West Texas and Albuquerque

I left Oklahoma City and headed over to the Texas panhandle. Stayed a night in Amarillo, did a job just north of there, and then Headed down to Midland. Midland is the next town over from Odessa where the movie "Friday Night Lights" takes place. As far as I can tell, there are three things that matter in west Texas; Jesus, Oil, and Football.  And not necessarily in that order. All in all, the people I met were all really nice and super hospitable, unfortunately, everything in west Texas is a long way from anything, so I had a lot of driving and a lot of work, so I didn't have any time to hunt down any off the map tasty food spots.  I did find a Tex-Mex burrito chain Freebird World Burrito  . They're new to me, but if you get a chance check 'em out for sure, lot's of options and super tasty.


As soon as I finished up in Midland, I had to make a "quick trip" over to Albuquerque for a job that got thrown in at the last minute.

A view of the sunset somewhere between Midland, TX and Albuquerque, NM

I only had one night in Albuquerque, but I headed downtown to a place called "Standard Diner" this place was awesome, I sat at the bar and chatted with the bartender, Gil, all evening. Standard Diner is not a standard diner at all, they take somewhat normal diner food, and make add just a little gourmet.

I had the Bourbon Butter Burger, with a side of Wasabi Slaw, the burger was amazing, cooked to medium rare perfection. The Wasabi Slaw was awesome, the slight kick of wasabi really added to it.

After dinner I headed back to my hotel as I had to make the drive to Dallas the next morning.