35°04′48″N 106°37′08″W / 35.080°N 106.619°W
Frontier Restaurant | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1971 |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address | 2400 Central Ave SE |
City | Albuquerque |
State | New Mexico |
Postal/ZIP Code | 87106 |
Country | United States |
Seating capacity | 326 [1] |
Website |
frontierrestaurant |
Frontier Restaurant is a landmark New Mexican cuisine restaurant, located near the main campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [2] [3] [4] It is one of the city's most popular restaurants, serving about 4,000 customers per day in 2000, [5] and is open daily from 5 am to 12 am. The restaurant has five dining rooms covering a total of 8,000 square feet (740 m2) [1] and is decorated with over 100 Western-themed artworks, including several portraits of John Wayne, referencing the nickname that both he and the city of Albuquerque share, “The Duke” and “The Duke City”. [6] [7]
Frontier Restaurant was established in 1971 by Dorothy and Larry Rainosek, who had recently moved to Albuquerque from Austin, Texas. Hoping to attract college students, they leased a barn-shaped building on Central Avenue across from the University of New Mexico, which had previously housed a short-lived restaurant called the Country Barn. Earlier, the corner had also been the site of a famous soda fountain called Chisholm's. [4] [8] The Frontier opened on February 10 with just 15 menu items and five employees. [1] [9]
Initially, the restaurant served breakfast, hamburgers, sandwiches, and some Tex-Mex foods like enchiladas. After customer requests, they began to incorporate New Mexican cuisine into the menu by the end of 1971. [10] [11] By 1989, the Frontier had expanded into the adjoining buildings on the block for a total of five dining rooms and 8,000 square feet (740 m2) of space. [1] The restaurant was open 24 hours a day in the early 1990s but was forced to cut back its hours in 2006 after repeated problems with unruly patrons. [12]
The Frontier serves primarily New Mexican cuisine along with American diner fare, like sandwiches, hamburgers, and breakfast plates. Some of the best-known menu items include sweet rolls, green chile cheeseburgers, green chile stew, carne adovada, and breakfast burritos. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] The restaurant also sells some bulk items including tortillas, chile, carne adovada, posole, green chile stew, and sweet rolls. [18]
35°04′48″N 106°37′08″W / 35.080°N 106.619°W
Frontier Restaurant | |
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| |
Restaurant information | |
Established | 1971 |
Dress code | Casual |
Street address | 2400 Central Ave SE |
City | Albuquerque |
State | New Mexico |
Postal/ZIP Code | 87106 |
Country | United States |
Seating capacity | 326 [1] |
Website |
frontierrestaurant |
Frontier Restaurant is a landmark New Mexican cuisine restaurant, located near the main campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [2] [3] [4] It is one of the city's most popular restaurants, serving about 4,000 customers per day in 2000, [5] and is open daily from 5 am to 12 am. The restaurant has five dining rooms covering a total of 8,000 square feet (740 m2) [1] and is decorated with over 100 Western-themed artworks, including several portraits of John Wayne, referencing the nickname that both he and the city of Albuquerque share, “The Duke” and “The Duke City”. [6] [7]
Frontier Restaurant was established in 1971 by Dorothy and Larry Rainosek, who had recently moved to Albuquerque from Austin, Texas. Hoping to attract college students, they leased a barn-shaped building on Central Avenue across from the University of New Mexico, which had previously housed a short-lived restaurant called the Country Barn. Earlier, the corner had also been the site of a famous soda fountain called Chisholm's. [4] [8] The Frontier opened on February 10 with just 15 menu items and five employees. [1] [9]
Initially, the restaurant served breakfast, hamburgers, sandwiches, and some Tex-Mex foods like enchiladas. After customer requests, they began to incorporate New Mexican cuisine into the menu by the end of 1971. [10] [11] By 1989, the Frontier had expanded into the adjoining buildings on the block for a total of five dining rooms and 8,000 square feet (740 m2) of space. [1] The restaurant was open 24 hours a day in the early 1990s but was forced to cut back its hours in 2006 after repeated problems with unruly patrons. [12]
The Frontier serves primarily New Mexican cuisine along with American diner fare, like sandwiches, hamburgers, and breakfast plates. Some of the best-known menu items include sweet rolls, green chile cheeseburgers, green chile stew, carne adovada, and breakfast burritos. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] The restaurant also sells some bulk items including tortillas, chile, carne adovada, posole, green chile stew, and sweet rolls. [18]