Los Comales is the kind of New Mexican restaurant that people from Las Cruces brag about to visitors — a family-run place with no pretensions and food that uses real green chile from the Hatch Valley. The menu covers the New Mexican standards: enchiladas, green chile stew, huevos rancheros, and tamales. The chile is used with confidence, not as decoration — it is genuinely hot if you order the green without specifying mild.
The portions are large and the prices modest. The weekend breakfast crowd runs to locals rather than tourists, which is usually a good sign. The green chile cheeseburger, a New Mexico institution, is served here with the seriousness the dish deserves. If you only eat one local meal in Las Cruces, make it breakfast at a place like this rather than lunch at a chain.