Great food to go or eat there, and they make a mean matcha latte (and coffee drinks, of course).
Elevation Coffee
1110 Paseo Del Pueblo NorteGreat coffee shop, the one nearest to our place.
Drinks & Nightlife
Check out their website to see who's playing. Live music often, great beer, great views, very casual.
122 locals recommend
Taos Mesa Brewing
20 ABC Mesa RdCheck out their website to see who's playing. Live music often, great beer, great views, very casual.
Taos Mesa Brewing's in-town location. Same great beer, great pizza, live music, pool table, sports screen at the big bar.
86 locals recommend
Taos Mesa Brewing Taos Tap Room
201 Paseo Del Pueblo SurTaos Mesa Brewing's in-town location. Same great beer, great pizza, live music, pool table, sports screen at the big bar.
Free live music every night! Great margarita menu and good bar food. Also a restaurant if you want a better meal, followed by the bar's great margs and music. Historic hotel.
91 locals recommend
The Historic Taos Inn
125 Paseo Del Pueblo NorteFree live music every night! Great margarita menu and good bar food. Also a restaurant if you want a better meal, followed by the bar's great margs and music. Historic hotel.
Entertainment & Activities
Good films showing Mon - Wed nights. Check their website. Also plays and music or dance events.
9 locals recommend
Taos Community Auditorium
145 Paseo Del Pueblo NorteGood films showing Mon - Wed nights. Check their website. Also plays and music or dance events.
Sightseeing
Mabel Dodge Luhan Historic House
240 Morada LnGet a taste of real Taos history.
Taos Pueblo is the very heartbeat of Taos. The longest continually-inhabited dwelling in the country. Check it out! Buy some souvenirs made by Pueblo folks.
228 locals recommend
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is the very heartbeat of Taos. The longest continually-inhabited dwelling in the country. Check it out! Buy some souvenirs made by Pueblo folks.
Walk around the Plaza and all directions from there for a couple of blocks. Lovely shops and galleries, restaurants and coffee shops.
86 locals recommend
Taos Plaza
North PlazaWalk around the Plaza and all directions from there for a couple of blocks. Lovely shops and galleries, restaurants and coffee shops.
This is a Must-See! 2nd highest bridge on the US highway system. As seen in Natural Born Killers and Terminator 5. And just beyond is the internationally famous Earthship community, which has a home for you to tour.
226 locals recommend
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
This is a Must-See! 2nd highest bridge on the US highway system. As seen in Natural Born Killers and Terminator 5. And just beyond is the internationally famous Earthship community, which has a home for you to tour.
Mike Reynolds invented Earthship architecture. These homes, just past the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, are all completely off-grid, and some of them spectacularly beautiful. There is a home to tour.
45 locals recommend
Earthship Biotecture
2 Earthship WayMike Reynolds invented Earthship architecture. These homes, just past the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, are all completely off-grid, and some of them spectacularly beautiful. There is a home to tour.