The Cafeteria-Style Restaurant With Some Of The Best Home-Cooked Food In New Mexico
By Melissa Mahoney|Published March 29, 2023
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I'm an east coast girl living in a west coast world. I grew up in New England before moving to SoCal for several years. I then lived in NYC or a year before moving to AZ in 2009. I worked in the entertainment industry for many years of my adult life and have a deep love for photography, writing, and traveling around the U.S. as well as to far-flung locations around the world. Travel is my life and writing about it is a dream!
Think back to your childhood and your school’s cafeteria. You would grab a tray and the lunch workers would scoop out what was on the menu that day. To be honest, cafeteria food from childhood wasn’t all that great, was it? Now, let’s take a look at a cafeteria-style restaurant in New Mexico that serves up home-cooked French cuisine. Sounds better, doesn’t it? Well, that’s because it is! La Madeleine in Albuquerque is a French bakery and cafe that uses fresh ingredients in its cuisine that’s served cafeteria style.
You can find La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe on Louisiana Blvd. in Albuquerque. Come here for a variety of baked goods, soups, salads, sandwiches, crepes, and entrees, all served cafeteria-style!
This is a comfortable, and casual place that's open daily from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., so feel free to visit for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You can sit indoors, perhaps by the fireplace, or take your meal outdoors when the weather is nice.
Breakfast is served all day, so if you want some potato galette or the country French breakfast in the afternoon, feel free. Otherwise, you can choose from a wide array of sandwiches, perhaps a croque monsieur.
La Madeleine is certainly not your ordinary cafeteria-style restaurant. You'll get to enjoy tasty, high-quality food here that will make you forget all about the cafeteria experiences from your childhood.
Have you been to La Madeleine before? Is it one of the best restaurants in Albuquerque? Do you know of another cafeteria-style restaurant in New Mexico? If you do, please tell us about it in the comments. To learn more about La Madeleine including the cafe’s menu and location, head to the official La Madeleine website and give the La Madeleine Facebook page a follow for updates.
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