The highlight of Downtown Sante Fe is the Plaza! The Plaza and surrounding area is home to restaurants, shops, galleries and historic NM locations. In particular, we encourage you to check out: the Palace of the Governers (where you can buy authentic Native American art and jewelry sold by the artisans themselves), San Miguel Church (the oldest church in the United States), the Loretto Chapel (home to the miraculous staircase) and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. The Plaza is the perfect place to meet up with friends, have lunch, grab a drink or shop for bolo ties, turqoise rings and cowboy hats/boots.
The Santa Fe Railyard is home to restaurants, bars, shops and top-notch railfanning. The New Mexico Rail Runner makes its terminal stop here at the Sante Fe Rail Depot and if you're lucky you'll see George R. R. Martin's Sky Railway train crew building or breaking down consists for their entertainment and adventure train rides. You can't miss these trains, which are painted in other-worldly paint schemes. This is one of Ben's favorite places in Santa Fe.
One of our favorite restaurants, in the Santa Fe Railyard! The margaritas are extremely dangerous, beware :)
Hannah's literal favorite restaurant. Get the stuffed sopapilla with Christmas chili!
Solid breakfast spot. They claim to have coined the term "Christmas" chili, which refers to both red and green chilis, but we aren't buying it - food excellent notwithstanding.
Ben & Hannah's favorite bar. Late night they have live bands upstairs and pool tables downstairs. Directly across the street from the reception venue.
Below street level - feels like you're in a Bushwick dive bar. Right across the street from Evangelo's.
A sports bar. Not Ben's kind of bar. But including here for completeness.
This is the only place not within walking distance of the Hilton/ Downtown Santa Fe. We will sort out transportation together if there's a critical mass of folks who want to arrive early in Santa Fe (Wednesday or Thursday) and want to go! Hannah and Ben will join if we do this! There's really no way to describe this place that'll do it justice. The best we can come up with is to say that it feels like a blissed-out extra-terrestrial psychedelic hallucination. For those from NYC, think Sleep No More without the masks and live actors.