NMNew Mexico field entry
Duran Central Pharmacy
Albuquerque, NM
An Albuquerque pharmacy where prescriptions and vaccinations share a Route 66 building with an eclectic gift shop and a full New Mexican diner serving hand-rolled tortillas, chile-heavy plates and lunch-counter comfort food.
Duran Central Pharmacy is simultaneously a working neighborhood pharmacy, an unusually broad specialty shop and a serious New Mexican diner—a combination that makes an everyday errand feel like three unrelated businesses occupying one institution.
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Why it belongs
Working pharmacy, eclectic specialty retail and a full New Mexican diner under one roof.
Independent pharmacy, health-and-wellness operation, eclectic specialty retailer and full New Mexican diner under one roof.
Duran Central Pharmacy has operated in Albuquerque since 1942 and has occupied its current Central Avenue location since 1975. The business remains a functioning pharmacy while also running an eclectic specialty shop stocked with items such as jewelry, books, pantry goods, kitchen products, bath and body merchandise, apparel and packaged New Mexico foods. Walk farther into the same operation and it becomes a New Mexican diner known for scratch-made food, chile and hand-rolled flour tortillas. The pharmacy, shop and restaurant keep their own schedules, reinforcing how many different businesses effectively coexist inside Duran's.
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What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Working pharmacy
- New Mexican diner
- Hand-rolled flour tortillas
- Red and green chile
- Specialty gift shop
- Books and jewelry
- New Mexico food products
- Historic Route 66 location
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