anita s type privately held founded albuquerque new mexico 1976 1976 headquarters albuquerque new mexico united states number of locations 13 1 2 area served new mexico and colorado products mexican and new mexican cuisine website www.littleanitas.com little anita s is a mexican and new mexican cuisine restaurant chain from the city of albuquerque new mexico . 3 4 5 they have nine locations in albuquerque and four in colorado . 6 7 the chain comprises their traditional casual dining locations as well as little anita s express fast food restaurants . contents 1 history 2 specialties 3 reception 4 in popular culture 5 references 6 external links history edit anita tellez is responsible for the creation of multiple restaurants across the united states her children and grandchildren often took over the individual restaurants . little anita s is a restaurant chain started in 1976 it was owned by her eldest son larry gutierrez and was named after one of mrs. tellez s granddaughters . 8 9 they have become well known in the albuquerque new mexico restaurant scene since then . 10 the chain expanded to denver in 2001 . 11 another chain of restaurants started by anita tellez anita s new mexico style serves little anita s new mexico inspired food in the washington d.c. area . both chains are independently owned but borrow heavily from each other s menus . 9 there was also a solo anita s restaurant in fullerton california . 12 specialties edit they serve their critically acclaimed sopapillas and red green chile smothered foods as well as other new mexican fair like enchiladas made with blue corn huevos rancheros and green chile cheeseburgers . 13 14 reception edit in colorado they have won multiple awards ; including multiple accolades from denver westword including best taste of new mexico 15 and best red chile . 16 in popular culture edit their location at university blvd. in albuquerque was featured in breaking bad season 5 . 17 references edit locations little anita s in new mexico . littleanitas.com . retrieved july 29 2014 . locations little anita s in colorado . littleanitas.com . retrieved july 29 2014 . the beat . bongo productions . 2001 . kathy barco ; valerie nye 2006 . breakfast santa fe style . sunstone press . pp. 84 . isbn 978 0 86534 501 0 . mobil travel guide ; tere drenth ; the national scenic byway program 1 march 2004 . america s byways the mountain region . mobil travel guide . isbn 978 0 7627 3104 6 . kathi schroeder . little anita s presence isn t so little anymore . new mexico business weekly . retrieved july 29 2014 . john lehndorff 2005 . denver dines a restaurant guide and more . big earth publishing . pp. 160 . isbn 978 1 55566 349 0 . little anita s mexican foods albuquerque nm 87105 . manta.com . retrieved july 29 2014 . a b lauren wiseman . anita s founder spiced up d.c. area diets . the washington post . retrieved july 29 2014 . little anita s debuts ne heights bar and grill . albuquerque business first . retrieved july 29 2014 . lehndorff john march 22 2002 . comforting glow priced just right . rocky mountain news . retrieved 2014 07 31 . emmis communications march 2003 . orange coast magazine . emmis communications . pp. 90 . issn 0279 0483 . little anita s mexican food . the santa fe reporter . santa fe new mexico . 27 june 1990 . access date requires url help blair billie 23 march 1989 . limo service great fun for taose o . the taos news . taos new mexico . access date requires url help best taste of new mexico denver 2006 little anita s . denver westword . retrieved july 29 2014 . best red chile denver 2013 little anita s new mexican foods . denver westword . retrieved july 29 2014 . oldesaultie jul 13 2012 . breaking bad 5 filming shooting locations for season 5 . retrieved july 30 2014 . external links edit official website this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title little anita % 27s & oldid 743951887 categories mexican american culture in coloradomexican american culture in new mexicorestaurants established in 1976restaurants in albuquerque new mexicorestaurants in coloradorestaurant chains in the united statesunited states restaurant stubshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 05 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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