High Finance News and Events

Dinner Discount

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:55:00 GMT

With a dinner reservation, 4:30 PM and later, there is a discount on the Sandia Peak Tramway. To receive the discount an individual entree must be purchased. The dinner Tram rate is $13.00 in the summer and $10.00 in the winter.

Howard Holley

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:22:00 GMT

The new photos on Sandiago's and High Finance's website are courtesy of Howard Holley. Howard is a local Albuquerque photographer who is very professional and he did a great job of capturing the experience of dining at Sandiago's and High Finance.
Please visit his website, www.howardholley.com to view Howard's work. I spent a lot of time with Howard over the course of several days and he is the consummate pro and very easy to work with. I would highly recommend Howard for all your photographic needs. He also has beautiful landscape photos for sale on his website.

The Winners

Wed, 05 May 2010 19:16:00 GMT

We are happy to announce the winners of the Baillio's gift certificates. For the past three months we have been collecting entries at High Finance Restaurant. In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, Jeff Baillio at Baillio's Electronics and Appliances worked with us to offer $1000.00 in gift certificates for our drawing. Hundreds of diners came up to High Finance to enjoy the great food and views, and to fill out an entry for the drawing.
Thank you to all for making our 30th anniversary celebration a great success. We had many first time customers as well as our loyal customers of both High Finance and Sandiago's Mexican Grill enter the drawing.

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners:

Grand Prize $500 Drew Lynch of Albuquerque

2nd $300.00 Raul & Raquel Huerta of Rio Rancho

3rd $200.00 Robin Nimura of Tijeras

New lunch hours

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:29:00 GMT

We re-opened Friday when the Sandia Peak Tramway, www.sandiapeak.com completed their annual spring maintenance. We invite you to come up and try our new lunch and dinner menus. Chefs Crews and Kanella have created a menu to die for. Please view the menus by clicking on the menu header.
During maintenance Russ worked hard on building new table tops. The new table tops are marble and do not require table cloths; since we will not set the tables with tablecloths for dinner we are shortening the time between lunch closing and opening for dinner. From now on lunch will be served until 4:00 pm and dinner will start at 4:30 pm. We will not be open Tuesday for lunch until after Memorial Day.
We still have the drawing for Baillio's gift certificates coming up, so please fill out an entry form when you dine at High Finance. See you soon!

Tram maintenance

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:52:00 GMT

Sandia Peak Tramway will be closed for routine semi-annual maintenance from Monday April 5 - Friday April 16. Because the Tram is closed High Finance Restaurant is also closed during this time period. The Tramway will reopen on April 16 and High Finance will be open for dinner at 4:30 PM on April 16. We will be taking reservations while we are closed for future dates, so please call 505-243-9742 and we will see you soon.

Easter Sunday

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:23:00 GMT

Chef Kanella and Chef Crews have a special Easter menu which will be featured from 4:30 PM till closing on April 4. The menu is posted soon under the menu header. The chefs have some great items such as: Rack of Lamb, Grilled Salmon topped with a blackberry mint sauce, Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin topped with a pineapple shallot reduction and many more wonderful entrees and appetizers.
High Finance will take reservations all day starting at 11:00 AM for lunch and 4:30 PM for dinner, so please call 243-9742 and we will see you on Easter.

Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:51:00 GMT

On Thursday Feb. 18 the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce performed a Ribbon Cutting at High Finance. This was to celebrate our 30th Anniversary and recognize us as new members in the Chamber. The Chamber Ambassadors were treated to an excellent lunch and joined in on the Champagne Toast. Members of the media and Louis Abruzzo, President of Sandia Peak Ski and Tram, were in attendance. Louis spoke about his relationship with the restaurant owners, Doug Smith and Russ Zeigler over the course of thirty years, and his first job out of college was working on the lease for High Finance.

Valentine's Weekend

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:49:00 GMT

Valentine's weekend is fast approaching. Since Valentine's Day is on a Sunday why not come up for dinner on Friday or Saturday? The crowds will not be quite as big and the food and views will be just as good. You might want to try Monday, since it is President's Day. We will also be open for lunch on Monday and there will be skiing.
The chef has some wonderful specials for the whole weekend. He has even has a romantic dinner for two. The Valentine's Specials and Dinner for Two are posted under the Menu Header.
We hope to see you Valentine's Weekend!

Drawing

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:18:00 GMT

We are very excited to be celebrating our 30th anniversary at High Finance. To say thank you to our long-time and new customers we are going to give away $1,000.00 in gift certificates. Another great New Mexico company is partnering with us in our celebration, Baillio's Electronics and Appliances. To win a gift certificate to Baillio's come on up to High Finance and register. The drawing will be held on May 1. Please see the attachment for the rules.
Download Rules HERE.

MLK Day

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:34:00 GMT

High Finance will be open for lunch and dinner Monday January 18. The ski area will also be open Monday, so come on up and enjoy the holiday at the top of Sandia Peak.

Specials

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:28:00 GMT

Cruz, the chef, has some wonderful specials to start the year. The appetizers are:
Mussels poached in garlic,butter,white wine and lemon served with steamed dolmades &
Spinach Polenta topped with olive tapenade and feta creme fraiche.
The entrees include the grilled free range chicken breat listed on the home page, plus:
Butternut Squash Ravioli tossed with a tarragon feta cream sauce, served with parmesan encrusted yellow squash & Grilled Lobster Tail served with polenta and brandied carrots.
Please come on up soon and see what Cruz is preparing.

New Years Eve

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:21:00 GMT

There is nothing better than a special night at High Finance. The chef has a wonderful menu just for the evening. Please check it out under menus. We will take reservations up until 10:00 PM.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Holiday Hours

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:11:00 GMT

For the Holidays High Finance will add Monday lunch December 21st & 28th and January 4th. We will also add Tuesday December 22nd & 29th to our lunch schedule. Otherwise, we are open for lunch Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 Am - 3:00 pm and dinner daily from 4:30 PM
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day High Finance will be open for lunch only 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
New Years Eve we will take our last reservation at 10:00 PM. The last uphill tram will run at 9:30 PM.
Please call the restaurant for reservations, or to confirm hours.
505-243-9742

Thanksgiving Dinner

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:00 GMT

Thursday was a very special day at Sandiago's Mexican Grill. We served close to 250 foster and adoptive families from the Albuquerque area. The restaurant was full of children's laughter from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. A lot of really big thank yous go out: Sarah Palmer from CYFD who did a marvelous job of getting out the invitations and taking reservations, High Finance & Sandiago's 30 volunteers and their families who came in on their day off, US Foods for donating much of the food and Sandia Peak Tramway for giving the kids and their families a special rate on the tram.
Two TV stations ran stories about the dinners. The links to those stories are pasted here:
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/local_guide/seasons/foster-families-treated-to-thanksgiving-meal

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1277394.shtml?cat=500

Happy Thanksgiving

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT

Sandiago's and High Finance will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The deli at the tram lobby will be open from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Sandiago's will be hosting foster and adoptive families through Children Youth and Families Department. Sandiago's expects to serve approximately 200 children and their families on Thanksgiving Day. Many of High Finance's and Sandiago's staff have volunteered to help out on a traditional day off.
A big thanks toThe Sandia Peak Tramway they are offering a reduced rate to the foster children and their families, and US Foods has donanted much of the food which will be served on Thanksgiving.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!