You two guys should schedule an OC "Meet & Greet" event at your local Denny's or IHOP and discuss the issue. If no one (?) is OCing in Socorro (hard to believe there aren't more than just a few), then Denny's & IHOP will need to get used to seeing and having OCer customers -- eventually. Remember, part of OCing is educating & desensitizing the public -- and cops, if need be.
Post the event date/time here and possibly some other Socorro locals (if any, and if only lurking here presently) can read about it and may also attend. Stop by (recon-mission) those two places to see if there are any "No Guns" sign posted on the front door but if not, you should be good to go. If a Denny's or IHOP is a Franchise store (vs. Corporate-owned) Franchise owners may be able to disallow guns on the premises even if Corporate does not. Not sure...
I AM sure, however, that Starbucks is okay with OCers but I don't think Socorro has one (hard to believe) -- nor a Village Inn which is also fine with OCing (at least the VIs in Rio Rancho & ABQ).
Whatever, get something going in Socorro...you guys could be the "Founding Fathers" of the Socorro OC scene!
Good luck...