Sandra’s Place

Great folks and still one of my favorite little breakfast places. It seems their portion sizes have dropped a bit but honestly they were a bit rediculouse before. You still get plenty of great food served up by wonderful people. Their homemade tortillas are a must and the burritos are too die for. Easily worth the five stars.

After driving across 5 states and eating breakfast daily, I finally found a truly wonderful New Mexico style breakfast at Sandra's. I had a breakfast burrito smothered with half red and half green chili, stuffed with ham, egg, potato, and cheese along with a side of pinto beans. It was exactly what I was looking for. I added a flour tortilla at the end to finish up the beans and leftover sauce and almost broke into tears because the homemade tortillas were like my dad used to make. I drive through Gallup 3 or 4 times a year and will be back every time I'm in town for sure.

Ordered the chicken fried steak breakfast, but didn't want regular gravy on it - asked if I could have it smothered with green chili sauce instead! The chicken fried steak breakfast came with two eggs(any style), hash browns, two pancakes, and coffee - I was stuffed when I exited the restaurant! The green chili smother chicken fried steak was excellent, service was great, I probably had five cups of coffee and never once did I have to ask for it!

Quaint place, with an “Indian cowboy” look. Food is fantastic. The “hole in the wall” aspect is somehow a cover: for instance, they take all major credit cards, including American Express. Still a fantastic, inexpensive place to have breakfast or brunch. I had the special (Huevos Rancheros) and they were great.