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Sofia's Kitchen & Burrito Tyme ~ Socorro, New Mexico


First visit: May 2023

In an ideal scenario, we would have liked to go our favorite Perea's for Sunday breakfast, but they are now closed on that day unfortunately. We thought about finding another breakfast house in Albuquerque but neither of us were starving since we didn't run on this morning. So we opted to "eat on the road" as we headed south to Las Cruces. Socorro looks like a pretty cool little town, let's go there.

Socorro is one of those classic former US highway roadside towns with motels and eateries among the usual shops that the town needs to sustain. They also possess a very nice looking university in New Mexico Tech, which no doubt keeps the place young and hopping. After cruising the main drag, the RJG has a new goal to eat dinner at the El Camino Lounge, which looks like the most awesome throwback restaurant I've seen in ages. As if 1971 was the here and now. And maybe stay at one of the retro motels while we're at it. I've circled that for the future as a destination spot. In the meantime, today it's breakfast and we're now hungry.

Sofia's Kitchen appeared to be the best place for that. It's a large restaurant with painted murals, and we grabbed a table and were served promptly. No flavored creamers so we stuck with water. We asked for chips and salsa, which are free. The chips are made there and came out fried and hot. Salsa was medium spice and very flavorful. Just like with Mi Ranchita, the Mrs. went with huevos rancheros and I stuck with the breakfast burrito. Once again, Mrs. RJG went all in on "the hottest" which supposedly was the green. I went Christmas. Unlike Mi Ranchita, I won the battle this time. And it's very debatable on which chili was the hottest. I think the red was - and I preferred it to the also-excellent green. I tried my luck with ham again, but I did get the usual diced deli cuts, which unfortunately do not penetrate the flavor spectrum. Hash browns were used as filler in case you needed more food. Corn tortillas are homemade, and Mrs. RJG really loved them too. There's a good chance we'll be back for breakfast in the future, given what I said above.

5/31/23 (new entry)

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