D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
January 2012
Table Talk
Time flies when you're serving great food: Silver City's Shevek & Co. restaurant will be celebrating its 11th anniversary in 2012. Diners can enter to win anniversary drawings that will be held twice a month throughout the year. This month, the restaurant will be closed Jan. 3-12, then features "Mezze Madness" on Friday, Jan. 27, a six-course Middle Eastern extravaganza with matching wines (reservations required). 602 N. Bullard St., 534-9168, silver-eats.com.
A warming new option for winter at Bear Mountain Lodge is "Soup, Bread and Thou," Thursday night meals by the fireplace featuring hearty soup, artisanal bread and dessert, 5-6:30 p.m., $16. Call ahead for reservations, 538-2538. 60 Bear Mountain Ranch Road,, Silver City.
Las Crucens now have a new place to get their Chinese fast-food fix: 99 Express Chinese has broken out the chopsticks at 1001 E. University Ave., former home of Five Brothers Chinese. Hours are 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. daily. 532-6868.
In another Las Cruces eatery switcheroo, the one-time site of Lorenzo's Avanti is now home to Lorena's Mexican Fast Food. Hours are Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday to 9:30 p.m., and Sunday to 8:30 p.m. 3901 E. Lohman Ave.
And the place that was briefly The Cake shop, at 2215 Missouri in Las Cruces, is now home to Deli and Dogs. It's all hot dogs and only hot dogs, but you've got 45 toppings to pick from. Hours are Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Saturday to 2 p.m.
As promised in our September review, La Posta in Mesilla is now open early on weekends and holidays, serving breakfast 8 a.m.-11 a.m. 2410 Calle de Sam Albino, 524-3524.
Mexican food on the move: Los Mariachis plans to relocate from 2790 Avenida de Mesilla to a new spot on Motel Drive, near the county government center. 523-7058. And El Tiburon Mariscos seafood restaurant has opened a second location, this one serving traditional burrito-type fare, at 605 E. Lohman Ave. The new El Tiburon Mexican Restaurant will be open Sunday-Wednesday 9 a.m.-10 p.m. and Thursday-Saturday to 2 a.m. 541-5003.
All area codes are 575 except as noted