Senior Meals

Home delivered meal service is available for homebound seniors who have physical, emotional or other limitations that do not allow them to leave their homes on their own. If you, or someone you know, fits this description, call the Senior Information & Assistance Hotline at (505) 764-6400.

All City of Albuquerque’s Senior and Multigenerational Centers offer a Senior Meal Program.  All Department of Senior Affair centers offer a delicious low-cost breakfast every morning from 8am-9am Monday-Friday. 

Barelas Senior Center, Los Volcanes Senior Center, North Valley Senior Center, along with both Multigenerational Centers, Manzano Mesa and North Domingo Baca, offer free lunch for adults 60 and older with a current membership.  Highland Senior Center, Palo Duro Senior Center and Bear Canyon Senior Center offer lunch at a reduced fee of $3.25 in addition to special, low cost, a la carte menu items to choose from.  All members 50-59 years of age can participate in the hot lunch senior meal program for a reduced fee of $3.25 at all center locations.  Multigenerational Center members under the age of 50 are invited to purchase lunch daily for $7.67.  In the best effort to reduce food waste, please let your center staff know one day prior by 12noon if you will be joining us for lunch the next day. 

Additional City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County senior meal sites that serve free lunch to those 60 and older include Raymond G. Sanchez Senior Center, Cesar Chavez Community Center, Rio Bravo Senior Center, Los Duranes Community Center, South Valley Multi-Purpose Senior Center, Taylor Ranch Community Center, Paradise Hills Community Center Annex, Ed Romero Terrace Apartments, Encino Garden, Encino Terrace, Embudo Towers, Shalom House, Tijeras Senior Center, La Amistad, and Whispering Pines Senior Center. 

Seniors can request transportation service from their homes within a five-mile radius to all City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County meal sites. We offer transport within a six-mile radius to Whispering Pines and Tijeras Senior Center.  To utilize meal site transport services, individuals can register directly with their center site.

The additional senior meal sites are generally open Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm, and provide activities as well as a senior lunch program.  Menus and calendars of activities are available at each meal site. Reservations for lunch are required at least one day prior before 1:00P.  These meals are offered free to adults 60 and older, however donations for meals are accepted and appreciated.        

• Barelas, Los Volcanes, North Valley, Manzano Mesa, & North Domingo Baca centers offer lunch at no cost to adults 60+ ($2-dollar donation suggested.) Ages 50-59, lunch is offered at a reduced rate of $3.25.
• Highland, Palo Duro, & Bear Canyon centers offer lunch for 50+ at a reduced fee of $3.25.
• Adults under the age of 50 are invited to visit our two multigenerational centers and can purchase lunch for $7.67. Our multigenerational centers are North Domingo Baca and Manzano Mesa.

Reservations required for lunch one day prior by 12 noon.