“Our last stop as we returned to Santa Fe after driving the Turquoise Trail was to have dinner at the Mine Shaft Tavern. This is a historic restaurant & bar that was originally built for the local miners; after the original building burned down, it was rebuilt on this site ca. 1947, and that is the place as you see it today. Our food was excellent, and our server was attentive & friendly. The only negative about the restaurant was that it was REALLY cold; they had just started up the fireplace when we arrived, but all the diners including us had their coats on while they ate. One caveat about the place: one of the reasons we stopped there was that we'd heard there was going to be live music. It turns out that the restaurant and the cantina are two separate spaces, so after we ate, we went next door to the cantina to hear the music. I don't know if we just picked a bad moment, or if the vibe is always like this, but we were absolutely glowered at by some sketchy-looking patrons as soon as we walked in. I'm not going to speculate here about why that might have been, but it made us both uncomfortable enough that we didn't stay. But, as I said before, the restaurant was a completely different experience, and really good.“
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“Our last stop as we returned to Santa Fe after driving the Turquoise Trail was to have dinner at the Mine Shaft Tavern. This is a historic restaurant & bar that was originally built for the local miners; after the original building burned down, it was rebuilt on this site ca. 1947, and that is the place as you see it today. Our food was excellent, and our server was attentive & friendly. The only negative about the restaurant was that it was REALLY cold; they had just started up the fireplace when we arrived, but all the diners including us had their coats on while they ate. One caveat about the place: one of the reasons we stopped there was that we'd heard there was going to be live music. It turns out that the restaurant and the cantina are two separate spaces, so after we ate, we went next door to the cantina to hear the music. I don't know if we just picked a bad moment, or if the vibe is always like this, but we were absolutely glowered at by some sketchy-looking patrons as soon as we walked in. I'm not going to speculate here about why that might have been, but it made us both uncomfortable enough that we didn't stay. But, as I said before, the restaurant was a completely different experience, and really good.“