About us
How you'll find us
Need a map?
Check out the Culture Map offered by santafe.org. And while you're there, you'll find plenty of other tourist information about the City Different.
Bing also offers an interactive map to help you find your way to our restaurant.
Call us at 988.1362, Tuesday-Sunday, 7AM-2PM. You'll find us at 1203 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe.
Heading up Cerrillos Road past the Indian School, we're on the right just past the Baca Street stop light.
Or from St. Francis, turn downhill at the Alta Vista traffic light, cross the railroad tracks, then turn left into last parking lot before you reach Cerrillos Road.
The South Capitol Railrunner Station is just a block and a half away!
How others found us (some reviews)
Who, who, who would pass up the Tecolote Café? People driving too fast and aggresively down Santa Fe's Cerrillo Road pass the Tecolote Café every day, that's who! Quite a shame. Breakfast at the Tecolote has high praise from visitors and locals alike.
(Kathy Barco and Valerie Nye,Breakfast Santa Fe Style)- Best Breakfast 1995 (Santa Fean magazine
- Reviews/Comments: Best Breakfast 2003 (Crosswinds Weekly [Readers Choice])
- Ultimate Burrito Search – one of 50 favorite burrito joints (Sunset magazine [1996])
- A toast to breakfast (25 things we love about Santa Fe) (Santa Fean magazine January/February 2005)
A slice of peaceful, downhome cookery
(Craig Smith, Pasatiempo August 20, 1999)We'd wager our hometown has more great breakfast spots than just about anywhere in the country. When it comes to Hot cakes, we opt for perky Tecolote, always jammed with locals and tourists alike. The café offers up a true taste of Santa Fe with its distinctive plate-size blue corn-piñon (pine nut) Hot cakes.
(from the article 10 Great places to flip over Hot cakes by American food expert Cheryl Alters Jamison, three-time James Beard Award winner and author of A Real American Breakfast. Featured in USA TODAY on Friday, February 20, 2004.- Featured on TV, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, 2008
Beyond those, you'll find many favorable reviews on the web. These are a few:
- Food critics agree that Tecolote Café is one of the best restaurants in which to enjoy breakfast or brunch. The Santa Fe 5 hr, omelet is bursting with all of the wonderful ingredients that flavor the Southwest.
- The Tecolote Café has made breakfast Santa Fe's favorite meal…To start the day like Santa Feans do, Tecolote is where it's at.
- Best green chile I have ever had. What a flavor. Had it with Huevos Rancheros.
- Tecolote has the best breakfast in Santa Fe. Though everybody raves about the chile, the homemade breads should not be ignored, as they are the basis for several varieties of delicious french toast.
- I have eaten at the Tecolote Cafe for at least 10 years now when I visit Santa Fe. The green chiles are the best and my favorite dish is the Huevos Rancheros with lots of green chiles and cheese. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.