Frontier Restaurant
Best Sweet Roll in Albuquerque · NM
Sweet rolls across from the university
The Frontier Restaurant has faced the University of New Mexico across Central Avenue since 1971, a sprawling, Western-themed dining hall open early and late. Its cinnamon sweet roll — enormous, glazed, and griddled in butter — is the stuff of local legend, and the fresh-squeezed orange juice, green-chile cheeseburgers, and hand-rolled tortillas keep the lines moving.
Part diner, part community crossroads, the Frontier feeds students, professors, and road-trippers from morning to midnight, its walls hung with a famous collection of John Wayne portraits.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Sweet Roll 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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