El Modelo Mexican Foods
Best New Mexican Takeout in Albuquerque · NM
Tamales from the same corner since 1929
El Modelo Mexican Foods has been making New Mexican staples by hand since 1929, and generations later it's still a takeout counter at heart. You pull a ticket, wait for your number, and carry off huge tamales, chile-smothered enchiladas, and stuffed sopaipillas to a picnic table or your car.
Everything is made fresh daily from locally bought ingredients, and the tamales in particular have made El Modelo an Albuquerque institution — the kind of place families order from by the dozen for holidays and Balloon Fiesta mornings.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best New Mexican Takeout in Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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