There’s always something new going on in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. This season, Santa Fe welcomes a new
hospitality partner with a focus on integrative wellness, new major cultural
programs, new additions to established favorites, and a slew of new restaurants
and nightspots in a city that never stops innovating across all the categories
that travelers desire. Here’s a sample:
NEW RESORT
Sunrise Springs Integrative Wellness Resort opened in late
August 2015 with the mission of providing guests with a transformative wellness
experience. The resort is located on 70 acres of towering cottonwoods and
spring-fed ponds and offers an “integrative spa” and therapeutically-designed
programming which allows guests the opportunity to pause, decompress and nourish
both the body and the mind. Guests have access to a highly-credentialed team of
wellness providers from medical doctors and licensed counselors to experiential
instructors and massage therapists. Daily experiential and nature-based
activities include mindfulness, meditation, yoga and fitness, Native American
teachings and expressive arts. The dining experience incorporates locally
sourced ingredients grown using organic and sustainable practices. www.sunrisesprings.com.
RESTAURANT & BAR NEWS
New Restaurant: Infierno
This Italy-meets-the-southwest establishment is billed as
“Santa Fe’s premier wine bar and lunch-until-late-night gourmet dining
destination” and has the long, dark, sleek bar and speakeasy feel to back it
up. Diners select from antipasti including calamartichokes—calamari with
artichoke hearts and three dipping sauces—and gourmet pasta, salads, and pizza
with the benefit of an internationally-focused wine list and unique beer
selection. Finish with house-made tiramisu, panna cotta, flan, and other
desserts. www.infiernosanta.weebly.com.
New Downtown Club: The High Note
The High Note aims to fill a sophisticated niche in Santa
Fe, targeting the mature traveler seeking an upscale evening out. The High Note
opened in late summer and offers an intimate “listening room” and a stage for
nightly live entertainment and the occasional drop in from a headliner at one
of Santa Fe’s premier performance venues. The club features 60 seats and a full
bar. www.facebook.com/thehighnotesantafe.
Opening: Sazón
Acclaimed Santa Fe Chef Fernando Olea’s new eatery is
scheduled to open in early September. Chef Olea has been enthralling diners in
Santa Fe since 1991 with his innovative interpretations of contemporary and
traditional Mexican dishes. The menu at Sazón will feature traditional New
Mexican cuisine with fresh, locally-sourced meats and produce. www.sazonsantafe.com.
In September the Santa Fe Sage Inn & Suites will open
Derailed, a new bar and restaurant from chefs John Bobrick and Jessica Butler.
The restaurant will feature an eclectic menu with cuisine ranging from American
comfort food to stylish fusion dishes. Derailed will also offer craft beers,
wine, locally-distilled spirits and specialty cocktails. Derailed is adjacent
to the celebrated Santa Fe Railyard and Arts District. The interior space will
provide a warm and appealing industrial railyard motif with a fireplace,
outdoor portal and patio with personal fire pits and stone water features. www.santafesageinn.com.
Santa Fe’s award-winning Luminaria Restaurant at Inn and Spa
at Loretto has launched a “Chef’s Table,” featuring eight globally-inspired
menu options designed by renowned Executive Chef Marc Quiñones. The experience
will be offered to groups of six to eight people at a private table near a
roaring kiva fireplace on the Luminaria patio. Following the meal, guests will
be treated to a surprise bonus course and a culinary gift to take home. Pricing
for the Chef’s Table is $79 per person excluding wine pairings and $99
including wine pairings. For more information, visit www.innatloretto.com.
Red Sage, the fine dining new American Steakhouse at Hilton
Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder, recently unveiled a new menu including colorful, New
Mexican-inspired small plates, seasonal dishes and traditional cuisine with a
modern twist. New Chef de Cuisine Edgar Morales joined Red Sage in spring 2015
after spending nearly 20 years building his culinary career in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Morales takes a modern approach to traditional cuisine with new
signature menu items that include Chicken Chop, Summer Risotto, and Durham
Ranch Bison. www.buffalothunderresort.com.
Terra Restaurant has launched a weekly event, “Artful
Pairings: Wine, Bites, Art.” The resort has combined two past popular
events—Wine & Bites and Artist Reception—to create this engaging event. The
night features a live artist demonstration, gourmet bites and wine pairings.
The event is free and open to the public every Friday at 5:30 p.m. www.fourseasons.com/santafe.
THE ARTS
New Citywide Arts Celebration: Fall Of Modernism
Fall Of Modernism launches in September 2015
and runs until February 2016—a citywide Santa Fe collaboration anchored by the
New Mexico Museum of Art and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum that celebrates the
Modernist art movement in America. Ten leading galleries are also participating
and eight premier Santa Fe hotels are creating packages for travelers. www.fallofmodernism.org.
New Exhibit: Flamenco—From Spain To New Mexico
The
Museum of International Folk Art will present Flamenco: From
Spain to New Mexico, the most comprehensive exhibition to celebrate and
study this living tradition as art form. The exhibition opens November 22, 2015
and runs through September 11, 2016. More than 150 objects will be featured
that trace flamenco's journey from fifteenth and sixteenth century Spain to
twentieth century Europe's most cultured cities, including costumes both
historic and contemporary, musical instruments, costume and set design
sketches, playbills, sheet music, posters, and more. www.internationalfolkart.org.
Facility Enhancement: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts opened a new wing
showcasing a permanent collection on August 21. The new Kieve Family Gallery
renovation features a 1,670 square foot gallery on the second floor, which
increases the exhibition and public space of the museum by nearly one-third.
The exhibition Visions and Visionaries curated by MoCNA Chief Curator
Candice Hopkins, inaugurates the Kieve Family Gallery. www.iaia.edu.
New Exhibit: New
Mexico Museum of Art – Georgia O’Keeffe in Process
This exhibit is part of the Fall of Modernism cultural
collaboration with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe In Process
opens September 10 and will run through January 17, 2016. The show spans the
artist’s career from her student portraits of her family members created in
1905 to her paintings in the late teens and early 1920’s. The museum will open
an additional Fall of Modernism collaboration on October 2, An
American Modernism, which will include work drawn primarily from the
museum’s own collection of Modernist art. www.nmartmuseum.org.
New Exhibit: Georgia
O’Keeffe Museum – From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of
American Modernism
The exhibition at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will open on
September 25 and feature over 60 works from the Vilcek Collection, known as one
of the finest collections of American modernists from the 1910s to the Post-war
era. The exhibition will run through January 10, 2016. www.okeeffemuseum.org.
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