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New Mexico Dive Bar Guide

There’s just something magical about a bit of desert and a dimly-lit dive

Potent Green Chiles, Equally Potent Dive Bars

Sacreligious to some, this particular dive bar review site posits that the best Mexican food in the country can be found in Colorado and New Mexico, two states with a firm grasp on the absolute majesty of the green chile. Thankfully, New Mexico shares an equally tight bond with dive bars, the sheer expansiveness of the state a unique backdrop that has created equally unique dive bar destinations statewide.

Silva’s Saloon is one of the oldest bars in the state and a perfect example of the best dive bars New Mexico has to offer. Located in Bernalilo, Silva’s benefits from a location about halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the ideal stop off to take in the sheer density of the bar’s liquor-filled shelving. 

Santa Fe is home to both striking downtown architecture and a strong set of dive bars, the classic recommendation among them The Matador. Covered in bold colors and well-worn currency, El Matador is exactly the kind of dive you’d expect to find in New Mexico and that is high praise. On the other end of the state, El Patio Bar in Mesilla strikes a similar visual chord but does so with significantly less population density, making it more an outpost than an urban hotbed.

There are no doubt countless other dive bars to catalog and we are well on our way to doing so. In the meantime, our recommendations on the best dive bars in New Mexico can be found below.

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Recommended New Mexico Dive Bars

We have not had the great pleasure of getting to every possible dive bar (life goals), so inevitably there are great bars that we simply haven't been able to get to yet. The list below includes noteworthy dive bars that by all accounts look amazing but do not have a review associated with them just yet.

Silva's Saloon

Bernalillo, New Mexico

955 S Camino Del Pueblo, Bernalillo, NM 87004

(505) 867-9976

The Matador

Santa Fe, New Mexico

116 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501

(505) 501-9799

El Patio Bar

Mesilla, New Mexico

2171 Calle De Parian, Mesilla, NM 88046

(575) 526-9943

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