Best Sweet Roll in Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM
The Frontier Restaurant has faced the University of New Mexico across Central Avenue since 1971, a sprawling, Western-themed dining hall open early and late. Its cinnamon sweet roll — enormous, glazed, and griddled in butter — is the stuff of local legend, and the fresh-squeezed orange juice, green-chile cheeseburgers, and hand-rolled tortillas keep the lines moving.
Part diner, part community crossroads, the Frontier feeds students, professors, and road-trippers from morning to midnight, its walls hung with a famous collection of John Wayne portraits.
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Across from UNM since 1971, the Frontier's sweet rolls, breakfast burritos, and Western art walls are an Albuquerque rite of passage.
Yes — Frontier Restaurant is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Sweet Roll in Albuquerque, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best sweet roll in Albuquerque for 2025 for a cinnamon roll and green chile stew that have fueled UNM since 1971.
Frontier Restaurant is in Albuquerque, NM.
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