Dolores and I finished cleaning up our old office space in Downtown Albuquerque this morning. The lease ends on Thursday. While the restaurant space below our office was vacant for the last five months of 2020 and the first 5 months of 2021, the ACRE • Comfort Vegetarian • restaurant started remodeling the space below our offices as we were moving the remainder of our staff out of the office in June. This is the second location for the ACRE. Owner Sean Weed planned to open in August, but the City dragged its feet on approving all the permits until last week. We saw Sean as we were getting ready to leave, and he told us he’s opening tomorrow morning, Monday, September 20, 2021. He invited us inside to see the restaurant. If you live or work in or near Downtown Albuquerque, the ACRE looks like it has excellent vegetarian and vegan dishes. If you look at their website, not only will you see clever puns like “Turnip The Volume”, “Flex Your Brussels”, and “Lettuce Serve You”, you will see creative and appetizing dishes listed on their menus at reasonable prices.
*One of the clever puns on the ACRE’s • Comfort Vegetarian • website: https://www.theacrerestaurant.com/press
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Cool! I’m not vegetarian or vegan, but I really like creative veg dishes. The puns are cute too.
I was pleasantly surprised by the puns. It looks like a really good restaurant. The other one is in the Heights where I rarely venture these days. I get culture shock when I go to the Heights. Unless I really, really have to go to the Heights, I stay in my little piece of paradise.
I do not have enough (or more accurately, any) familiarity of Albuquerque to be able appreciate anything about the culture of the Heights, so I will take your word for it.
I didn’t expect you to. Let’s just say natives from the valley such as myself are a bit different.
I just sent you an email from my office email. Just in case it goes to spam.
Wow! What a beautiful space… I’d definitely go and I’m no way near vegetarian 😉 Though I am not opposed to eating a meal or two.
Hi Dale. Sean has done a wonderful make over of the space. I’m an omnivore, so I’ll eat about anything except Orejas (pig ears). I had them once when we lived in Spain. They were the most disgusting things I had ever tried. I ended up sneaking and spitting the one I tried out in a plant.
He really has.
I’m with you. I’ll eat just about anything. Never tried pig ears…thinking I’m in no rush for that one.
After we did performances, we were aften fed by the hosts. We had played a concert in a village north of Mardrid. At the reception, a waiter brought out the orejas. They looked good in a barbeque-type sauce and all the locals were saying how great orejas were and that we had to try them. They were slimy, hairy, chewy, and crunchy all at the same time. Absolutely disgusting.
Kind of them to feed you, but… Eeeew…
Normally the regional foods were very good and even the gross stuff was worth a try.
LOL. I’ll give almost anything a first try…
If you ever see Sean again tell him Roadtirement’s Maj and Sher wish the best success for The Acre.
Oh, Sher is vegetarian and would love the place.
Another reason to come out a visit.
I’ll let him know. And you will try when you mosey out to these parts again. Thanks, Maj & Sher.
Wishing them the very best.
Regardless of the happy talk about businesses returning, it is still especially a difficult time, particularly in the food and hospitality sector. One of the best restaurants locally closed forever over a year ago after 30 years in business. They also had a bakery which they closed as well. The owner had kept his staff at full salary for more than four months until he ran out of money. The federal assistance money, he said, was so poor you couldn’t operate with takeaway orders.
Thanks, David. A lot of restaurants went out of business down here last year. The ones that survived are doing quite well now.
If you can feed me, i will come… i eat just about everything. looks amazing! ❣️
Thanks, Cindy. If you ever make this way.
you’re welcome! I’m afraid you would put me to work…. 🤣 but learning guitar and photography would be fun❣️💖
I’ll put you to work at the office. We are short on staff.
lol… nahhhh I want to drive the “CAT” 🤣
Looks good . I like the concept and your title extra!
Thanks, Heidi.
I wouldn’t mind having a vegetarian dish at that place😆 its all very pretty!!
Thanks, Ebar.
I’m sure I would feel very comfortable in this beautiful place and enjoy the food…
You would. But Jimi might be a disappointed. Thanks, Herman.
The restaurant look very cool and coozy. I just need an airplane ticket for a meal 😉 LOL
Or as Herman an I often discuss, they need to come up with an instant transporter.
Looks wonderful. Shame it opened too late for you and your co-workers.
It is a shame. We have several vegans at the office.
This is epic. Love the slogans and the decor. Really cool. What a shame you are having to move. It would ahve been tres handy. We’ve been very lucky here re all our restaurants. They seem to have managed to weather the many storms. I would love to eat here. We’re not full vegan but pretty close.
Thanks, Shey. I think would would love it.
Well, I’d be a regular there… but you’re not surprised, are you?! Beautiful place! You’re lucky to have this right ‘below your feet’!
…I sure am glad NOT to see an antiseptic on the table! 🤣
Not a one.
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Ni Marina. We are no longer above it. It is too bad the timing wasn’t better.
Trust me to understand the opposite of what is written! 🙃😬 I hope you can at least visit from time to time!
Wow! I had no idea all this was going on. Love it , I would definitely pop in , it’s beautiful and fun!
Thanks, Holly. On your next ride across the country on Route 66 you can stop in.
Ah Timothy it’s so unlikely I will ever ride so far again. But, I can visit virtually and admire your creativity and handiwork, this is truly awesome.
Riding Route 66 is an epic event. Well maybe you’ll make it out this way for some other reason.
Perhaps, life is Unpredictable. Your life in the bosque is an experience worth traveling for , I’m lucky to get a weekend without being on call these days. Enjoy your day dear Timothy!
It looks very bright, cheerful and clean.
Thanks, Lavinia.
I would try it, I mostly eat vegetarian and I’m always looking for creative menus!
Thanks, Tiffany.
Clean, and attractive! Great spot!
Thanks, Resa. And think that you could eat there if you ever venture this way. It would be cool if things opened up and you could do some design out her in Tamalewood.
Yeah!
It sounds lovely. Sadly, a little far for me.
It it a little out of the way for you. Thanks, Roberta.
Cute but give me my carne!!!!
OK. Thanks, Teri.
It looks very tempting! Perhaps in an alternative universe this franchise will be spreading all over the world rather than the ones we have.
You can dream. Thanks, Susan.
Wow what a nicely done space, and they are oozing creativity.
Thanks, Greg.