4 days in Santa Fe - Report on what I've eaten so far, plus advice sought!

I arrived in New Mexico yesterday—we flew into Albuquerque. From there, we drove up to Bernalillo for dinner before continuing on to Santa Fe, where we'll be until Wednesday.

I'll report here on two meals so far, but would love advice about where else we should go!

The Range in Bernalillo is clearly quite the institution, and while we liked our meal there, nothing blew us away. Chips and salsa (advertised as hot) were decent. The chips were freshly fried, the salsa wasn't hot at all. Combo plate came with two beef enchiladas (good), one chile relleno (very good, with great oozy cheese), one chicken taco (dry and mediocre), and beans and rice (solid but nothing special). We also had the Hoosier sandwich: fried breaded pork cutlet with some other toppings on a bun. Not bad, but not super amazing, though the pork cutlet itself was freshly fried and tender. Iced tea refills were complimentary. We got one slice of key lime pie to-go, and ate it later, and I thought it was very nice. We ordered the combo plate Christmas style (red and green chile) and the red overpowered the green, which was too bad, since I think the green was better here.

This morning for breakfast, 6 of us went to Pantry Restaurant on Cerrillos, and I thought it was a great (albeit heavy) meal. My favorite item was the breakfast burrito with chili verde. Fluffy eggs inside a burrito, topped with sauce, and served with excellent homefries. Huevos rancheros and the chile relleno omelet were also good, although the chile relleno at the Range was better. Biscuits and gravy were nice--fluffy biscuits, thick gravy. Grits were nothing special but good. Blue corn and cinnamon pancakes were a bit too dry for my liking, and didn't have a strong cinnamon flavor. I liked eating these with the apple butter (Smucker's) that's on the tables. Friendly, efficient service and reasonable prices made this a great breakfast spot for our crew.

We have a few more meals in Santa Fe, so any ideas about must-try spots would be appreciated, especially for more casual New Mexican food. Thanks in advance,

Dave MP