Locals Unite !!!!

The restuarant ';Cast Iron Cafe'; located at the Granada Square on Montgomery blvd. n.e. at the light in between Jefferson and Carisle needs our help.

I know times are tough, but we have so few Good breakfast and lunch places in town,we need to keep the ones we do have open. Perhaps you just didn%26#39;t know of this place. I have been going every Sat. morning and their are plenty of seats still open.

If you have a Sat. place that%26#39;s getting crowded and you want to try something different, please consider the Cast Iron Cafe.

Prices range from $4.00 for a short stack to top of the line $9.00 country fried steak, two eggs,hash browns and cream gravy. The coffee is good and the Red Hat Ladies really liked it when they were there two weeks ago.

We%26#39;ve got to get (pardon me) some butts in the seats or we run the risk of lossing this new place. So again, maybe you just didn%26#39;t know it was there, but now you do.....try it for a change. I hope you like it as much as my family does. Thank you.

p.s. the french toast and the oatmeal is to die for!

Locals Unite !!!!

But I will gladly add that the Range Cafe is still my heart and tummy%26#39;s favorite!

Locals Unite !!!!

I guess the message here, and in Karmathecat%26#39;s comments about the late, lamented Maria Teresa%26#39;s is...support your favorite restaurants, as many, if not most, are having hard times.

Four of my favorites recently closed:

The Great American Land and Cattle Company at Indian School/Tramway. (If you loved their Chicken Fried Steak, the owner, chef, and CFS, are now at the Independence Grill on Montgomery.

Mis Amigos at Juan Tabo %26amp; Constitution...they served too much good food, for too little prices.

Joe%26#39;s Grill at Juan Tabo, and Candelaria; and Porky%26#39;s Bar-b-Que, same location next to Albertson%26#39;s.

I miss Whisque. It was very unique. If Perea%26#39;s closes, I%26#39;m moving. Lol!

Thanks for the tip, Sparkle. I%26#39;ve driven by that restaurant but never stopped because I didn%26#39;t know anything about it. We%26#39;ll give it a try as soon as we can!

';we have so few Good breakfast and lunch places in town';

Oh, wow, do I disagree with that! Husband, kid and I eat breakfast out every Saturday and always have trouble picking where to go. We%26#39;ve started rotating who picks because we were fighting over favorites!

I have to admit that I%26#39;ve been to Cast Iron and almost everything came out of the kitched charred. The waitress was not even remotely apologetic/understanding that no, we did not want blackened pan cakes! It was one of the worst first time breakfasts I%26#39;ve ever had, and there are enough tried and true places that I honestly probably won%26#39;t go back. I have passed by several times on a late Sat. morning and the place does not seem to be hurting for business.

My Top 10 breakfast places, in no particular order:

Nate and Hannah%26#39;s, Corrales

Weck%26#39;s, anywhere

Barilas Coffee Shop

Leroy%26#39;s

Calico Cafe

El Camino Dining Room

The Grove

Christy Mae%26#39;s

Vic%26#39;s Daily Cafe

Ezra%26#39;s ( honestly have you had their lemon pancakes?)

Flying Star, any of them

Range Cafe, Bernalillo

French Bakery on 4th street ( always distracted by the thought of crossiants to note the true name of the place ) for a grab and go pastry

Okay, so sue me, that%26#39;s 13.

Is Porky%26#39;s BBQ the same is Porky%26#39;s Pride on North 4th street? They are/were in the old ABQ tortilla factory building but are moving a couple of blocks south into an old Chinese restaurant.

';I miss Whisque. It was very unique.';

Regretably, we never made it to Whisque. It%26#39;s a large building ( but not as large as the failure of West Side failures, The Falls ) and I hope it is filled by something else good.

A couple blocks south, still on Coors, will be a WS location of Jinja. Only been once, but we really liked the Asian/Fusion cuisine. Good Chinese food is so hard to find in ABQ, so even though this was frou frou, it was so much better than PitiFul Changs.

Yes, Porky%26#39;s, was a Porky%26#39;s Pride. :-(

Thanks for the great list of breakfast places Kat! Most of those are not in my ';area'; of the city, so I%26#39;ve never even heard of them...just like the Cast Iron Cafe. I%26#39;ve never been much of a breakfast person either, so that also explains my lack of knowledge about breakfast places. :-)

It is always good to try new places though. You never know what you might find. This is especially true of the ';mom %26amp;amp; pop,'; or ';little hole in the wall,'; eateries. Some of Albuquerque%26#39;s best food, comes out of very small kitchens!

You really must try Leroy%26#39;s. It looks like a church basement and is furnished ( barely ) one step up from card tables and folding chairs.

Leroy holds court from his regular table of old timers, occasionally getting up to go give some pointers to his son in the kitchen.

AMAZING carne adovada and perfect green chile.

When I saw this title, I thought maybe you guys were arranging a TripAdvisor meeting.

Maybe one Sat, we can all meet somewhere for breakfast. Us Santa Feans can come down on the Railrunner. It would be nice to meet everyone! (and expand our knowledge at the same time)

I%26#39;ll be the one in the TA hat and snorkel mask. ;)

Karma, you%26#39;re cracking me up! I love your name for that chain-y Chang%26#39;s.

I can report that Jinja%26#39;s is up and running! Hubby and I sampled the miso soup, pot stickers, and something fried . . . was it calmari? It was good, whatever it was. I can%26#39;t wait to try it for a full fledged dinner. We were just there for apps this time.

Where is this Leroy%26#39;s? Is it new mexican? I must know more!