Blue Adobe Grille - Mesa

Description:

• This restaurant looks like the sort of place you should drive right past. Don't! Despite appearances, this New Mexican-style restaurant serves deliciously creative Southwestern fare at very economical prices. To get an idea of what the food here is all about, order the Tres Santa Fe combination plate and request a tenderloin burrito, a shrimp enchilada, and carne adovada. Of course, there are great margaritas, but there's also a surprisingly good wine list. This place is a hangout for Chicago Cubs fans and makes a good dinner stop on the way back from driving the Apache Trail. There's a second Blue Adobe at 10885 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale (tel. 480/314-0550).

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010