Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Exiting Interstate-25 south of Socorro, I head east on the two-lane asphalt known as U.S. 380. Auburn-tinted desert dappled with creosote bushes lines the highway. Ahead is the village of San Antonio, beyond that the Rio Grande River and further down the road the Jornada del Muerto basin. San Antonio, population 113, is one of those places you might miss if you blinked. But a yellow signal at the intersection of U.S. 380 and New Mexico 1 warns motorists to slow down as they zi...
The aromas from the café's kitchen filled the room and I couldn't help but think the single page, typewritten menu did not do the whiffs justice. "Is the Green Chile Apple Pie made with pinyon nuts?" I asked, handing the white paper menu back to the waitress. "It is," she replied, interpreting my question and gesture for my order, which she wrote on her pad before tearing it off and handing it to the cook on the other side of the kitchen doorway. The roadside cafe and the...
