Best Carne Adovada in Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM
Mary & Tito's Cafe has served New Mexican food from its North Valley dining room since 1963, and the James Beard Foundation named it an America's Classic for good reason. The carne adovada — pork slow-cooked in red chile until it falls apart — is the dish people drive across the state for, tucked into turnovers or plated with beans and a sopaipilla.
Still family-run and defiantly old-school, the room's pink booths and unchanged menu are part of the appeal: this is New Mexican home cooking, made the same careful way for six decades.
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A family cafe since 1963 whose carne adovada is widely treated as the city's standard, honored nationally as a classic.
Yes — Mary & Tito's Cafe is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Carne Adovada in Albuquerque, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best carne adovada in Albuquerque for 2025 for red chile pork that earned national honors without changing a thing since 1963.
Mary & Tito's Cafe is in Albuquerque, NM.
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