"Since Joseph's Table moved a few years ago from its humble two-room beginnings on the side of the highway out of town to La Fonda Hotel on Taos Plaza, it has effortlessly taken the crown of northern New Mexican cuisine. Joseph Wrede is an exceptionally gifted chef. It seems whatever he touches will wake up the senses."


Welcome to Joseph's Table

In Chapter One, the first incarnation of Joseph's Table (1995-2002), my driving creative motivation was to bring fruit, both dried and fresh - nuts and such crunch - and primary protein from the earth's fattest lands, most crowded skies, and bluest seas to the high desert of New Mexico.

Now in Chapter Two, the present Joseph's Table, I am discovering New Mexican inspired cuisine. I do maintain the idea that if the products are grown or harvested locally (in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas), then the cuisine is contemporary Southwestern even if the preparation is French, Italian, or Asian influenced. The air and soil impart a region's purest flavor. I now combine a culinary education in French techniques, my Italian-German family sensibility, and the exoticism of Japanese culinary stylization.

I collaborate with the best Southwestern chefs in the state of New Mexico. I run my kitchen like a band, and hire the best players in the area. Presently, we are pushing each other to move Southwestern cuisine into new configurations. - Chef Joseph Wrede

Joseph's Table is located in Taos, New Mexico, on the historic Taos Plaza, inside the Hotel la Fonda de Taos.

We're open for dinner seven days a week, 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm.


"Unmissable." - The New York Times
"The most original restaurant in New Mexico." - Santa Fean Magazine
Joseph Wrede, 2000 Best New Chef Award - Food & Wine Magazine
"The future voice of modern American cuisine." - London Times
"The plates rival those in any of Manhattan's best restaurants." - The New York Times
"Serving some of the Southwest's best food." - Denver Post






Phone 575-751-4512, or e-mail info@josephstable.com for more information.





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The world is our country, cooking good food our religion, organic and wild our mission.
-Joseph    










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