Things To Do

The Shop A Christmas Store

This is Erin's MUST STOP shop in Santa Fe!

Nambé Off The Historic Plaza

Palace of the Governors

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Museum of International Folk Art

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Nedra Matteucci Galleries

Meow Wolf Santa Fe

Unique & immersive art installations with multimedia elements & a mysterious narrative throughout. Get tickets early, they usually sell out!

Palacio Café

The breakfast burritos smothered Christmas-style with red and green chile sauces are as soul-satisfying as they are famous.

Iconik Coffee Roasters, Lupe

One of Santa Fe’s most established coffee roasters, Iconic has two other cafes in town, but the Lupe location opens the earliest, at 7 a.m., and is a favorite morning haunt for a leisurely cup and a simple breakfast of yogurt, granola, and mixed-berry-and-mint compote, or the dukkah-spiced avocado toast.

Paloma Restaurant

This upscale Mexican restaurant makes its tortillas from local landrace blue corn that’s nixtamalized in house. The result is a complex flavor that elevates Paloma’s tacos — topped with carne asada, sea bass, or cauliflower — into some of the best in town.

Kakawa Chocolate House

This quiet alternative to a coffeehouse provides a wide selection of hot brews inspired by chocolate traditions from around the world. For those averse to sugar, the small but intense Aztec Warrior elixir — an unsweetened cup of chocolate mixed with chile, flowers, herbs, and nuts — is uniquely satisfying. But if you appreciate a sweet treat, there’s plenty more to drink, as well as a number of truffles, bars, caramels, and even chocolate-dipped chiles sold to go.

Maria's New Mexican Kitchen

Humble, home-cooked New Mexican classics. If you’re looking for red or green chile, be sure to ask which one is spicier that day to suit your taste. Maria’s is perhaps most famous for its menu of more than 150 margaritas and 170 tequilas, which you should definitely explore too.

Second Street Brewery - Rufina Taproom

With three locations around town, Second Street Brewery is a standby among locals for burgers, beers, and live music. The company’s newest outpost is the spacious Rufina Taproom, conveniently located near the popular immersive art space Meow Wolf for pre- or post-visit refreshment.