The Best Bad Food in Town

[Kitson Harvey]

Ages ago I did a post about my favorite local culinary guilty pleasures. It included Cesar's, Blake's, and Golden Pride. But I'm feeling a little bit burnt out on my old standbys.

Where do you go for some unhealthy food therapy?

Small update: Here's the old post, Self-Destructive Eating in the Land of Queso, which also mentions Powdrell's, the Dog House, Thai House, Griff's, 2 Fools, Los Cuates, and Frontier.

[Phil_0]

I'll second this...their steak and enchiladas can't be particularly good for you either, but it's tasty.

I'll also add the huge, cheese-smothered pork tamales at El Modelo, or anything else there for that matter.

The carne adovada plate and carne adovada ribs at Sadie's are the best things on their menu, but no one should eat that much.

Finally, the burritos at Dos Hermanos are roughly the size of a newborn, but loaded up with papas, chile, cheese, chorizo, and other good stuff.

[ABQSkippy]

Love Mac's la Sierra. There salsa and chips are great. Ditto on the huevos rancheros.

[Masshole in Fringecrest]

Would Taco Tote count? When it first opened I jammed on that stuff... but the last time i went (6 months ago?) it had devolved into just a spent, greasy pile of (insert menu item here; beef, chicken, shrimp, etc.). The concept is still brilliant even if the execution is subpar, and the Horchata rocks, tambien.

[Brendan]

One last one- the chocolate bakery and cafe at the corner of monta vista and girard- chocolate pancakes. I end up getting these a couple times a month for my wife.

[jeff]

i used to get a bucket of fried chicken from dinah's in LA; a kind of meal my boss called a "lonely-guy meal."

where's good fried chicken to be had here btw?

i second brendan's call of western-style hashbrowns, but i like them with that hot ranchero sauce or whatever they call that stuff in the bubbling cauldrons.

[ayax]

Will I be tarred and feathered if I say: most traditional NM dishes with "cheese" and "platter" in their name?
I'm thinking the "cheese enchilada (3) platter" at Los Cuates.

[Phil_0]

good call...anything at Los Cuates could be on this list.

[Martini Mike]

Mmmmmm... Enchilada. Wait, is that technically "bad" food? Not deep fried or full of fatty meat. Not sugar coated.

[ayax]

It's the 50+ (% fat content) cheese, in all its abundance.

[ABQSkippy]

Mmmm.... nice and greasy.

[Joe S Sausage]

Kitson, hilarious, when i logged on and saw this post, the voice inside said that someone would nominate me and yes, thank you brendan, i will accept the nomination and thanks for including the middle initial, i love you guys!!!!

[Black is the new Black]

I'm unhealthily obsessed with Dog House. I consistently order a foot long with chile, cheese, onions, extra red on the side, and a large basket of tater tots. I then furtively eat them all at my desk and try to kid myself that A) I'll earn it by tacking 19 extra miles onto my evening bike commute and that B) I won't regret the meal the next morning