Las Cruces / Mesilla Restaurants

The Las Cruces and Mesilla area offers a taste of quesadillas and tacos similar to what you'd find on a street corner in Mexico. Mexican hot dogs, combining bacon with onion and a host of other flavors, also dominate many menus. These towns ofprovidefer the perfect place to enjoy both casual and formal dining as cantinas are popular but so are sit-down steakhouses. New Mexico's history as a cowboy state means that meat often makes the meal. In Mesilla, some restaurants even have beef aging rooms to ensure that you're getting the best possible flavors. After a big meal, biscochitos, Spanish for cookies, are a welcome finish, especially when they're topped with powdered sugar.