Well I am here to tell you that they have succeeded in every way. The food is amazingly delicious and the staff are always friendly and the locals that come are just as friendly, its like having a meal with your family at home.
This is one of my most favorite breakfast places to go to in Santa Fe. Don't worry if you are not a breakfast person because they have some really good lunch items as well, and they serve breakfast all day so no worries if its lunch time, bring those non-breakfast people and let Tecolote change their minds. They have everything from the normal egg breakfast items to the local favorites like the breakfast burrito. They have a variety of what they call sweet breads which will be your French toast, and hot cakes. For lunch they have Americana like hamburgers to pork chops, and don't forget the local New Mexican favorites like enchiladas and tamales.
Of course I came here for their breakfast which no matter what I have is great. I am showing you one of my favorite things to eat when I hit up Tecolote. Theres the breakfast burrito with sausage and red chile and fried potatoes, and you have to get the red or green or just get Christmas and get the best of both chiles. There to the right is the Atolé Piñon hot cakes topped with a orange slice. Atolé is blue corn, and Piñon is a pine nut that grows in New Mexico and is very popular with the locals. O and don't expect to get yourself a side of toast here because they don't serve it. Your breakfast will come with your choice of a tortilla or fresh bakery basket, no matter your choice you won't miss out. Their tortillas are freshly made and are warm and crispy and great with some butter. The bakery basket comes with freshly made biscuits and muffins that are served with whipped butter and strawberry preserves.
The breakfast burrito is awesome made perfectly, you will savor every bite. The chile no matter if its red or green is amazing. The fried potatoes are cut almost chip thin then fired up and are delicious, I could eat an entire plate of these potatoes and be happy. Inside of the burrito is nice and fluffy scrambled eggs and very delicious sausage. Then its topped with cheese and the chile of your choice I was in the mood for red on this particular day.
Now these are the best part of coming to Tecolote in my opinion anyway, and they are the Atolé Piñon hot cakes. The hot cakes are made with a blue corn mix that is great it takes normal hot cakes and kicks their ass. Then you add the Piñon and o boy you have something thats almost undescribable. Well heres my attempt at it, they still have that normal hot cake taste, but with the Piñon you get a bunch of texture or crunch in every bite and burst of flavors. You need to experience these hot cakes for yourself.
The place is very New Mexican and not fancy or anything just a nice place to go and eat. You will find a bunch of pictures and figurings of owls in the restaurant since Tecolote means owl in Nahuatl which is Aztec Indian. There are paintings of local New Mexican scenery all over the restaurant which I love looking at. The service is very friendly and very attentive you never have to ask for a refill they are always on it, which I love because I can drink like 12 glasses of whatever when I go to a restaurant and I hate it when you can't find your server.
I Give Tecolote:
Rating on a 1-5 Star Score
I was able to find a video of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives with host and chef Guy Fieri when he came to New Mexico and checked out Tecolote.
