Go Los Alamos By Heidi Dvorak
Foodie Foray
Sated in Los Alamos (clockwise from below): Fresh-baked ficelles at Bob’s Well Bread Bakery. Pico’s seared duck breast with local beets. The new Bell’s bistro. Mussels à la Daisy and Greg Ryan. Patrons gather at Babi’s Beer Emporium for craft brews.
Skyview Los Alamos boutique hotel (left) makes the most of its midcentury-motel roots.
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f you think you made a wrong turn when driving down Los Alamos’ main drag—Bell Street is all of seven blocks—don’t zip by. Stop. Spend the night. Or two. Because this is a foodie’s dream destination. STAY For full-town immersion, check into one of the
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charming Airbnb cottages located behind Bob’s Well Bread Bakery (bobswellbread. com). Each guesthouse has a Dutch door leading to a living room, fully equipped kitchen, bath, and bedroom. For a trendy midcentury vibe, consider Skyview Los Alamos (skyviewlosalamos.com), housed in a former ’50s motel. The new hillside property
offers 33 streamlined hipretro guestrooms, many with private decks and country views. EAT The wood-fired pizzas at Full of Life Flatbread (fulloflifefoods.com) may have put Los Alamos on the culinary map (and do eat there), but now every
restaurant offers a unique dining experience. All are run by seasoned pros who instill their passion for creating remarkable, artfully prepared dishes from local and sustainably sourced food. If the aroma of fresh baked goods doesn’t make you salivate, one look at Bob’s Well Bread Bakery’s artisanal loaves and pastries
BELL’S INTERIOR: BRIANNA BURKETT; MUSSELS: LIZ BARCLAY; BABI’S BEER EMPORIUM: ANNA FERGUSON SPARKS; FICELLES: SILAS FALLSTITCH; HOTEL: COURTESY OF SKYVIEW LOS ALAMOS
This tiny town garners big epicurean buzz.