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 Turn right on 7th St. at the end of the last alley and go a half block north.

 Turn right on Central. Standing here on the southeast corner and named for its former owner Luigi—not his cousin, the legendary opera composer Giacomo—the Puccini Building housed both Puccini’s Golden West Saloon and the El Rey Theater, built in 1929 and 1941 respectively. The latter is noted for hosting such music legends as Ella Fitzgerald and Arlo Guthrie. In 2008, shortly after major restorations to the historic structure, a fire gutted the Golden West, but the El Rey survived and received another round of restorations in 2012. The neighboring club, Launchpad, also survived and remains the best bet in town for cheap drinks and cutting-edge music acts. Underground music legends hosted here include Melt-Banana and Agent Orange. The next door down is the Holocaust & Intolerance Museum, a sobering reminder of human atrocities committed throughout the world.

 Turn left on 6th St., crossing Central and entering Albuquerque’s northwest quadrant. Sushi Hana is on the northeast corner, in case you skipped Sushi King. Go half a block north.