Ivb Canteen - Albuquerque

The staff at this restaurant is consistently kind and helpful. They always provide excellent beer and food recommendations. I highly recommend visiting this establishment.

Really great food, really really great atmosphere, and the beers are also good. They had a band playing and it was so much fun. The outdoor area is top notch. Definitely a place I would put on my list to visit for the summer.

Friggin awesome selection!! Great waitstaff, quiet atmosphere, nice patio. Good bar food selection. Just in town for a week, may try to make a second stop before heading home to Minnesota.Thank you.

The Canteen allows you to seat yourself, and there’s both indoor and outdoor dining. The food consists of noshes, soups, salads, and sandwiches. They do not have a full kitchen, which is why the food tends toward being more prep-and-serve rather than traditional cooked bar food.I had the Pigmac (presumably a play on the name of McDonald’s Big Mac , which had pulled pork, Carolina BBQ sauce, cheddar cheese, and Hatch chile slaw. I thought the sandwich was fine, but thought there was going to be BBQ sauce on the sandwich as a condiment as well rather than in just the meat mixture. I couldn’t really taste any of the chile in the sandwich, so that wouldn’t be a draw for me to get it again. The sandwich came with a pickle spear and bag of potato chips.I had the Canteen apple cider (6.0% , a year round offering. It wasn’t too sharp or dry. It’s the only cider on the menu.I believe the establishment is open serve rather than servers having assigned tables. That wasn’t an issue at all; the service was attentive.Overall, a fine place. I think the Canteen would benefit from an expanded/full kitchen and expanded cider menu. I’d likely go back if friends wanted to meet and play cards, as it seems like a chill place, but the food wouldn’t be a draw on my end.

Their beer is legit. Had the Amber then the brown. Cubano sandwich as good as I've had anywhere. Cool atmosphere. Live music. Staff was great on a busy Friday night.