Stage Door Grill, Socorro, NM (CLOSED)

The Stage Door Grill opened in October, 2007. I tried lunch there on their second day, and had not one thing to complain about! Anyone who knows me well will be quite surprised by this—I almost always find plenty of details to pick at.

The place is not on California Street, the main drag in town, so it's a little tricky to find. My advice is to drive north or south on California and look for the signs to the Historic Plaza, west of California one block on Manzanares Avenue. As you circle around the plaza, look to your right: the Stage Door is one block north of the center of the plaza.

This is fine dining, at least by Socorro standards, and a proper heir to the late, lamented Valverde Steakhouse. In addition to the requisite burgers and steaks, there are a number of Cajun specialties.

Here's their menu as of early November 2007, just to give you the general idea.

• Appetizers
  • Stage Door queso dip
  • Battered cheese sticks
  • Trinidad salmon strips
  • Southwest lettuce wrap
  • Shrimp cocktail
  • Chili-smothered fries
• Soups: uniformly outstanding!
  • Creamy red pepper-tomato
  • Soup of the day
• Burgers
  • Classic burger
  • Mushroom burger
  • Southwest blue cheese bacon burger
  • Fiery monster burger
  • Spicy no-bun burger or chicken breast
  • Veggie burger
  • Teriyaki burger
• Salads
  • Asian chicken salad
  • Carriba steak salad
  • Spinach salad (optionally with shrimp or chicken): The classic recipe with warm vinegar dressing, egg and bacon.
  • Caesar salad
  • House salad
• Sandwiches
  • Chicken Caesar
  • Spicy steak & mushroom
  • Southwest veggie delight
• Steaks
  • New York strip
  • Boneless rib-eye
  • 10oz sirloin
  • Teriyaki sirloin
• Southern specials
  • Fiesta steak or chicken
  • Steak Tampico
• Chicken and chops
  • Charbroiled chicken
  • Boneless pork chops. This was my second tough test, and they aced it—how often do you get pork chops you can cut with a fork? Very nice honey Dijon dressing.
• Cajun specialties
  • Bourbon Street gumbo
  • Shrimp etouffee
  • Cajun chicken pasta
  • Jambalaya
  • Red beans and rice
  • Shrimp fettuccine
• Fish and seafood
  • Salmon filet with Thai peanut sauce
  • Salmon filet
  • Catfish
  • Spicy Southwest tilapia
  • Lemon-pepper shrimp
• Lasagnas
  • Vegetarian lasagna
  • Spicy chicken vegetable lasagna

Sides: regular fries, garlic fries, sweet potato fries, onion rings, sautéed mushrooms, garlic mashers, dirty rice, Cajun beer bread, seasonal vegetable.

Last updated: 2010/09/29 23:52:10
URL: http://www.nmt.edu/~shipman/food/stagedoor.html