Coyote Café Restaurant Review
132 Water St. 
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Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-983-1615 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- View
- Kid-friendly
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Casual
Wine
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| Chef and cookbook author Mark Miller literally wrote the book on Modern Southwestern cuisine, and while he sold his Coyote Café to Geronimo owner-exec chef Eric DiStefano, you can still find several of Miller's signature dishes on the menu, including the chipotle tiger prawns on griddled corn cakes and corn tamales with huitlacoche. Plan to spend a lot of money in the restaurant because the Coyote Café experience, complete with cowhide dining room chairs and colorful Mexican carved animals, doesn't come cheap. That said, dishes like the Kurobuta pork tenderloin “Wellington” with Dijon mustard wine sauce, spinach and cremini mushroom duxelle in pastry, or the pepper-crusted elk tenderloin with a brandied mushroom cream sauce make the splurge worth it. The casual upstairs bar, called the Rooftop Cantina, offers similar flavors for less money. The bar menu is extensive and also accommodates vegetarians. The shredded chicken and chorizo enchiladas are worth the visit alone, as is the queso fundido, a bowl of melted Mexican cheese topped with chorizo and served with warm tortillas. The view of Santa Fe is striking from up top and only improves while sipping a mango margarita. |
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