This review of Deming’s Adobe Deli, published last year, won an award last weekend at the Society of Professional Journalists “Top of the Rockies” journalism awards. News organizations from New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming all compete.

Adobe Deli dishes up ghosts, kitsch and quality steaks | Lifestyle | abqjournal.com
You didn’t come to the Adobe Deli for a quick bite to eat. You drove into a lonely swath of farmlands 13 miles east of Deming or an hour from Las Cruces. If it’s nighttime, you may have missed the turn from state Highway 549 onto Lewis Flats Road and turned around in the dark, wondering if you should advise next-of-kin of your location as you drove toward the Florida Mountains and oblivion.

