Hobbs, NM

Maria Bonita Mexican Grill

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Maria Bonita Mexican Grill is operating Hobbs Mexican restaurant with a festive dining room, family menu and business listing identifying live music. The programming spans Mexican, Latin, and restaurant live music, giving artists a useful sense of what already works in the room. A lively Hobbs Mexican restaurant with a broad seafood-and-grill menu and live-music amenity. Age access is All Ages / good for kids — business listing and kids menu. This is a hospitality room, so the strongest acts will know how to keep the crowd engaged without treating every song like a headline-club performance. For the right act, that can be a solid working date rather than a throwaway background gig.

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575-393-0833

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All Ages
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All Genres
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2004 N Turner St, Hobbs, NM 88240, United States
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575-393-0833
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