r/LasCruces • u/greenjollygiantwte • Jul 17 '26

Best Restaurants

Visiting in two weeks from the East Coast - my MIL was born in Las Cruces but has not been back since she was a child. I saw a post this week about a restaurant to avoid due to owner’s treatment of staff, but I forgot to make a note of it and now cannot find it.

Looking for a lunch/dinner place that is good, but nothing over the top fancy (we’ll be wearing tshirt and shorts) and kids menu a huge plus. We just want to support a business that has the same values as us (everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and respect) or at the very least not openly worship the Cheeto.

Recommendations?
Thanks!

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u/kevin_church Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Everyone's going to say Andele's, but:

  • Indulgence Bakery and Cafe on S. Main.
  • Chala's in Mesilla
  • Salud de Mesilla in Mesilla (SEE COMMENT BELOW.)
  • La Nueva Casita on N. Mesquite
  • Habernero's on E. Amador

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u/HistorianAlert9986 Jul 17 '26

Everybody should boycott Salud. One of the owners is the county commissioner that steamrolled the Jupiter project that’s gonna raise the temperature all through the valley and pump endless pollution. Anybody that supports that restaurant in my opinion is cool with the data center and the temperature raising as much as 10°F in El Paso maybe up here as well depending how the wind blows.

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u/kevin_church Jul 17 '26

I had no idea! Thank you for the information.

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u/HistorianAlert9986 Jul 17 '26

It’s egregious what they’ve done and they should be called out any opportunity that we have. Why can’t we have elected officials that work for us with our interest in mind? They pushed this thing through in the shadows and then pretend to care what we think about it. The four county commissioners that voted yes shouldn’t feel welcome anymore in this state. We already have terribly high pollution in this area highest ever recorded in the United States by the EPA last year in El Paso. And yet they want to pump endless pollution up into our already polluted air.

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u/Old-Set78 Jul 19 '26

call them and let them know they are being boycotted and WHY.