The city spread below a long mountain ridge turning pink at sunset — Albuquerque and the Sandias at sunset, 2018. BrandonStephenson · CC0

Albuquerque, New MexicoAMC · 2008–2013

Breaking
Bad

62 episodesOne city

Keep the books on the city, then go and find it.

Bryan Cranston, March 2010. pop culture geek (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0
Bryan Cranston
Aaron Paul, May 2009. Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards · CC BY 2.0
Aaron Paul
Anna Gunn, March 2010. pop culture geek (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0
Anna Gunn

The ledger

Sixty-two squares.
Which came back?

Each square is an episode. Pick a place to ink in the episodes it was used in, or pick an inked square to see what the episode used.

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

Crossroads Motel: 3 episodes named, S1·E03, S2·E03, S3·E12.

Inked squares are the episodes KRQE names for each place; the show ran 62 episodes in 5 seasons.

A three-storey motel with blue and green balcony panels and a red Motel sign — The Crossroads Motel, 2019. Pom’ · CC BY-SA 2.0

1001 Central Ave NE

Crossroads Motel (the Crystal Palace)

The Crossroads Motel was the “Crystal Palace” in Breaking Bad, and also appears in Better Call Saul. Built in 1965, it ran continuously until mid-2025; in July a fire broke out on its east side. Its 31 rooms, pool and owner’s apartment went on the market for $3 million in October 2025. It appears in season one episode three, season two episode three and season three episode twelve.

Closed and for sale: see it from Central Avenue, and stay off the lot.

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The tally

The place used most
is someone’s home.

The White house37 of 62
Private home · named, never pinned
Jesse’s house21 of 62
Private home · named, never pinned
The car wash16 of 62
A working car wash: take the car through.
Los Pollos Hermanos9 of 62
A working restaurant, open to the public: order at the counter and eat in.

Receipts for the tally

The White house

Walter White’s house is in 37 of the show’s 62 episodes. A private street in the North East Heights; no address, no pin, no photograph on this page. Jesse’s house appears in 21 episodes across all five seasons. It is private too.

Step back

At the fence. Too close. It is a private home behind a six-foot fence; the owners ask for photographs from across the street only.

Receipts

Breaking Bad RV Tours ABQ

Breaking Bad RV Tour

From the Breaking Bad Store, Old Town · $95 + tax · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat

About three and a half hours to 21 or more filming locations in a replica RV dressed by the show’s crew members. Needs six tickets to run.

Book a seat

Central Avenue

One road,
five stops.

From the Dog House to the Zia sign is 6.4 km in a straight line, all of it on Central. Drive it west to east.

The Dog House on Central Avenue, 2013. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
1216 Central Ave NW
The Dog House Drive-In
The Dog House was built in 1945 and moved to its place on Route 66 in 1948. It has a screen credit in Breaking Bad. It appears in season one episode six, season two episode one and season five episode nine, and is still an operating restaurant.
Open as a drive-in: eat in, or at the car. The sign is best after dark.
Receipts
+2.0 km east
Inside the Grove Cafe and Market, 2010. John Hritz · CC BY 2.0
600 Central Ave SE
The Grove Cafe and Market
The Grove appears in three season five episodes: eight, fifteen and sixteen.
A café: breakfast and lunch at the counter.
Receipts
+0.4 km east
The Crossroads Motel, 2019. Pom’ · CC BY-SA 2.0
1001 Central Ave NE
Crossroads Motel (the Crystal Palace)
The Crossroads Motel was the “Crystal Palace” in Breaking Bad, and also appears in Better Call Saul. Its 31 rooms, pool and owner’s apartment went on the market for $3 million in October 2025. It appears in season one episode three, season two episode three and season three episode twelve.
Closed and for sale: see it from Central Avenue, and stay off the lot.
Receipts
Crossroads Motel · front desk
31 keys on the board. Take one.
+3.8 km east
Loyola’s Family Restaurant on Central Avenue, 2024. Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0
4500 Central Ave SE, Nob Hill
Loyola’s Family Restaurant
Loyola’s appears in season four episode six and season five episode two, and in Better Call Saul.
A family restaurant: breakfast all day.
Receipts
+0.2 km east
The Zia Motor Lodge sign on Central Avenue, 2024. Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0
Central Ave at Madison St, Nob Hill
The Zia Motor Lodge sign
The Zia Motor Lodge sign at Madison and Central is all that remains of a historic Route 66 inn. It appears in season four, episodes one and twelve.
A sign on the pavement: the motel itself is gone.
Receipts

El Vado Motel

El Vado

2500 Central Ave SW

A Route 66 motel opened in 1937, now with a taproom and food in the old rooms. On Central Avenue, a short drive west of the Dog House. Not a filming location.

Check rooms

A tan fast-food restaurant with a red and yellow Twisters sign — Twisters on Isleta Boulevard, 2013. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0

South Valley

Los Pollos Hermanos

The chicken chain is a burrito shop.

The exterior used for Los Pollos Hermanos is a real, operating restaurant called Twisters, open to the public. Twisters on Isleta Boulevard appears in nine episodes, and keeps a Los Pollos Hermanos logo inside for photographs.

A working restaurant, open to the public: order at the counter and eat in.

Receipts

Booths and tables under red pendant lamps in a fast-food dining room — Inside Twisters, 2013. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Glass candy cases, shelves and T-shirts inside a small sweet shop — Inside the Candy Lady, 2016. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Candy Lady

The Candy Lady was approached to provide candy as props for Breaking Bad. It sells blue candy inspired by the show.

Sunday to Thursday 11am–5pm; Friday and Saturday 10am–6pm.

Receipts

Breaking Bad RV Tours ABQ

Breaking Bad SUV Tour

From the Breaking Bad Store, Old Town · $95 + tax · daily, see the calendar

The same guides by SUV on the other days, with drive-by and stop-off locations. Runs with two guests. Pictured: Twisters.

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Better Call Saul, and after

The office is
a dance hall now.

Exhibit A · the office

Saul Goodman’s office

9800 Montgomery Blvd NE

Saul Goodman’s office, 9800 Montgomery Blvd NE, first appears in season two, episode eight. The building is now home to the Dirty Bourbon Dance Hall & Saloon and Bourbon House.

Now a dance hall and bar: open evenings.

Receipts

Exhibit B · the train

A double-deck commuter train at a station platform — A Rail Runner train at the Alvarado Transportation Center, March 2026. Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0

Alvarado Transportation Center

100 First St SW

In Better Call Saul, Mike Ehrmantraut waits in the Alvarado Transportation Center after arriving by train; the New Mexico Rail Runner Express is a filming location.

A working station: the Rail Runner and city buses stop here.

Receipts

Exhibit C · the diner

A diner whose front rises into a giant owl — The Owl Cafe on Eubank, 2011. John Phelan · CC BY 4.0

The Owl Cafe

800 Eubank Blvd NE

The Owl Cafe appears in a flashback in El Camino.

A diner: you can’t miss the owl.

Receipts

Hotel Andaluz

125 Second St NW

Conrad Hilton’s 1939 hotel downtown, a few blocks from the bronzes at the Convention Center. Not a filming location.

Check rooms

Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston smiling, the two actors holding mock police booking boards — Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston, March 2010. Thomas Attila Lewis · CC BY 2.0

The people

Walter and Jesse,
off duty.

Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. Here they are as themselves in March 2010, during the show’s run, with Vince Gilligan between them.

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Vince Gilligan in glasses and a grey sweater, leaning down to fans — Vince Gilligan talking with fans at PaleyFest, March 2010. pop culture geek (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0

Anna Gunn, blonde, in a dark velvet jacket, signing autographs — Anna Gunn signing for fans at PaleyFest, March 2010. pop culture geek (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0

Dean Norris speaking on a panel — Dean Norris, Anaheim, 2013. Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

Bob Odenkirk smiling — Bob Odenkirk, San Diego, 2013. Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0

Giancarlo Esposito in a dark jacket — Giancarlo Esposito, Austin, 2017. Daniel Benavides · CC BY 2.0

Albuquerque Convention Center

Kept indoors,
for the pigeons.

Bronze statues of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman by Trevor Grove were unveiled at the Albuquerque Convention Center on 29 July 2022. Vince Gilligan and Sony Pictures Television gave them to the city.

Gilligan called the pair “larger-than-life tragic figures, cautionary tales”.

Indoors at the Convention Center: go when the building is open.

Receipts

The glazed front of the Albuquerque Convention Center with its name over the doors — The Albuquerque Convention Center, 2024. Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0

Where it is now

14 places you can visit, by neighbourhood. The White house and Jesse’s house are private homes and are not on the map; the Crossroads Motel is closed, so see it from the street; To’hajiilee is Navajo Nation land.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant, open to the public: order at the counter and eat in.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open as a drive-in: eat in, or at the car. The sign is best after dark.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Sunday to Thursday 11am–5pm; Friday and Saturday 10am–6pm.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A shop in Old Town, and the meeting point for the RV and SUV tours.

Twisters on Isleta Boulevard, 2013. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
4257 Isleta Blvd SW, South Valley
Twisters (Los Pollos Hermanos)
The exterior used for Los Pollos Hermanos is a real, operating restaurant called Twisters, open to the public.
A working restaurant, open to the public: order at the counter and eat in.
Receipts
The Dog House on Central Avenue, 2013. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
1216 Central Ave NW
The Dog House Drive-In
The Dog House was built in 1945 and moved to its place on Route 66 in 1948.
Open as a drive-in: eat in, or at the car. The sign is best after dark.
Receipts
Inside the Candy Lady, 2016. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
424 San Felipe NW, Old Town
The Candy Lady
The Candy Lady was approached to provide candy as props for Breaking Bad.
Sunday to Thursday 11am–5pm; Friday and Saturday 10am–6pm.
Receipts
The Breaking Bad Store in Old Town, 2024. Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY 4.0
2049 S Plaza NW, Old Town
The Breaking Bad Store
The Breaking Bad Store carries merchandise for both shows.
A shop in Old Town, and the meeting point for the RV and SUV tours.
Receipts

Stay

Two nights on Central.

A 1937 Route 66 motel with a taproom, and Conrad Hilton’s 1939 hotel a few blocks from the bronzes.

El Vado Motel

El Vado

2500 Central Ave SW

A Route 66 motel opened in 1937, now with a taproom and food in the old rooms. On Central Avenue, a short drive west of the Dog House. Not a filming location.

Check rooms

Hotel Andaluz

125 Second St NW

Conrad Hilton’s 1939 hotel downtown, a few blocks from the bronzes at the Convention Center. Not a filming location.

Check rooms

Go there

Ride along.

The RV, the SUV and the desert run, all from the Breaking Bad Store in Old Town, plus marketplace tours.

Breaking Bad RV Tours ABQ

Breaking Bad RV Tour

From the Breaking Bad Store, Old Town · $95 + tax · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat

About three and a half hours to 21 or more filming locations in a replica RV dressed by the show’s crew members. Needs six tickets to run.

Book a seat

Breaking Bad RV Tours ABQ

Breaking Bad SUV Tour

From the Breaking Bad Store, Old Town · $95 + tax · daily, see the calendar

The same guides by SUV on the other days, with drive-by and stop-off locations. Runs with two guests. Pictured: Twisters.

See dates

Breaking Bad RV Tours ABQ

Desert SUV Tour to To’hajiilee

From the Breaking Bad Store, Old Town · $125 + tax · first and last Tuesday of the month, not October

About three hours to the desert locations, with a lunch stop. Pictured: the Sandia Mountains above the city.

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Take it home

The books and the score.

The official book, the story of the shows around it, and Dave Porter’s music.

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Breaking Bad: The Official Book

David Thomson

The official companion to the series.

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Difficult Men

Brett Martin

Behind the scenes of the television that ran from The Sopranos to Breaking Bad.

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Breaking Bad: Original Score from the Television Series

Dave Porter · CD-R, 2012

Dave Porter’s score.

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Soundtrack)

Dave Porter · 2 × LP, 2020

The film’s score on vinyl.

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Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.

The books

Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.

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17 of 17 places · 16 of 16 Moments

Twisters (Los Pollos Hermanos)
4257 Isleta Blvd SW, South Valley
- Los Pollos Hermanos
  Twisters plays Los Pollos Hermanos in nine episodes.
The Dog House Drive-In
1216 Central Ave NW
- The Dog House
  The drive-in appears in three episodes across three seasons.
The Candy Lady
424 San Felipe NW, Old Town
- The blue candy
  The shop was approached to provide candy as props.
The Breaking Bad Store
2049 S Plaza NW, Old Town
Java Joe’s (Tuco’s headquarters)
906 Park Ave SW
- Tuco’s headquarters
  The building is Tuco’s headquarters.
Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in bronze
Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 Second St NW
- The bronzes
  The statues are unveiled with the creator and both actors there.
Alvarado Transportation Center
100 First St SW
- Mike arrives by train
  Mike waits in the station after arriving by train.
The Grove Cafe and Market
600 Central Ave SE
- The Grove
  The café appears in three episodes of the last season.
Crossroads Motel (the Crystal Palace)
1001 Central Ave NE
- The Crystal Palace
  The motel is the Crystal Palace.
Loyola’s Family Restaurant
4500 Central Ave SE, Nob Hill
- Loyola’s
  The restaurant appears in two episodes and in Better Call Saul.
The Zia Motor Lodge sign
Central Ave at Madison St, Nob Hill
- The Zia sign
  The sign appears in two episodes.
The Owl Cafe
800 Eubank Blvd NE
- El Camino
  The diner appears in a flashback.
Mister Car Wash (the A1A Car Wash)
9516 Snow Heights Circle NE
- The A1A Car Wash
  The car wash is Walter’s part-time job and then a money-laundering front.
Saul Goodman’s office
9800 Montgomery Blvd NE
- Saul Goodman’s office
  The office first appears.
The White house
A private street in the North East Heights
- The White house
  The house appears in 37 of 62 episodes.
Jesse’s house
A private street in the Country Club neighbourhood
- Jesse’s house
  The house appears in 21 episodes.
To’hajiilee
Navajo Nation land west of Albuquerque
- To’hajiilee
  The episode is shot on Navajo Nation land of the same name.