The Block

I visited The Block for the first time this weekend. It's a nice indoor/outdoor space. I was happy to see they have a good amount of indoor seating because who wants to sit outdoors when it's super cold or hot? I enjoyed a Santa Fe Social Hour at The Top of the Block while playing Brain Gang Trivia. Lots of fun while enjoying the stunning view of the Sandias

I absolutely love The Block and highly recommend it. There's so much to do in summer. This winter, they have trivia night and other activities up in the bar area where it's nice and warm.My favorite pizza of all time is Thicc - wow!!! Absolutely delicious. I will continue to frequent and support the restaurants and of course the upper bar!!

Saturday. November 2, 2024. Dinner.Went here for a dinner date with my wife. Unfortunately, a lot of the shop spaces were still vacant. See attached map photo. They opened September 13, so I expected more or all of the shop spaces to be occupied. From November's calendar of events: Sunday 10 AM yoga, 12-3 pm games activities for kids 12 and under, and a live band at 5 pm. Mondays nothing special. Tuesdays 10 am yoga, comedy at 8 pm. Wednesdays 7 pm movie. Thursdays 7 pm trivia. Fridays 10 am yoga, live band at 6 pm. Saturdays 10 AM yoga, 12-3 pm games activities for kids 12 and under, and a live band at 7 pm. Since we visited on Saturday we watched a cover band called Static Groove band. They played some old school r and b classics. This band has very good technical musicians and a very energetic front man. We watched the band from the Top of the Block bar, which has a beautiful view of the Sandia mountains. This bar was a huge let down because of the extremely limited selection. Canned beers, $6, were: Sandia watermelon cider, Steelbender compa, Santa Fe Octoberfest, and Bosque Scotia. Draft beers, $7, were: Santa Fe 7K and Bosque's Elephants on Parade (they were out of this one so only 1 tap beer). They had 5 wines from Sheehan winery. These were $8 a glass for Pinot Gris, CAB, Cielo Dulce, Syrah and a Rose. They had 7 mocktails, which you could add alcohol to. These included Blueberry Mojito ($7), Creamcicle ($7), Rosemary Paloma fizz ($6), Sunrise ($6) and a Mule ($6). With the outstanding local breweries, they need more beers and beer styles on tap and canned. I had two different bartenders since we ordered 2 beers each. The male bartender just handed me the can, but the female gave use frosted mugs to pour the beer into.We ordered burgers from the Stackers Burger company. This stall was located below the bar. They had a selection of six burgers and a chicken sandwich. These ranged in price from $10.25 to 12.25. They had fries and tots ranging in price from $5.25 to $14.99. They had shakes for $7.99 and floats for $6.25. I ordered the Oklahoma Fried Onion smash burger for $123.25. This burger was juicy and large. Very filling with the order of green chile queso fries we shared. These had spicy green chile and lots of cheese for $11.50. We both enjoyed the food. I think that if the Block can attract more businesses to fill the empty shop stalls and can greatly increase the number of drinks at the bar and make the service uniform, they could attract more customers. Hopefully they make these changes soon.

This was the third time I have been to The Block and a different experience every-time! Either way, great space, great vibe! It was a crowded Saturday night when we went, boba was a must! Consistant and delicious! Out of regular boba but still good!! The whole reason we went was for the burgers at Stackers but to our surprise it was closed!!! Two of the main restaurants were closed on a Saturday night! We ended up enjoying the weather and company, sipping boba before we headed out for dinner. Will definitely come back though!!!

This place is new to Rio Rancho. It's no Tin Can Alley but I think it has more of a family friendly atmosphere. I have yet to try the crepes. Pizza or tacos but I'm sure I will. It's always clean, heaters throughout, tables and a stage. Hope it makes it!

The food is the best in Rio Rancho. Mediterranean food is cravable. Chicken sandwiches and burgers are huge.

This place has incredible potential. I'd like to go there when the weather is nicer. The outside area is beautiful. Because it was cold and in the evening we were upstairs in the mostly closed off bar area. For some reason they couldn't close one of the garage doors upstairs which meant depending on where you sat, it was cold inside. If they can't close that door, then they need to get some heaters. The bartenders worked hard and were really nice but they needed more help. There are various restaurants you can go to get food which was nice. This is a place where you get up and order and pick up everything including your drinks so if you want to be waited on, this is not your place. We attended brain game trivia which was tons of fun! Prices were comparable to other similar places in town.

Grand Opening today 9/13/2024WowWow lemonadeStackers burgersThicc pizzaCome get some!Local welcome to TheBlock

Cool spot to check out. GOOD BEER GOID FOOD seemed very slow though... as in not a lot of people, but service was great!

I was in town visiting some friends and decided to check the place out based on the views. I went up to the top of the block and really liked the atmosphere. I kept it simple and got an old fashioned. I forget the girls name but she knocked it out of the park with the old fashioned and her service! I'll definitely be back the next time I'm in town!