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Pig & Calf Lunch

Historic building
In Albuquerque, New Mexico
On Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

The Pig & Calf Lunch in Albuquerque, NM, is a historic commercial building close to the University of New Mexico; it has also gone by the name Pig Stand Cafe. Built in the mid-1930s in the Moderne style, it has kept much of its original look. New Mexico's cultural properties register listed it in 1993, and it joined the National Register a year later. It sits just off the Route 66 corridor through the city.

What is Pig & Calf Lunch?

The building is a commercial structure in the Moderne style, the streamlined look that spread through American roadside businesses in the 1930s. It was built as a restaurant, and its name recalls that past as a lunch stand. What earns it a place on two historic registers is how much of its mid-1930s design survives with few changes.

History of Pig & Calf Lunch

The building dates from the middle of the 1930s, the decade when Route 66 traffic through Albuquerque was growing. Its state listing came in 1993 and its national listing in 1994, both in recognition of its largely intact design.

Visiting Pig & Calf Lunch: tips

Treat this as a view-from-outside stop and plan on about 10 minutes for photos. It sits in the University of New Mexico area, so it pairs well with a campus visit: the University of New Mexico Art Museum is about 0.2 mile away, and the university's arboretum and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology are each about 0.3 mile away. Food is within about 0.1 mile.

Practical info

On site & nearby

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Where to eat near Pig & Calf Lunch

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Diner & restaurant
Frontier Restaurant
Albuquerque, NM · 0.2 mi from Pig & Calf Lunch
A big New Mexican restaurant near UNM on Central Avenue, hung with portraits of John Wayne.
Diner & restaurant
El Modelo
Albuquerque, NM · 1.9 mi from Pig & Calf Lunch
A Barelas restaurant in Albuquerque that began in 1929 as the El Modelo Tortilla Factory.
Diner & restaurant
Mac's La Sierra
Albuquerque, NM · 4.8 mi from Pig & Calf Lunch
A New Mexican restaurant on Albuquerque's West Central Avenue, the city's Route 66, dating from 1952.