Inside New Mexico's Top Restaurant - Big Kitchens - Food Documentary

Big Kitchens - S01 E02
Join us at El Pinto, Albuquerque's top spot for New Mexican food! Watch as the team crafts mouthwatering enchiladas and roasts a giant pig, all while keeping up with incredible demand. Experience the magic of culinary teamwork and Albuquerque cuisine at its finest.
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[@jq4136]

I love eating food while watching these episodes

[@K4familySnoeberger]

I live in New Mexico. I live in Albuquerque. El Pinto is fun. Especially because of the atmosphere. There are so many other New Mexican restaurants that are better than El Pinto.We absolutely love certain locations of Garcia's. Other restaurants are great. Padillas, Duran's pharmacy, Duran's station, Mary and Tito's, Barela's Coffee House, and so many more. Especially home cooked New Mexican food.

[@dAm5eL]

Yup, spot on.

[@r.g.1266]

Yes, there are so many solid NM restaurants. El Patio, Monica's El Portal....

[@WayneCoke]

Lived in Albuquerque for 5 years and you just named some of the best. Love Garcia's for breakfast. Moved to Roswell for 13 years and regardless of what city the smell of roasted chile' is a great thing. In Roswell the grocery stores will have roaster set up and the smell covers the city.

[@SHENDOH]

There is nothing like the smell of green chile roasting.

[@deniseeulert2503]

I don't know much about chili roasting but on Saturdays at our local(Kansas) farmers market one vendor roasts chilis and it does smell good.

[@msquietwoman]

Always my favorite time of the year! Living in Kansas, I make it back 'home' to NM several times a year and stock up!

[@jefnatividad5968]

Im from West Texas and I want to live in New Mexico so badly. Seems like a wonderful place with and unique culture!!

[@franward6851]

Love, love, love green chili chicken enchiladas!!!

[@gejjamp]

This is one of my top 3 restaurants in New Mexico.

[@vanw1504]

This is a joke! El Pinto is not my top pick and I live in Albuquerque!!😂

[@EfiLiveLB7]

El Pinto is basically the same as Taco Bell. I so don't recommend it. Beautiful place is dark so you don't see the bugs and dirt.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@EfiLiveLB7 Did you get bugs and dirt in your food? You can’t compare it to Taco Bell

[@Derek-wv6fy]

Right!

[@carlosbond5062]

So… what is your recommendation?

[@vanw1504]

@@carlosbond5062 Hi! I’m not a New Mexico native, but I like the deli inside the El Super supermarket on Central and Taqueria Mexico off 4th street! Let me know if you check them out! 😊

[@valerieroberts8241]

We ate a Durans pharmacy, was amazing. Can’t wait to visit again.

[@cshubs]

The location is beautiful and open. Could be a good place for an organized party. However, the food in my experience has been way below par compared to other restaurants in town. Maybe if you have a party there, you could have the food catered from somewhere else. 🙂

[@calk515]

Indeed. Kitchen must be do better

[@shanejohnson2602]

yeah i live here in albuqurque. Nobody really goes to el Pinto for the food. just for the cool atmosphere honestly.

[@kittenpaws432]

I moved to Albuquerque from Southern California in 1990. My two best choices are Sadie's and yes, believe it or not, Twisters. I also like Padillas. After being surrounded by some of the most delicious southwestern and Mexican restaurants in California for over 35 years, like the many little "hole in the ground" that make food from heaven, I've just found these to be consistent, delicious with great flavors and quality.

[@reneewalker9611]

Born and raised NMexican. Have lived in az the last 11 yrs! When I go back I always go back to El Pinto for the ambience and the Chile adovada ribs! I don’t Care to eat out much and really enjoy my own Nm cooking/food! I always enjoyed Seferinos but it closed before we left NM.

[@quiz-blasters227]

Lots of food, lots of people. How can this kitchen manage so many orders. Thanks for the videos.

[@cherylscott9690]

Starting going there in 70s dad would take our family so so good ! Their father jack amazing man use to wait on him at ranchers club !

[@1EQUALS-INFINITY]

Love all these people.

[@annietiques1803]

El Pinto is a lovely location with plenty of ambiance and lush landscaping. It's a great place to take out of town guest because they don't know what kind of food they are getting and will love anything called "New Mexican" food.😉

[@mrcovarrubias84]

El Pinto used to be pretty dope. It's gone downhill quite a bit. There's plenty other better New Mexican places in Albuquerque/New Mexico that I prefer going to. I'm from New Mexico too btw.

[@Cstjo72727]

El Pincha is a tourist TRAP😂😂

[@joesmith7427]

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA! Mr.Todd

[@glew1ner]

Any born and raised New Mexican will never tell you, "El Pinto is the best restaurant". It's the exact opposite!!!

[@soulknife20]

The salsa you can buy at Smith's is pretty good.

[@MrStaybrown]

It's no Bueno. There's better places.

[@Cstjo72727]

100%

[@july9566]

As a mexican , i love how americans embrace ourr food . Vamos gabachos !

[@beefsupreme6488]

This New Mexican food not Mexican

[@MrStaybrown]

It's not even good New Mexican food. There's better places in Albuquerque.

[@bigrollin]

U mean new Mexican. Not that greasy Mexican food.

[@DonJuan-up2zt]

That's not your food. That's your food ruined by idiots in mew mexico who don't know what the hell their doing.

[@grandpadejay9909]

awsome team work great looking food

[@rono776]

El Pinto? For real? Lmao

[@bonseeyouma7274]

Gross food

[@beefsupreme6488]

Probably 40$ a plate now

[@RichardRamsey-su7he]

Been there 2x in 30 years , it doesn't compare to other places in Albuquerque in my opinion.

[@EfiLiveLB7]

They'll bring your plate out after an hour and set it in front of you and say it's hot. But it's cold from sitting out for 30 minutes. It's the same as taco bell .

[@MrStaybrown]

I've been there 3 times hoping I just had a bad experience. Nope. The food is gross, and it's fast food served on a plate. Go elsewhere, I don't recommend this place.

[@darrell9546]

Mmmm, roasting green chiles... nothing else in the world smells like that, to borrow a phrase.

[@gabesolomon4887]

I've been eating at el Pinto my whole life and I've never heard of the levante. Their most popular dessert is without a doubt the sopapillas, which IMO are on the same level as Cafe du Monde bengets.

[@Joe-p2p8r]

It’s not Mexican food but New Mexican food. A big difference. I agree with most comments that it’s not really that good and pricy but as long as people keep going there it’s jobs for a lot of people so it’s a win for Albuquerque.

[@bomorris5050]

El Pinto was once good... but not anymore. It's bland and lazy food now. The chili is the flavor... the meat and sauces are flavorless without slopping a bunch of red or green chili on it. It's not the go-to place in Albuquerque anymore.

[@ahoorakia]

0:31 there are 3000 people living in new mexico?😁😁

[@nicksegura2711]

As a New Mexican, El Pinto is definitely not on my list of best New Mexican restaurants.

[@robertbissonnette4411]

Great food I've been there great service

[@robertchavez7370]

The New Mexico Beef Jerky co. Is a good restaurant

[@K4familySnoeberger]

Yep, that's a great place to eat. All of their new Mexican food and their jerky is wonderful

[@dAm5eL]

Yup

[@BulletSponge55]

Born and raised in NM El Pinto is ok so is Sadies, they all have their own salsa, just look into who can really give you the red and green experience

[@brianmoody2549]

Hear are workers how know how to prepare the chilies the way is needed.they work as a team and everyone nose there job, they love there job they have heart,understand how to put out a delicious meal for everyone.

[@elkhunter76]

Who cares about celebrities and presidents.It is everyday people that keep it in business.

[@overlordnahak]

1:35 "chili capital of the world" ???? LMAO

[@mrackerm5879]

New Mexican food - the best food in the world. Unfortunately, the politics in this state are truly third world.

[@RatdogDRB]

Mmmmm... I miss a good plate of "Christmas"! Been too many years.

[@mimamima2]

You have to try it yourself food is good go and find out for yourself

[@richardyoung871]

In this part of the video the Chef at EL PINTO restaurant in NEW MEXICO is roasting a whole pig in a outdoor clay oven and he is seasoning it, but in Hawaii we put a whole pig in the ground, whether it be in dirt or sand the process is very much different, and usually it's for a special occasion or for the tourists coming from WAIKIKI, but because it's in the ground it's actually being steamed for a LUAU,or HAWAIIAN FEAST complete with the HULA LADIES AND THE TORCH PLAYERS, on stage and it's one of the most popular and things to do while in the islands and it's held on all the different islands of Hawaii and if you visit OAHU,go to the north side of the island and visit the THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER, as all tourists go to Hawaii on a tour group on busses from WAIKIKI and you will really enjoy the ride from Honolulu and it goes through the PALI HWY,through the tunnels towards the NORTH SHORE,where in the winter the WORLD SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS are held,given the winter swells,happens every year and surfers come from AUSTRALIA AND CALIFORNIA to compete and those waves are huge believe me when I say that and you better know how to swim,because the undertow will pull you under the water and you will drown, that's why they have life guards posted,because they are aware of the ocean, and that's in the PACIFIC OCEAN, versus the ATLANTIC OCEAN, big difference between these two oceans and the current is very similar but the PACIFIC OCEAN tends to be much warmer than the Atlantic ocean

[@punkrockmetalqueen92]

There are a lot of other delicious new mexican restaurants to choose from in Albuquerque and santa fe

[@57jauar]

Things changed with twins ownership, yet the beauty is still there. No lunch buffet, slow service. Last visit, 10 people, we ate in 3 separate serving time's, REDICULOUS, causing us to spend way to much time for dinner & didn't make it to our next plan due to kitchen delays and mix-up. 😢

[@Shxdee_star]

That "enchilada" looks like a few tostadas stacked on top of each other.

[@NatitleAlexander]

bring six biggest mexico restaurants and bakery shops to My country of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@LanaAbiyan-dd5qv]

Claiming theyre the chili capital of the world is pure joke…some indians / pakistani could eat their food without a single sweat😂😂😂

[@briansullivan3597]

I haven't had pork green chili since I lived in Colorado. It's nowhere in new York. Even chorizo is hard to find. I missed southwest food

[@mikesmith7259]

Agree with other commenters: Good atmosphere, food is average at best.

[@MJoe-yq1te]

I've lived here a couple years but known albuquerque for 20 yrs from a nearby town and you can find better tasting and faster service at their endless line of food trucks throughout the city. Last time we went to the restaurant, food was good but not exceptional and took 3 hours from parking to when you leave. Unless you love looks of aesthetics then do you. It's expensive compared to traditional restaurants in the city.

[@jicalzad]

for any non-locals out there, this place is one of the most beautiful restaurants in town; however, the majority of locals agree that the food is not good. I'm sure the comments below will prove my point. Go for an early or late cocktail & soak in the views, maybe some chips n salsa at most, but go elsewhere for your main course.

[@JonVanOast]

"does mexican cuisine..." closes window

[@INeedMay0]

Green chile, not green chiles. Red chile, not red chiles.

[@beefsupreme6488]

Yeah it's not Mexican food either lol

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@beefsupreme6488 It’s New Mexican

[@r.g.1266]

What's the problem with pluralizing chile?

[@hoze11959]

A l----a

[@hoze11959]

Dammit Bobby

[@Mr_Sam_KHS]

Without Mexican ingredient's, techniques, and flavors, NM Mexican food would not exist. FACTS

[@caseylopez7152]

What exactly is your point here? New Mexico was a Spanish colony in the 1600s. That's like saying "without Chinese techniques and flavors hong Kong food WOULD NOT EXIST"

[@memere1208]

Sounds like El Pinto "ain't" that great. I'm AA but I know good Mexican food And... I make "killer" tacos, chicken enchiladas and Spanish rice, ya heard me! 💯💯❤️❤️❤️

[@skizztrizz4453]

Jim & John Harbaugh🤔😂🤣

[@shriranglalit3660]

Must be too mild chillies 🌶️

[@randysiler7458]

👍👍

[@nibornnyw3185]

I just don't even try to get nm food anymore. I do get a burrito from golden pride once in a while. They act so surly, I sometimes get scared to eat it. I just cook at home.

[@NM-pl1iv]

Nothing wrong with El Pinto, only good New Mexican food in Albuquerque is home cooked food. All the mom and pop places have pretty much closed and we have chain restaurants here mostly. Go to Santa Fe if you want decent NM food, try El Parasol. Personal I like their location in Espanola best.

[@Jeaux_Bleaux]

Everyone in albuquerque knows el pinto sucks. We just take tourists there for the ambiance... the patio... that's it. They have good packaged chile though! The food sucks and it's waaaaay overpriced! Go to padillas or Garcias! Better food, no pretentiousness! They did an article talking about their favorite restaurants in tow. Everyone said other's... they said THEY'RE the best! Self absorbed a holes! If you want $20 nachos...this is your place!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

So you had a bad meal. It happens anywhere. And it sounds like your cheap. $20.00 is normal anywhere.

[@cshubs]

I have to agree. We went there after moving to NM. We were thoroughly disappointed. The service was bad (a table of 20 was getting all the attention). The food wasn't very good either. There's some evidence of this. As we paid our bill, the waitress gave us a free bottle of their branded salsa (as an apology). That salsa wasn't very good either. Maybe I'll give them a 2nd chance, but there are too many other places to try for that to be on the table soon.

[@maraudentium2607]

@@samueljaramillo4221 "Everyone in albuquerque knows el pinto sucks." Its not just one bad meal. "$20.00 is normal anywhere." It's $22.50 for a half order of nachos with meat at El Pinto (full is $28.50)...other restaurants' nachos are $15 or less.

[@soulknife20]

​@@samueljaramillo4221Not in New Mexico. I can get a full meal of enchiladas and a steak at Garcia's for 20 bucks. And it's amazing

[@MrStaybrown]

There's better places. This place is a tourist trap.

[@river777runner-c1q]

From someone who lives in Albuquerque: El Pinto is tourist trash. Five places that are much better and more authentic: Sadie's, Garcia's Kitchen, Duran Central Pharmacy, El Patio, Cocina Azul.

[@USVAGuy]

Did they say 3000 tickets coming in the line!? More like 30 a night. El Pinto nowadays is a shell of its former self

[@cgraham6]

Well, the title of the show isn't "Good kitchens", it's "Big kitchens".

[@DHaaawk]

Nope, here in Albuquerque we have better places. Cervantes, Durans, Tomasitas, Los Cuatos, Sadie’s, El Modelo etc….. El Pinto does have nice atmosphere.

[@nibornnyw3185]

Tourist joint.

[@dpm588]

is this Sonny Side's voice over

[@anthonymarocco955]

Jesse Blaze Snider I Think ? Sounds Like Sonny I Agee

[@kriti8906]

THEY GO THROUGH TEN TRILLION ZILLION OXYGEN MOLECULES A WEEK!! enough to feed seven football fields!!

[@Freedum_Fries]

I live a Block away. the food is GROSS, Sorry... The owners are very nice though.

[@Cstjo72727]

Yep I'm not paying 35$ for enchiladas..and it tastes like basic nm food...505 has way better for a 3rd of the cost

[@cgraham6]

@@Cstjo72727 I was wondering if the place is still as busy as we see in the video given how expensive restaurants have gotten. A lot of people aren't eating even fast food anymore due to the price. Even here in Ohio you're not going to pay $35 for a plate of enchiladas.

[@PolyWilliams-o7l]

The food is crap ? Thanks for the tip I'm changing my mind

[@SirKellyGilmore707]

That’s what I thought!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@yapopupsoulfood]

seem like micro managers

[@heatherfeather654]

I love how all the people they ask about the food are white people, lol. Because this is white people mexican food. Its not bad food! Its just not the best. Now is it beautiful? Yes!? I love going because of the atmosphere and they really do have something special with the fried green chili strips in the appetizer menu.

[@nilesabel7279]

Probably nothing compared to Andeles in Las Cruces

[@ny65000]

Definitely not even top 10 here in New Mexico. It's a tourist restaurant 😂

[@DanielSmith-lv5ed]

They have laser temperature detectors!!2024 anyways, no 2022 for sure

[@dr4u948]

As a life long resident of Albuquerque, this place is over rated and over priced! not what this show makes it out to! try all the other options!

[@robertbowman4675]

Owners comments are painful to listen Focus on the food

[@cupcakegaming2020]

Hahahaha no mamessss 🤣🤣🤣

[@ctmirabal]

El Pinto is perhaps the worst, most overrated restaurant in ABQ...and I live here

[@sklages_82]

Totally agree this is bull shit of over priced food thats not that good very weak flavor

[@mariasiburt1755]

IS MEXICAN FOOD!.!.....NOW DAYS EVERYBODY COOKS MEXICAN FOOD!

[@MrDavetheplumber]

El pinto is a top restaurant???? Welcome to the world of commercialized bullshit 😂

[@ezshep5242]

I go to Taco Bell more than el pinto. Pass.

[@cupcakegaming2020]

This is definitely not Mexican Food!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡 🤡🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@nextisback1977]

Not mt top pick

[@phnxbyrdphnxbyrd6403]

I ate there. Other than the ambiance, the food was awful, and the service sucked.

[@DASISTMONGO]

Sounds like alot of diarrhea

[@NMZIA]

🤦🏻‍♂️ 😂.

[@ebola009]

Omg El pinto sucks your paying for the aesthetics food is sub par

[@richardyoung871]

In this part of the video I remember years ago when I worked at a Irish restaurant and one of the cook's Jesse,told me that he can't eat chilies anymore because it burns his stomach so he stopped completely and if he does it very mild chilies, not Jalepanos,or the other hot Mexican types, so I introduced him to Indian, and Thai/Vietnamese style Chili sauses which he really liked,because it wasn't really hot but very good flavor, as I can't eat spicy food but I like mild, excellent flavor at moderate prices.And I don't like Tabasco, because they put to much vinegar and to me it's not worth the price, plain junk.But Spanish people like mild spicy food and black people love there hot sauce on their fried anything, especially fried chicken but eating to much fried food is not very healthy either.

[@RorchaksRevenge]

Did you graduate high school?

[@GuruNarada]

El Pinto is below average. A bit racism added to the food in this restaurants!

[@Debbieshalomdove]

First of all this food is Not Mexican food. Mexico doesn't have this kind of food

[@neomage2021]

El Pinto is terrible. Everyone in Albuquerque knows it

[@calk515]

Really bad food, nice place only.

[@joseag127]

This is a joke el pinto is probably the worst in abq

[@salcedomark]

Albuquerque literally has the worst food in the nation. Chili smothered bland doodoo

[@dAm5eL]

You must not be from here

[@ABVivaCristoRey]

El pinto sucks and way over priced! Best restaurant in Albuquerque is Mac's La Sierra!! Hands down. I've been going there my entire life.

[@richardyoung871]

I briefly went through New Mexico years ago driving from Fort Gordon to California and what I know about New Mexico, they are not known for food, and given the fact that New Mexico is so close to Mexico, I can't see how these people would go to a Tex-Mex restaurant when they can make there own Chili,and I make my own Chili,and if you add beans it's called CHILI CON CARNE,but there's a lot of Mexican people here,making Mexican food, and I will buy it on the street, versus going to a Mexican restaurant, same thing, different price, so I buy it, find somewhere to eat,and eat,and enjoy the weather but by in large Mexican food is cheap and very good, as many Mexican people speak English, very good as they are fluent in English as well as Spanish and I have learned how to make Mexican food as they have given me the recipe but they like American food, because it's very different to them, as they can't find it in Mexico, and I don't mean CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, OR ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON DC,NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BOSTON, RHODE ISLAND etc,and what I don't understand is why they go to Spanish restaurants, when they can make it at home but I don't bother asking, as I would look stupid, so I hold my peace and keep my comments to myself and just observe them.

[@RorchaksRevenge]

It must have taken your last brain cell 3 weeks to write this.

[@brianrobinson9618]

Chile con Carne is Chile with meat! Beans are Frijoles.

[@brianrobinson9618]

New Mexican food is not Mexican food or Tex Mex. It is New Mexican cuisine.

[@jon_darez7006]

I stroked out reading that.

[@levimartinez6654]

@@RorchaksRevenge I agree! Hey @richardyoung871, learn to take a breath in your writing with periods, dude. This is one long run-on sentence with too many commas. I dare anyone to read your rant in one breath! You should have kept this comment to yourself. It doesn't make sense with all your grammatical and factual errors.

[@thejarhead0313]

El pinto???!! Lmao!! This place sucks

[@latinovic505]

If you guys hand pick it, why don't you guys de-seed the chilli? Idk about new maxican food it's okay most of it is cheap quality. Just pour Chilli on it wtf haha🤣

[@FlySky-rb8wb]

The seeds are not taken out because most of them disintegrate in the blender or are strained out. Removing the seeds would affect the flavor and heat of the chile.

[@latinovic505]

@FlySky-rb8wb gross🤢🤮 my mother always used to take the seeds out. They dint take them out cause it takes more time I've noticed a lot of new maxican food has no teast so they just dump a bunch of hot chilli to try and give it flavor so hot u don't know what the fuk u eating u just know it's hot haha

[@FlySky-rb8wb]

@@latinovic505 I don't know where you've been eating, but "no taste" does not accurately describe the New Mexican food I've had. The tamales, enchiladas, posole, and frito pies are the best!

[@latinovic505]

@FlySky-rb8wb I don't knew were you've been eating!?

[@latinovic505]

@FlySky-rb8wb please don't tell me you like that cheesy new mexican music to and u speak span/glish 😆

[@amaliacoria3063]

😂😂😂😂, ofcourse, who makes these restaurants famous? lmao. Garbage.

[@johannalopez2999]

New Mexican food is a cheap version of Mexican food the green chile is ok they make a big deal of it.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

It’s so good they serve it in Australia. It’s not your thing. Don’t criticize.

[@brianrobinson9618]

@@johannalopez2999 it's so not a big deal that it is shipped all over the country.

[@SiaoFam2010]

It is not a cheap version of Mexican food! It’s a variation of Mestizo! It’s a mixture of Mexican and Native American food!

[@beefsupreme6488]

Bet you wouldn't say that shit here

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@brianrobinson9618 It’s shipped all over the world.

[@pvoshefski]

El Pinto is a joke of a restaurant. There are much better options in Albuquerque.

[@JohnDoe-me3ew]

Not a fan of your use of manufactured drama. It’s too obvious, bro.