Restaurant Walk III- Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery, Zacatlan Restaurant, Gruet Tasting Room and Sazon

Walking Restaurant Tour

Duration

3 Hours

About

Restaurants are subject to change due to booking conflicts. We will communicate any changes as soon as possible.

Capital Coal Neighborhood Eatery is a new food hall concept in downtown Santa Fe imagined by Dakota Weiss and Rich Becker. Weiss and Becker describe their venture as a mini-food hall.

It’s not the standard food hall setup with a bunch of individual stands. All the food will be prepared in the same restaurant kitchen and all the dining concepts are the brainchildren of Weiss and Becker. It includes Frenchie’s Dips & Tots and Richie B’s Hot Fried Chicken. Weiss is shepherding Kimchi’s Korean BBQ, Sweet Jars Cakes and Custards, Santa Fe Salad Co., Dakota’s Pop Parlor and the Champagne & Charcuterie Bar.

Weiss has had executive chef stints on both coasts and a Top Chef appearance on Bravo. She pioneered the Hawaiian poke concept in Los Angeles as chef and co-owner of Sweetfin, which started as one outlet in Santa Monica, Calif., and grew to 15 locations, before the couple came to Santa Fe.

The name Zacatlan surged from the origins of chef/owner, Eduardo Rodriguez. He was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, which is defines as “the habitants of the land where grass grows”. Zacatlan is the nahuatl translation for “land with an abundance of grass”, and that is where the idea of Zacatlan Restaurant began. Zacatlan desires to continue to preserve the traditions for upcoming generations, while bringing forth new flavors. These new flavors incorporate Southwestern and Mexican influences. Eduardo was nominated as James Beard Best Chef of the Southwest in 2024. Come see what all the buzz is about!

Gruet Tasting Room is where we will dive into discovering some of New Mexico’s finest wine. Founded in 1984, Gruet Winery specializes in Méthode Champenoise sparkling wines. Family owned and run, the New Mexico-based winery produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay-based sparkling wines and a small collection of still wines, with roots originating from Gilbert Gruet’s Champagne house in Bethon, France. More than 25 vintages later, Gruet Winery has achieved unprecedented acclaim and remains a favorite of the nation’s top sommeliers. New Mexico is where it all started for Gruet’s American venture. Bone-dry sandy soils, very high elevations, a dramatic day-to-night temperature swing for great acidity and a history of monastic winemaking dating back more than 400 years make this a special region.

Sazon Originally from Mexico City, Chef Fernando Olea has been enthralling diners in Santa Fe since 1991 with his unique interpretation of contemporary and traditional Mexican dishes. Chef Olea creates sophisticated flavors using Old Mexico’s indigenous and culinary traditions alongside ingredients from around the world. His menu is deliberately small, featuring fresh and locally sourced produce and meats when possible. Nothing evokes the mystery of Mexican cuisine more than mole, a regional dish from the heart of the country. Mole is a sauce of complex flavors that usually includes toasted and ground spices, seeds, nuts, chocolate and chile. Many mole recipes contain more than thirty ingredients and some recipes have five varieties of chile alone. Sazon provides a very interactive dining experience featuring these moles. Sazon has received many awards since it opened including Best Chef of the Southwest for Chef Olea in 2022!

Because our wonderful Santa Fe Chefs LOVE to feed you, please reconsider dinner reservations following one of our Restaurant Walking Tours! Tours run Friday afternoon, 2PM to 5PM and begin at The Santa Fe School of Cooking.