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open in summer Sunday to Thursday 11am to 11pm and Friday to Saturday 11am to
1am. In winter, the bar is open from Sunday to Thursday noon to 10pm and Friday to
Saturday noon to 1am. Next door is the
Madrid Engine House Theater
(
&
505/438-
3780
), offering melodrama during the summer. Its back doors open out so a steam
locomotive can take center stage. The place to eat is
Mama Lisa's Café
, 2859 NM 14
(
&
505/471-5769
). You'll find salads, sandwiches, and New Mexican specialties, all
prepared with fresh ingredients. During the summer, it's open Wednesday to Monday
from 11am to 4:30pm. In winter, it's open intermittently, so call ahead.
CERRILLOS AND GALISTEO
Cerrillos, about 3 miles north of Madrid, is a village of
dirt roads that sprawls along Galisteo Creek. It appears to have changed very little since
it was founded during a lead strike in 1879; the old hotel, the saloon, and even the
sheriff 's office look very much like parts of an Old West movie set. You may want to stop
in at
Casa Grande Trading Post,
17 Waldo St. (
&
505/438-3008
), a shop that was
featured on PBS's
Antiques Roadshow.
You'll find lots of jewelry and rocks, as well as the
Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum,
full of artifacts from this region's mining era.
A good horseback-riding outfitter in this beautiful area is
Broken Saddle Riding
Company.
A 1
1
/
4
-hour ride is $55 a person, a 2-hour ride is $75, and a 3-hour ride is
$95; riders are grouped according to skill level. For more information, call
&
505/424-
7774
and listen to the recorded message, or go to www.brokensaddle.com.
If you're getting hungry on the way back to Santa Fe, stop by the
San Marcos
Café
, 3877 NM 14, near Lone Butte (
&
505/471-9298
). Set next to a feed store, in
a curvaceous old adobe with wood-plank floors and lots of Southwest ambience, this cafe
serves creative fare such as cinnamon rolls and their special eggs San Marcos—tortillas
stuffed with scrambled eggs and topped with guacamole, pinto beans, jack cheese, and
red chile. Open daily 8am to 2pm (cafe stops serving at 1:50pm).
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