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DINING OUT RED RIVER STYLE A LITTLE MOUNTAIN TOWN For a tiny mountain resort town, Red River has a Old Tymer’s Cafe - A variety of diner fare, including great selection of restaurants, diners, cafes, delis and pizza and Mexican. Open for breakfast, lunch, and din‐ bistros with something to satisfy everyone’s taste and ner, but hours vary. budget. Most restaurants offer kids’ menus and beer Pit Stop - “FunFood”-Friedpickles,friedoreos,fried and wine. Remember casual dress is always appropri‐ Snickers, funnel cakes, tater twist, frito pie. ate in Red River venues. Red River Brewing Co. - Open daily for lunch and Anchovies Pizzería - Now located at Jacks and Sixes dinner. Appetizer menu, sandwiches, salads and burg‐ and High St., they offer homemade breads - focaccia, ers,withaspecialmenuduringdinnerhours.Craftbeer, Italian, French herb - and specialize in thin crust piz‐ wine and distilled spirits made onsite. zas, including several specialty pizzas. Shotgun Willie’s - Close to the main chairlift, known Brett’s Bistro - Casual-elegant, fast and fine cui‐ for their breakfasts. Sandwiches, BBQ, burgers, Mexi‐ sine. Steaks, pasta, trout, seafood, lamb... take-out can food, wraps, salads. catering offered, as well. Open daily in the Lifts Steam Coffee - Specialty coffees, frappés, tea, West building serving lunch and dinner. Daily spe‐ smoothies, protein shakes, soups, salads, muffins, cials. Beer and wine. quiche, bagels, pastries ... Bull O’ The Woods Saloon - Food menu is served Sundance Mexican Restaurant - Tucked away on from 11:30 am to closing daily. They offer burgers, HighStreet,withacozyatmosphere,theyhaveavari‐ sandwiches, tacos, wings, appetizers and lots of spe‐ etyofMexicanfareandsteaks,killerwineMargaritas cials. Full bar. The summer of 2020 marks the 125th birthday of the timelines and what the summer has in store. For in‐ and beer. Capo’s Corner - Italian dining at its finest. With a town of Red River, a time to celebrate this wondrous stance, when it comes to the special events that have T-Bucks - Breakfast, donuts and soft serve ice cream. viewoftheskihillandriverrushingbythebackdeck, place which the locals delight in sharing with you. become a trademark of our town, a wait-and-see atti‐ Typical American fare with a few twists. Open morn‐ you can sit outside and enjoy delicious pizzas and In addition to this magazine you’re reading, which is tude will be SOP. Some of the events have already been ings, lunch on weekends. Patio dining available. made possible by the very special businesses whose ads canceled, while others... pastas with friends in this family-oriented restaurant. appear on these pages, theMiner had plans to produce May I recommend a phone call or a visit to a Town Beer and wine. Texas Reds - A Red River tradition with tasty steaks andchopsandarusticatmosphere,includingpeanut a birthday publication with lots of historic photos and website or theMiner Facebook page for a current read. Dairy Bar - Ice cream, malts and shakes, burgers, shells on the floor. Great acoustic music from the ad‐ stories in time for Red River’s July 3 birthday. Don’t call asking what it will be like in 2,3 or 4 months. fries, wraps, Mexican, salads, sandwiches and plenty of jacent Lost Love Saloon. Open daily. Full bar. Prior to February 2020, I had never in all my life One thing for sure: there will be a cool summer and specials. Casual family dining and a pet-friendly patio. heard the term “social distancing.” A friend asked me a beautiful fall in the mountains. Open daily. The Tip Restaurant - At the very tip top of the ski “Shouldn’t it be called “anti-social distancing?” Maybe. Stay safe, enjoy. (Fritz Davis, Editor) mountain, you will find a little burger shack with The Grill at the Lift House - Overlooking The Face of In the words of an old Bob Wills song: “Time snacks and beverages galore, just as you step off the the ski mountain, the deck offers a spectacular view and changes everything.” chairlift. Best view in town from the outdoor deck. En‐ casual indoor dining as well. It offers burgers, upscale As a result of the current situation that confronts us RED RIVER SUMMER /FALL joy a cold beer and watch the wildlife. bar food, wings, soups and salads. Full bar. across our great land, theMiner has scaled down our MAGAZINE The Way Coffeé - Awarmandcozygatheringplace in grand anniversary intentions, yet somehow we want to Published by the Red River Miner ©2020 Koffee House - Located in Wild Bill’s on W. Main the Lifts West with comfortable seating, specialty coffee keep the spirit of the frontier days on display for all to Owners: Kerry Shepherd & Fritz Davis Koffee House offers specialty teas and coffee drinks, enjoy. There is a 4-page section in this magazine about and soft drinks, pastries. Editor - Fritz Davis Design - Kerry Shepherd delicious pastries and sandwiches. the town from the early days to the modern era. Some Yesterday’s Diner - Step back in time to Happy Photographer - Todd Michael Major Bean Coffee & Sandwich Co. - Open daily of the other articles also have a bit of historical per‐ Days. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner items named after Cover - Goose Lake in Moonlight 7 am. They offer a variety of appetizers, gourmet sal‐ spective. As a history buff in love with Red River’s col‐ TV series. Mexican and diner food, desserts. Beer ads, soups, sandwiches, wraps, paninis and entrees orful past and present... well, that’s just the way I’ve P.O. Box 735 • Red River NM 87558 and wine. with an emphasis on fresh ingredients. Specialty written this magazine. No apology. 575-770-2231/779-7192 coffee drinks to accompany the yummy pastries. Note: COVID-19 restrictions may be in effect limiting As of press time, theMiner , the town of Red River redrivernewmexico.com redriverminer.com [email protected] Wine and beer. restaurants to carry-out or delivery.Call ahead for info. and many of you are in the same boat, unsure about HAPPY125TH B-DAYREDRIVER! When a young frontiersman named Kit Carson first the frenzy. Land speculators made truth a rare com‐ saw the area in the early 1830s, he is said to have re‐ modity indeed. marked that he’d never seen so many beaver in his life. Red River was a tale of two cities. A swamp lay in the The beaver and the ponds were gone by 1895 but the middle of town, remnants of the beaver ponds that once soil that remained was rich, perfect for growing crops. filled the valley. A business community with Victorian In spring of ‘95, a family of farmers from San Luis in architecture typical of gold camps developed east on southern Colorado had spent the previous winter both sides of Bitter Creek. At the other end of the swamp camped in the high country valley of the Sangre de was a colony of cabins at the mouth of Mallette Canyon. Cristo mountains. They settled on the banks of the Rio By 1897, population estimates ranged from 1,500 Colorado – Spanish for “colored” or “red” river, – in (The Pueblo Chieftain Colorado newspaper) to 3,000, the New Mexico Territory. The Mallette family mi‐ a boomer’s estimate by theRed River Mining News, grated years before from New York and Ohio, seeking one of three papers in town. Like most western gold a good life in the American West. They found it. camps of the times, however, the hopes and dreams of It was not agriculture or beaver pelts, however, that hard rock miners were desperate longings for success. brought people streaming into the remote valley in The dreamers moved on, some to the Klondike, leaving that spring of ‘95. As early as 1870, miners from nearby cabins and contents behind. Elizabethtown in the Moreno Valley came looking for As early as 1905, Albuquerque papers and maga‐ any trace of “color” in the streams and along the river zines began referring to Red River as a trout fishing bank. Their efforts were futile, but 25 years later new paradise and an escape to a cool climate from the sum‐ exploration found promising results. By summer of mer heat. Anglers and vacationers came, renting aban‐ ‘95, the little valley was buzzing with rainbow chasers doned miner cabins and horses for a ride to spectacu‐ seeking a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. lar sightseeing vistas. In addition to rumors of “promising assays” and Red River City embraced a new way to survive, pro‐ “new finds,” articles in Western newspapers about rail‐ viding hospitality and summer recreation to flatland roads reported to be headed to the gold camp fueled and desert visitors . The future was already in progress. RED RIVER CITY - STILL ALIVE IN THESE CHANGING TIMES The Red River Good Roads Association was orga‐ memorable tours on horseback. The Lewis family The 1950s, 60s and 70s were a grand time in the val‐ Oldbuildingsweredemolishedandmodernstructures nized in May of 1914 to petition the US Forest Ser‐ bought a ranch on the river west of town and built ley. A big pay-to-fish trout lake was built near the Play‐ of brick and steel appeared. Souvenir/gift shops, new vice for a new pass road. The Bobcat Pass road from cabins. The Riverside Lodge was on the east edge of house. A multi-level structure called Terrace Towers clothing stores and an indoor swimming pool were excit‐ the Moreno Valley most likely started as a deer path the swamp built cabins, as was Rio Colorado Lodge. Lodge sprang up where the road to Questa took a ma‐ ing. Condominiums, townhouses and lodges like the Ar‐ which was widened over time by freight wagons and Growth continued through the 1930s.