Local | Award-Winning | From-Scratch
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About Us
Our Chef and Staff
With 20 years of experience in the New Mexico restaurant industry, our chef is excited to present their vision to you and all our guests. Our caring and committed staff make sure you have a fantastic experience with us. Each staff member embraces and displays this family-friendly environment with each guest interaction. Our owner and Executive Chef, Mike W. White prides himself on being a self-taught industry award-winner and is not bound by traditional culinary conformity.
Dine In or Take Out
We have worked to package our meals in a way that lets you bring the quality of our meals into your home. We always love to see you in person, but even when we can't we ensure that your dining experience is top notch! High Point Grill & Taproom features gourmet Wagyu burgers, hand-crafted sandwiches, chef-inspired appetizers and dinner specials, and an entire line of freshly-made mac and cheeses.
Awards and Accolades
Over the first 5 years of existence, High Point restaurants have garnered a number of awards both bestowed upon us by the general population as well as industry executives and peers.
4- Time Chef of the Year Finalist, NMRA
3- Time Restaurant Neighbor Finalist, NMRA (Philanthropy)
2016 Rio Rancho Best of the City Winner: Best New Restaurant
2016 People’s Choice Award Winner: Best of Rio Rancho
2017 Best of the City Winner: Best Undiscovered Restaurant
2017 Mac and Cheese Festival: Bronze Award Winner
2018 Reader's Choice: Best Upscale Restaurant
2018 Reader's Choice: Most Supportive Business (Philanthropy)
2018 Best of the City Winner: Best Destination Restaurant
2018 Best of the City Finalist: Best Chef
2018 New Mexico Chef of the Year Winner, NMRA
2019 National Restaurant Neighbor New Mexico Philanthropist Winner, National Restaurant Association
2019 Denver Pairsine Wine and Food Pairing: Judges Choice Winner
2019 Hot Plate Award Winner: ABQ Best Dessert
2019 Holman's for Autism Cook-off Winner: Judge's Choice
2019 State Fair Winner: Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown
2019 Best of the City Winner: Best Chef
2020 Local Hero Award Winner: 505 Food Fights
2020 Best of the City Winner: Best Undiscovered Restaurant
2020 Best of the City Winner: Best Appetizer Menu
2020 Best of the City Winner: Best Fries
2020 Best of the City Finalist: Best Chef
2020 Edible New Mexico Local Hero Award
505 Food and Bar Fights
A bracket-style culinary competition! Chefs, bakers, bartenders, and restaurant professionals face off head to head in a timed, secret-ingredient challenge. Competitors must come up with on-the-spot creations under stress, judges scrutiny, and time limit. The best part...it's ALL for local charities!
The Kitchen Kids inc.
The Kitchen Kids Inc. is a chef-lead cooking class for all-abilities children. Students will learn fun and simple from-scratch recipes that they can apply at home. Talented chefs from all over New Mexico join Chef Mike to teach this valuable life skill, and provide a creative outlet for children to explore new ideas.
New Mexico | Our community | our people | Our home
Cooking with Atrisco Heritage Academy
Chef Mike is pleased to be the Chef Mentor for the Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Culinary Team. In 2019 Chef Danielle Young lead the team to be awarded second-place overall in state competition. Going into the third year of mentorship, they will be leading two teams to state competition looking for a strong repeat performance.
Competing with Students
The Holman's Foundation for Autism: Dine, Drive, and Donate
With help from students of the Atrisco Heritage and their Instructing Chef Danielle Young, Chef Mike brought home the Judge's Choice Win against stiff competition and award-winning chefs by presenting a local harvest plate featuring spice-rubbed tenderloin, Corrales pumpkin butter, Santa Fe greens, and a Chimayo corn hash.
Representing New Mexico
Chef Mike lead a team of New Mexico's best chefs to compete in Colorado at the Pairsine Wine Festival. With the strength of New Mexico chefs' passion for food and competition, they brought home the Judge's Choice Win. Always willing to throw down in the kitchen, we believe New Mexico Chefs have a brilliant intensity for cooking from-scratch and a pride that always brings us to the forefront of competition, never backing down from a culinary challenge.