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Frontier Restaurant

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2400 Central Ave SE Albuquerque NM 87106
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(505) 266-0550
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New Mexican

For the last 20 years Frontier has slowly acquired the better part of the block facing Central Avenue across from the UNM campus. You will see study groups, people having coffee and lunch or the famous Frontier Cinnamon Roll, which is a huge, fresh sweet roll swimming in butter. The atmosphere is western and simple, with booths and tables. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served at no particular...

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Frontier Restaurant Restaurant Review

Every college town has one --- a cheerfully shabby diner near campus that generations of students have called home. In Albuquerque, that diner is the Frontier. Nob Hill’s yellow-roofed landmark has been plying young Lobos --- and most other locals --- with its famous green chile, homemade tortillas and buttery sweet rolls since 1971. The walls are cluttered with Southwestern art (including...

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All day, every day hordes of students gather to munch cheap breakfast burritos and sweet buns at this UNM mainstay.

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Tale Of Two Onion RIngs

Average Rating
60

The Frontier is what it is. Food is relatively inexpensive and focused on local breakfast / lunch varieties that are offered at dinner time as well. The theme is New Mexico food and other standard offerings. The menu is very fixed so don’t come with expectations of many variables for your meals. There are some lacto, lacto-ovo menu items, but...

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80

The menu is mostly breakfasts, sandwiches, salads, and many Mexican plates--NM style. The stand-out items are the Mexican plates which can be ordered with excellent red or green chile (or both: "Xmas"). They can be further enhanced by dousing with hot salsa from steaming pots. This is a huge campus eatery which takes up four or five rooms, so part...

Albuquerque Staple

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100

I'm 39 right now so I've been eating here for about 30 years. Even before I lived in Albuquerque my grandparents would always take me here. I continue that tradition wit my own family. Quick, inexpensive, and very very very Albuquerque.

An Albuquerque Treasure

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100

I first ate at the Frontier when I was a college student at UNM over
35 years ago. I am so happy it has lasted all these years!!! I go
there to eat every time I visit Albuquerque. They have the most
wonderful low-cost food and chile that is the best anywhere. My favorites are posole and huevos rancheros both...

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This is the best mexican food i have ever. Breakfast burito is really good and I cannot stop eating everyday

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Frontier Restaurant can be found at Central Ave Se 2400. The following is offered: Restaurants: Mexican. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Albuquerque there are 82 other Restaurants: Mexican. An overview can be found here.

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New Mexican

Breakfast: The Frontier Restaurant, in the main hub of activity on the University of New Mexico's campus corner, is an Albuquerque landmark, in business over 40 years. Because of its wide range of hours (5 am to 1 am), it is possible to have breakfast any time of day or night.
If you have a sweet tooth, the cinnamon rolls are famous here for being extra huge, extra gooey and extra cheap.
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The Frontier Restaurant has happily served the Albuquerque area and the University of New Mexico community since 1971.The Frontier Restaurant continues to be a safe and clean environment for college students to spend hours studying or just relaxing with great Frontier food after long study sessions.

Located across from the University of New Mexico, serving great breakfasts, burritos, burgers, roasted green chile, homemade flour tortillas, fresh squeezed orange juice, and the famous Frontier Sweet Roll.

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