The
Compound
Restaurant
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The Compound Restaurant has a heri-
tage rich in history and regional influences.
Before its incarnation as a restaurant, this
adobe home was the centerpiece of a group
of houses on Canyon Road known as the
McComb Compound.
In the earlier part of the 20th century,
when Santa Fe was far away from the rest of
the world, movie stars, industrialists, and so-
cialites visited, where they enjoy a secluded
getaway. Eventually, Will and Barbara Hoo-
ton acquired the main house and converted
it into a restaurant. It was their decision to
bring in designer Alexander Girard, who
gave The Compound Restaurant its distinc-
tive look. Girard is best remembered locally
for The Compound Restaurant design and
his generous donation of more than 106,000
pieces to Santa Fe’s International Folk Art
Museum.
Mark Kiffin, owner of The Compound
Restaurant, celebrated the James Beard Best
Chef of the Southwest award in 2005.
Chef Kiffin celebrates his 20th anniver-
sary as owner of The Compound restaurant
on May 30th, 2020, a corner stone of the
culinary landscape in Santa Fe, located in
the Arts District on Canyon Road. The res-
taurant renowned for its distinctive style
and elegance recently celebrated its 50th
anniversary in 2016; Kiffin has developed a
signature Contemporary American menu,
using New World influences combined with
the culinary style and flavors of the Mediter-
ranean. Kiffin focuses his seasonally evolving
menu on available regional ingredients and
local sourcing making both restaurants truly
farm to table.