New Mexico Magazine

The Mexican Magician

SAVORING THE FANTASTIC FUSION OF Mexican and Southwestern cuisines in the intimate dining room of Zacatlán Restaurant is like enjoying a delightful dinner in the welcoming adobe of a friend who happens to be an exquisite chef.

“I want my guests to feel like they’re at home,” says Eduardo Rodriguez, the gregarious chef and owner of Zacatlán, which opened in July 2020 in a sweet house tucked away on Aztec Street, in the Santa Fe Railyard District. “I love to make this food. I love to make people happy. I have to cook with my soul and my heart and my passion, and I hope people like it.”

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