September 2009

Usually whenever I’m in an unfamiliar town or city I like to check out the restaurants and bars that come recommended by locals or other travelers.  I didn’t really have too much to go by when I found myself in Albuquerque last week, so I was quite excited to see a place like The Library Bar and Grill in a town that seemed so unexciting.  This Library has a huge façade on the building made up of giant spines of books with alternate titles that poke fun at some of the classics.  The outside of the building led me to believe that it was a place where people who had a passion for all things literary liked to congregate.  Or at the very least it gave me the impression that since it was so near the University of New Mexico’s downtown campus, it would be full of college students and academics.  My assumptions were quite inaccurate after I entered the building, looking for a run of the mill lunch- a burger and some fries perhaps, with a beer or two to wash it down.

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