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"Walking in, the wall of books and art is the first thing I see, a display that spans contemporary Native American culture (Poet Warrior by former national poet laureate Joy Harjo) to fine dining (cookbooks by Enrique Olvera), and a stuffed pepper from the kitchen pulls those ideas together. The R&R relleno’s blue corn batter is light, the white tepary beans are firm, and the verde sauce on top is vibrant and fragrant; inside, rabbit and rattlesnake come together in a well-made, lighter sausage. Chef Alexa Numkena-Anderson’s restaurant manages true neighborhood comfort and something more profound, merging high-end chef skills with a cuisine too often unfamiliar to European fine-dining kitchens, and this rabbit and rattlesnake relleno feels like a triumphant topnote crowning all that complexity." - Eater Staff