Charlie's Spic & Span Bakery & Café

This place is awesome! Huge, food-hall style dining area was packed when I arrived, but they still had a seat for me. Fresh tortillas being made. Amazing display case with donuts, jelly rolls, cinnamon rolls, and more. Carne avocado skillet was delicious. I will definitely return the next time I'm in New Mexico!

Do yourself a favor and make sure you stop here to eat. The food is excellent and the bakery items incredible. They also make their tortillas so fresh they serve them warm. We bought a few empanadas for road and they were delicious. We wanted to drive back and get more.

Excellent, authentic, Northern New Mexico cuisine. Friendly service, wide selection, and a real down home feel. Helped me remember why I loved the food in Las Vegas so much!

Came here during a quick vacation and was pleasantly surprised by the food! Ordered the Steak Huevos Rancheros and it was tasty! My food came out a little cold, the chile and beans weren't up to temperature. But the weirdest interaction was with my server. I am obviously not from Vegas, just passing through, but I was looked at by my server as if I was about to rob the place? It was just bizarre interaction when he greeted me by intently staring me down and saying "what's up bro?" Sure, I'm a late 20's dude who understands informalities at work with a customer. I'm not a stiff, but it was definitely not a normal interaction and I felt weirded out. Maybe he mistook me for someone else, I get small town dramas like that. There was another guy in the dining room, who wasn't my server but seemed like a manager on the floor. He was great and made me feel welcome. Wish I had both people's names to give credit where it's due. But it was a weird experience here as a tourist on a Thursday.

Fun retro style decor! Service is amazing! Food is a huge plus 😁, oh, and did I mention a bakery, fresh made tortillas!

Definitely recommend this place if you're ever in Las Vegas New Mexico check it out and go there yourself you'll surely enjoy it!! Sorry I did not take the food pictures before we ate it it was just so good we ate so fast and I forgot but the food really looks good and tastes good!!

We stopped here for Breakfast on our trip back from Taos. We loved everything about this place. The food tasted really good.

Best biscuits and gravy I've had. Lots of sausage included. Papitas were delicious. Husband enjoyed pancakes. We got cinnamon cookies to go and they were outstanding...shortbread-type crumb that melts in your mouth. Will definitely eat here again when we are in town.

The food is real food. I had tacos which had real fried taco shells. My friend had BLT with a side salad. The side salad was very good. The salsa for the tacos was fresh and home made not the bottled kind. It had the right amount of spice with chopped jalapenos. The service was great. Always checking up on us to see if there was anything we needed.

I think the most popular place in town for breakfast and lunch. What it does well: Solid New Mexican breakfast, and for better or worse has Barstucks coffee options and not left to settle for stale Folgers like most other places. Old school booth seating. Where it suffers: Awful artwork that seems to have drifted ashore from the neighboring Skillet. Why Barstucks when there has gotta be an easy way to source better local coffee? Almost always a hang out for gangs of cops. My advice: Huevos Rancheros not on a Sunday when it's the only place open in town.

I arrived here on a Monday morning. The menu offerings were a good representation of New Mexico breakfast fare. I had a specialty item with chorizo, eggs, and fried potatoes. It was well prepared and served promptly. The staff were friendly. The decor is bright, with a mix of expected Mexican decorative items and retro 'Route 66' vibe. My waitress must have had an important call, as she disappeared about the time i was ready for r the bill.so I just went to the register. The place gets 5 stars for how helpful the staff was: i left a favorite clothing item in my booth. When i realized I didn't have it a couple days later, i phoned them. They had it! The staff took it upon themselves to arrange to send it to me by post.

We stopped by to grab some take out breakfast on our way through town. The place is super unique and interesting on the outside. Inside it feels more like a classic diner. I had a maple donut and breakfast quesadilla. Both were spot on! Also, made sure to grab some homemade tortillas to bring home. Service was fast and friendly. Will definitely go back!

Really cool fun place. We were here over thanksgiving weekend and so happy we found this cool local spot. Portions are HUGE, my burrito made 3 meals. And the vibe is very nice, they definitely embrace diversity (thank you). They bake their own items like tortillas and breads. We took to go bakery stuff 2 days. Their Carne Adovada is very good. Red Chile based and spicy. And their green chili is the style I like also. They sell both if you are not from NM and want to take home "real" chili ie not from Texas not from Colorado (sorry to friends in those states). Artwork is really cool including a collage media art piece of a Herb Albert album. Unfortunately I am pretty sure none of the folks that work there were born when that album came out. Next time we go will be back here.

Great food options and quick service. Fresh made tortillas were amazing! One of the best places to eat in Las Vegas.

What a warm and welcoming place to enjoy a fantastic meal, I had the wevos rancheros with red and green chili and a home made tortilla !!! My brother had the French toast very good plenty to eat I give them a 5Great meal!!!

Great place to eat breakfast while in town. The food was wonderful and very large portions. Definitely would go again if in town

Homestyle, hearty, generous Mexican food! Hot tortillas, chewy and salty, comfort saucers! The salsa is chunky, spicey, and Fresca! The Carne adovada was tender and savory, with perfectly executed over-easy eggs. The rellenos are "fair food" crispy fried perfection oozing delicate white cheese. The red sauce is milder with a slight red chili bitterness. But the green sauce shines with complicated spiciness. Coffee a watery meh, but when you have such delicious food, coffee can slide! Service was impeccable! Audrey was friendly and attentive, bringing extra hot tortillas and salsa seasoned with dimpled smiles! This place is a "must" experience!

The food is pretty decent. It was not something I would come back for, but it was a nice stop! The donuts were pretty good too. We were sat in a weird spot where it seemed like we were in everyone's way. There were lots of people shimmying around us. However, we did get a table where we could watch the tortillas being made. It is a very eclectic and fun vibe. Lots of art to look at!

A wonderful Mexican breakfast! The food was authentic, service was great, the place is spotless. They make their own tortillas. The bakery is exceptional as well. We bought carry out donuts and eclaires that we enjoyed the next morning. I can't wait to go back.

Food & service second only to reto vibe of a must-visit eatery. New favorite passing through the area.

Clearly a well-deserved local favorite! Stumbled upon Charlie's on the way through town on a Sunday morning; impressed by the large number of cars parked nearby. Seated after a short wait. Waitress immediately showed up, brought us coffee, and came back to take our order after we'd had a chance to review the extensive menu of Northern New Mexico dishes. I ordered eggs and chorizo with papitas (fried potatoes!) and cleaned my plate. delicious! They also had lots of bakery items plus freshly made flour tortillas which were tempting, but I was stuffed. Clean, welcoming, and well run cafe with great food! We'll eagerly return!

This is authentic northern New Mexican food, with all the traditional ingredients, including red and green chile. They also sell house-made tortillas and doughnuts to go. It's busy, so be patient. Any wait is worth it, and the staff deserve generous tips in any event. You will see tourists, local workers, and city elders there, among many others, so the small town vibe is the essence of enjoying the experience.

Love the service, they're a smaller restaurant and yet they are quick. In what seemed like less than 10 min from when we ordered, our food was served. I loved my sandwich, my son absolutely devoured his Chile Relleno and my daughter loved her breakfast quesadilla with all the fixings inside. This was a terrific meal with a terrific atmosphere. Highly recommend it on your next stay.

We travel between phoenix, Arizona and Pueblo, Colorado a couple times a year thank goodness because if we did it more often or lived closer I would be here daily. Elizabeth was the most polite waitress. The food is authentic and home-cooked to perfection. I love the total family atmosphere. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.

It was awesome. Food was delicious and our waitress was great. So many options to choose from. Will be back!

Delicious! Had the chili relleno omelet and it was so yummy. And the tortillas?!? The best! Our waitress was friendly and helpful. The restaurant has an old diner type feel. Didn't try any but their pastries in the case looked amazing!

Can't believe they have discontinued their signature CREAM PUFFS! They are even changing their signature cream puff logo! So, so SAD. We ALWAYS stop by for some as we travel back and forth from Denver to Albuquerque. NO!!! BRING THEM BACK!!

Food was great. Waiter seemed to have trouble, maybe he was just new. Tried to order the steak dish and just add eggs, to avoid the tortillas and potatoes in the steak skillet. Still came out with potatoes. :) But the red and green chilé sauces were amazing. Red for the eggs, green for the steak. And the steak strips were the most perfectly cook and seasoned we've had in a while. So definitely get some steak and green chilies!!! We ordered the Green Chili soup to go. Again, poor waiter doesn't know the menu. He said it had beef. It doesn't. It's potatoes. So trying to avoid carbs, picked out the big pieces of potatoes, added shred chicken and lots of cheese. Still had quite a kick!! Green chilies

Amazing food. Their green chili sauce is amazing... everything we had was a delightful with each and every bite. Highly recommend.

Food was excellent as always. Just bad service so I'm giving a 3 star this time. I honestly think it was just bad luck the girl took over 20 minutes to get us drinks and seemed confused we were her table. And all the other tables around looked like they had top notch service. Our poor girl I think was new and/or just not good. Very slow on everything, never was giving coffee or water refills until were flagging her down for the check, took forever to get the check as well. For comparison- The table next to us was seated about 10 mins after, had drinks and food before, and paid and left before. And we ate faster they had a toddler and a baby. Food was amazing so can't give less than 3. And I looove their actual mincemeat pies with meat.

What a great find!! Food was very good and the ambiance was fun and inviting. The pastry case is unbelievable. You could tell everything was homemade. The cream puff was enough for my husband and I to share two different times, so basically four servings. I got an apple fritter for my mother. They serve huge portions so you could easily share. This will become a regular place to eat annually when we take our son to church camp outside of Las Vegas. I highly recommend. The service was good. She was helpful but not overly attentive.

I went there for the first time in December. I am from Colorado and was passing through. I can't believe I never heard about this place before! The food was delicious and the service was wonderful. You can watch them make fresh tortillas. The bakery items are huge and fresh. We had a cinnamon roll that we could split between four people. I ordered the beef burrito smothered with green chili and posole. It was delicious. I will definitely be going back the next time I'm passing through or possibly just have to take a long drive and go for lunch, lol!!

Food is excellent! Service is excellent! The donuts & Danish are out of this world. Great mom and pop restaurant/bakery.

Picked up lunch and tortillas as we passed through. Excellent food and service. We will stop there again when our travels take us through Las Vegas.

Charlie's Bakery and Cafe seemed to be the place to be in Las Vegas, NM. (Not to be confused with the sin city of Nevada) We stopped for early lunch on a Sunday as we were driving from Colorado back to Arizona, and I think the entire town was here. We did wait a bit to get in, but that was not an issue, however the service beyond this was not great. It is a pretty big restaurant, and it seemed like they are understaffed for the number of tables they have. Our waitress was running her buns off, but barely keeping up. The food was good, but really was average. Good, but taste and quality you can get just about anywhere. They do have a small bakery in the cafe (as the name suggests) and I found their pastry's to be above average. Price was fair, as well.

We stopped in for lunch on our way to Fort Union, based on all the positive reviews. There was a sizable line at 10:30 am, but the place is big, the staff very hardworking (and efficient and friendly!) and we were seated in 10 minutes. We placed our order in a few minutes, but it took about 30 minutes to arrive. We both ordered the green chili cheeseburgers on tortillas, and they were delicious! Big, properly cooked and juicy without being greasy. The fresh, soft and sturdy tortillas were great, and stood up far better than the buns of many other burgers I've had. Be sure to check out the tortilla machine on your way to pay the cashier!

This bakery and café is also known as Charlie's Spic and Span by local residents. They have a wonderful menu if you want to dine in, and lots of wonderful to-go items like fresh made tortillas, and a decadent selection of sweets. If you want their pastry items, my tip would be to go early, as they will run out, since they cook them fresh. My friend and I arrived early the morning of August 15, 2021. They had cream puffs stacked to the ceiling (see attached photo) and Long Johns that were about a foot long. My friend asked if they had the Bavarian cream Long Johns and was told they were still making them. He ordered a whipped cream one, and I bought a whipped cream Long John for my wife and a cream puff for myself. That cream puff not only almost touched the sky, but the light airy pasty paired with the dense, thick whipped cream made me glad I was cheating and eating so much sugar. You want your cheat to be worth it in the end, and this was definitely worth it. Oh, and that Long John my friend ordered, it turned out to be Bavarian cream, a happy mistake by the worker who mis-identified it! He was in Heaven. All the employees were super nice and very friendly. If you like good food, visit Charlie's Spic and Span, a Las Vegas staple.

Had breakfast here on a family road trip, absolutely delicious and fun atmosphere. The service was great. I did not think the carne adavada was spicey but it was very good. Got home made tortillas, a cream puff and an apple fritter to go. Best cream puff ive ever had!

One of the best breakfasts we've ever had, anywhere!! Huge portions of incredibly fresh ingredients. A cinnamon roll the size of the Arthur J Rank gong! Fresh brewed Starbucks brand coffee. Funky cool decor; friendly service, fresh tortillas. Worth the wait!

I used to date a girl who went to college in Las Vegas and we would hit this place up every weekend for the best food in Las Vegas, NM. I was just on tour with the Grammy Award winning metal band, High On Fire, we stopped for gas, and suggested we eat there. Every one of us loved it and it was exactly what we all needed. Delicious food, pastries, and great service. If you're in the area or passing through, you should go and eat here. Can't recommend enough.

Daylight Donuts was closed on a Monday and the Universe Blessed me with Charlie's! They have Quality Donuts the Size of your hand going at about 15 a dozen. The 50's style interior is so novel dad and I decided to stay for breakfast and we were not disappointed! I was so inspired by my green chili stuffie that I made my own for the family later in the week. Thanks to Charlie's for showing me how it's supposed to be. I'm already plotting my return! Make a visit to Charlie's part of your vegas experience!

The Spic in Vegas On this trip eating at the Spic was Not a positive experience. The gist of the negative experience is that I am hard-of-hearing. I walked in and put my name on the waiting list for a 20-minute wait. Perfect, my friends arrived to join me in 15-minutes. I checked the status of the wait, we were two away from getting seated. We waited another 15-minutes while several other groups were seated. When we checked to see where we were on the list again, my name had been scratched off the list. I hadn't heard my named called, neither had anyone else with our group. The young woman at the reception didn't know how to deal with this difficult an issue so her very young advocate employee overseer stepped in. He flatly told me, "We have a policy of calling your name and if you don't respond we scratch your name off". I was standing 4-feet away from the reception stand for 30-minutes by now and they hadn't noticed me waiting? So to penalize me for having me ask about the status of our table he told me he was going to put my name at the bottom of the list. The young lady denied that my name was ever on the list so I pointed it out to her, again. Our response to their "bottom of the list" was, well, we are hungry, want to be seated, first available. The penalty for that was another 15-minute wait. Eventually we got a booth, ordered our food and enjoyed our morning company. The cooks did their job well, the server was pleasant and visited the table maybe 4-5 times, and the check-out went smoothly. How can The Spic not have reception employees that don't have the capacity to deal with a non-visible disability? If I was a mute, or missing an appendage, or blind, or spoke to them in Sign Language or Spanish, how would they have dealt with that? Hopefully not by being penalized by being first ignored, then told we were wrong, then made to wait, again. We didn't argue, or shout, or demonstrate anger. So it doesn't seem like we provoked the response we received. In my life I have been punished for speaking Spanish in school, not been served at a cafe for being one of "color", and been looked down upon for not hearing. Well, I didn't expect this in Las Vegas, NM, and certainly not at Charlie's Spic and Span. Shame on you.

This is a great place and like stepping back in time. We had breakfast , wife had the Douglas Omelet and I had the Relleno Omelet. The relleno seemed to be more coating than long green chile which you would have in a regular chile relleno . However, everything else was very good and great service. The bakery goods looked very yummy!! However, we were full and needed to get on the road. Recommended

Always stop at Charlie's Spock and Span. Service was excellent and food was DELICIOUS. Home made tortillas.

While we were in Las Vegas, NM we tried out Charlie's. We had a great experience! There were about 15 in our party and the staff were quick & courteous while accommodating us. Place was clean, staff was friendly. They have a wide variety of food. I chose the fajita skillet. Meat was tender and peppers were grilled perfectly. It came with all the fixings! Others had the burgers which were good. Homemade buns were delicious! Will definitely return again!

The spic & span is a perfect breakfast spot in Las Vegas,NM. This place also has a great selection of homemade baked goods to grab and go.

Delicious sopapilla stuffed with eggs, beans, adobada and covered in cheese and green chili sauce with tasty potatoes. Also huevos rancheros were delicious with a side of yummy fluffy tortillas.

First time here! Great restaurant and a must stop in Las Vegas NM! Hometown experience with great service. I'll be back!!

In the words of an elder millennial, the salsa is the bomb dot com. In the words of a in young gen z, the coffee is kinda mid.

Wow!! This place was crowded on a Sunday morning for a reason!! The food was so good! We can't wait to go back!

The food has gone down over the years. Not very many locals eat there. Food quality is very poor, and cooks are in a hurry! Locals go to the Hillcrest.

Whenever we travel to visit our family and friends in the other Las Vegas (in New Mexico), we have breakfast or lunch at Charlie's, (more than a few times). The food is fresh and plentiful, and the breakfasts are delicious topped with locally homemade NM salsas (red/green), and do add a side of freshly cooked sopaipillas (a fried pastry to die for) with honey on top. My favorite lunch meal is the green chile stew. All tortillas, pastries, cakes and breads are made at the restaurant, and you must share the humongous cream puffs. Charlie's get our highest rating.

Charlie's is always on our list when we come to town. They have the best food and service. We always take home a bag of the best homemade tortillas.

Wasn't expecting much based on the name, but this was a nice surprise. Food was delicious! Our service was very busy, all the while very attentive! It felt like the "place to be" in town!

My sister said they have the best of the best tortillas! So we Stopped in on the way home from Santa Fe NM. Las Vegas NM has a gem just off the highway! We picked up 4 dozen fresh tortillas, a few jars of green and red chili. I was not aware of the donuts and food. We ate donuts and skipped the food. But it looked incredible. Very very clean!

We had breakfast, it was good but not great. Our waitress got our order wrong all across the board. Ordered chicken fried steak with scrambled eggs and papitas with the homemade tortillas. I received eggs over easy, hash browns and did not get the tortillas. I will say that I did not let the waitress know our orders were incorrect, so I can't say that she wouldn't have made it right as we didn't have the time. We picked up a couple of the cinnamon buns on our way out and they were wonderful!

Great food, burger was to big to eat though. Green chili tamales were flavorful bGreat guacamole. Sadly to full for pastry items.

I went with my family and my food was so good I highly recommend this! It came in big portions and it deserves a 5* review.