# Albuquerque Breweries with a Kitchen

A full menu, not just a food truck: smashburgers at Dripline, wood-fired pizza at Turtle Mountain, the Cubano at Boxing Bear.

- **Marble Brewery** (Downtown): The big one north of downtown: a patio with an outdoor stage, a rooftop deck, and a sandwich shop on site. Double White, IPA and Cerveza on draft and in cans. Free shows on the patio stage run through the warm months, and it gets packed at peak hours. Good to know: Westside taproom on Night Whisper Rd; SRB sandwich shop on site.
- **Dripline Brewery** (Wells Park): Smashburgers from a real kitchen, a big yard with space for kids, and pétanque. Taco Tuesdays, house beers, and a non-alcoholic list with root beer, kombucha, Italian sodas and an NA IPA. Hours: Tue–Sun 11:30am–9pm · closed Mon.
- **Rio Bravo Brewing** (Wells Park): One of the biggest beer gardens in town, plus a full kitchen and football on the screens. Beer pong tournaments, Friday giveaways, and a five-course beer dinner in the barrel room the week before Thanksgiving. Host of the city's Oktoberfest. Hours: Sun–Thu 11am–10pm · Fri–Sat 11am–11pm (kitchen closes an hour earlier).
- **JUNO Brewery** (Wells Park): Brewery, café and art space with a very large patio under steel trees. Small-batch beer, a few cocktails, espresso, and Mediterranean food. Live music and events on weekends.
- **Ex Novo Downtown** (Downtown): Brewpub with a full kitchen downstairs and The Bitter Nun, a cocktail bar on the mezzanine. Mass Ascension IPA and a strong lineup of lagers, house-made desserts, and live music some weeknights. Hours: Daily 11:30am–9pm, Thu–Sat till 10 · Bitter Nun Thu–Sat 4pm–midnight, Sun 4–10pm. Good to know: Corrales brewery and beer garden too.
- **Ponderosa Brewing** (Sawmill): Sawmill brewpub with a full kitchen and an Italian Pilsner that's won gold twice. Geeks Who Drink trivia Wednesdays at 7, a fall cocktail list (pumpkin espresso martini), and a lime lager. Walkable from Old Town. Hours: Sun–Wed 11:30am–9pm · Thu–Sat 11:30am–10pm. Good to know: Taproom at the El Vado Motel too.
- **Nexus Brewery** (North I-25): Soul food meets New Mexican: chicken and waffles with red or green. Imperial Cream Ale and Honey Chamomile Wheat are past medal winners. Weekday happy hour 2 to 5 has $3 Órale Mexican Lagers. Hours: Daily 11am–8:30pm. Good to know: BBQ at Nexus Blue Smokehouse on Broadway.
- **Starr Brothers Brewing** (North I-25): Sports-first brewpub with a full kitchen and weekend breakfast. Breakfast Saturday and Sunday 10 to 2, a covered patio, and Monday Night Football with $5 hot dogs. Lampshade Porter won silver at the World Beer Cup. Good to know: Open Monday nights in football season.
- **Boxing Bear Brewing** (North ABQ): Chocolate Milk Stout and Uppercut IPA, brewed at the Firestone taproom off Jefferson. The Bear Kitchen does pizza, the Cubano, and the Albuquerque Turkey. Black & Blue Tart is the sour on the regular list. Hours: Daily 11am–10pm. Good to know: Bridges taproom off Tramway has a big patio.
- **La Reforma** (North ABQ): Mexico City-style tacos with house beer and cocktails made from their own spirits. Tacos, quesadillas, tortas and pozole from owners with roots in CDMX. The closest beer to Balloon Fiesta Park, about five minutes away. Hours: Sun–Thu 11am–9pm · Fri–Sat 11am–10pm.
- **Steel Bender Brewyard** (Los Ranchos): North Valley brewery with a full menu, a patio, and Monday Night Football watch parties. Skull Bucket IPA and Compa Blue Corn Lager on tap, plus cider, wine and mead. Bands play the Murphy Stage on Tuesday nights. Hours: Sun–Thu 11am–9pm · Fri–Sat 11am–9:30pm. Good to know: MNF watch parties with 100.3 The Peak.
- **Hops Brewery** (Los Ranchos): Patios on both sides, and the dogs are regulars. There's a burger on the menu for them. Lobo football on the TVs, a small menu, and local spirits behind the bar. Live music on the patio in summer.
- **Turtle Mountain Brewing** (Rio Rancho): Rio Rancho's brewpub since 1999: wood-fired pizza and calzones, and very full at dinner. Wooden Teeth Lager and Hopshell IPA on tap, with new pizza and sandwich specials every day. A comedy show runs the third Saturday of the month. Hours: Kitchen Mon 3–8:30pm · Tue–Wed 11am–8:30pm · Thu–Sat 11am–9pm · Sun 11am–8:30pm. Good to know: Second location on Enchanted Hills.
- **Kaktus Brewing** (Bernalillo): Small, quirky brewpub in Bernalillo with pizza and music most of the week. Jazz jam on the patio Wednesdays 6 to 9, family-friendly karaoke Thursdays, and blues or Chicano rock Sunday afternoons 2 to 5.
- **Rumor Brewing** (Cedar Crest): Twenty minutes over the mountain: brick-oven pizza and beer gardens with a view, near the hiking trails. Kids and dogs welcome. Non-drinkers get kombucha, NA beer and house sparkling water. Music on Sunday evenings in warm months. Hours: Daily 11am–8pm. Good to know: East Mountains, off NM-14.
- **Unhinged Brewing** (Westside): The far-Westside brewery: New Mexican lagers, hand-tossed pizza, and a full weekly calendar. Bingo Wednesdays with $8 old fashioneds, movie nights Thursdays, bands on weekends, and an open mic the last Monday of the month. Good to know: 21+; Kitchen opens an hour after the taproom.
- **Flix Brewhouse** (Westside): A movie theater that brews its own beer and brings it to your seat. The ABQ location brews on site. A full food menu is served in the theaters during the latest releases.
- **Quarter Celtic Brewpub** (Mid-Heights): Celtic pub food and some of the most decorated lagers in the state. Crimson Lass, the Irish red, took silver at the 2026 World Beer Cup, and you can only get it on draft here. Covered patio outside. Hours: Sat–Thu 11:30am–9pm · Fri 11:30am–10pm. Good to know: Juan Tabo taproom too.
- **Brekki Brekki** (NE Heights): An all-day breakfast restaurant with its own brewery. The house beers and ciders, brewed here as Cantina Craftworks, go with breakfast plates. Big outdoor area out back, covered and open.
- **The 377 Brewery** (Near the Sunport): Named for the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland, with a military theme and a big patio. American-style beers plus Belgian seasonals, a small kitchen, and live music some evenings. Lobo game days get a crowd.