Among the memorabilia at Cecilia’s Restaurant on 6th and Silver is a rusty New Mexico license plate from 1957.  Apparently the plates in those days had green numbers against a white field, and since the year is embossed in the plate, the DMV must have issued new plates every year in the 50’s.

If you are downtown looking for good New Mexican food, I recommend Cecilia’s. The food is spicy and as close to homemade as you will get in a restaurant. Cecilia’s was even featured on a Food Channel show that was called something like “Dives and Diners on Route 66” a couple of years ago.