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The Grove Cafe and Market

During my visit to Albuquerque for Hot Air Balloons Fiesta, I had my breakfast, and dinner at the event venue, so I decided to try something new. I searched for most reviewed restaurants in Albuquerque posted on Yelp, and I found this cafe, http://www.thegrovecafemarket.com/. It's located at Albuquerque downtown, 600 Central Ave Se Ste A, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

It's a busy cafe, I arrived at 1.00pm and there are lines to place order or pick up pre-ordered food.

Surprisingly the waiting for food is not that bad, I sat down at 1.16pm and got my coffee at 1.21pm,

and my food Croque Medame at 1.23pm. Croque Medame has Black Forest Ham, Tomato, Whole Grain Mustard, Gruyere Cheese, and Sunny Side Up eggs on Rustic Loaf with fruits on the side. It's awesome, I love it.

I see plenty of seats available for party of 2, you might need to wait for a while if more than 2, however the servers are friendly to help you out. The restaurant has plenty of space and tables are free to move around, so it's kind of flexible to setup for a big group of party.


I like the seat closed to window, it gives me plenty of lights, especially during cloudy day, the amount of lights is just nice and not too hot :) 2 things I don't like about this cafe are the amount of noises from the crowd, and there are some flies around. But if I were to visit Albuquerque again, I will try my best to spend time at this cafe again, :)


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Location: 600 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA

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