The Kitchen by 135 Degrees – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Once described as the “enfant terrible of the gastronomic scene,” curmudgeonly English food critic Jay Rayner pondered “Why would anyone …
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Sixty Six Acres – Albuquerque, New Mexico
My high school football coach used to call his team “chiquitos pero picosos,” a Spanish term meaning “small but piquant” …
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High Point Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” …
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The Kosmos – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Even though New Mexico’s license plates have been graced with the sobriquet “Land of Enchantment” since 1941, it didn’t become …
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Grill A-Burger – Palm Desert, California
California may not have invented the hamburger, but a strong case could be made that no state has and continues …
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LULU CALIFORNIA BISTRO – Palm Springs, California
How many times have you heard a transplant to the Land of Enchantment say it just doesn’t feel like Christmas …
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JAKE’S – Palm Springs, California
“Now i lay me down to sleep And pray the Lord my soul to keep If i die before i …
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Workshop Kitchen + Bar – Palm Springs, California
“Good restaurant design is about achieving equilibrium between the food, service and design – in effect telling a complete story.” …
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Sammy C’s Rock ‘n’ Sports Pub & Grille – Gallup, New Mexico
Gallup, New Mexico is a city of dichotomies, contrasts and contradictions. As recently as the 1990s, Gallup was known as …
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Burger 21 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!” ~Bobby Flay Burger meals at the Garduño home …
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Caveman Burgers – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“It’s so easy, even a caveman can…find it.” The Geico commercial depicting metrosexualized troglodytes living in contemporary America came to …
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GUS’S WORLD-FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN – Austin, Texas
When I told my friend Carlos my Kim and I would be enjoying Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken during our …
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Black’s Barbecue – Lockhart, Texas
Yabba-dabba-doo! After finishing another day of toiling at the quarry, Fred Flintsone rushes home to pick up his modern stone-age …
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Gourdough’s Public House – Austin, Texas
Donuts could have gone their entire existences fat, dumb and happy with a following–mostly cops, adult men my age (39) …
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Lucy’s Fried Chicken – Austin, Texas
“I‘m only eating the skins, so the chicken’s up for grabs.” ~Joey Tribbiani Several of my earliest memories of growing …
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Contigo – Austin, Texas
There are a phalanx of “best of” lists online and in print publications that celebrate restaurants deemed true stand-outs worthy …
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Watson’s BBQ – Tucumcari, New Mexico
The Wikipedia article on Eastern New Mexico describes the region as “mostly characterized by flat featureless terrain,” even likening it …
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Barbecue / Burgers / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011 / Rated 23
Sugar’s BBQ & Burgers – Embudo, New Mexico
The winding highway meandering along the murky Rio Grande through Embudo is among the most scenic in the state, particularly …
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Albuquerque / Burgers / New Mexico / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009 / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2011
Laguna Burger (12th Street) – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“The best stories are like the best burgers: big, juicy, and messy.” ~A.D. Posey, American Author For men of my …
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Stone Face Tavern – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Boris Vallejo, one of the premier fantasy and science fiction artists in the world, might find the ambiance at the …
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K’Lynn’s Cuisine – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Before permanent signage was mounted, a tethered banner in front of K’Lynn’s Southern & Cajun Fusion in Rio Rancho listed …
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Red Ball Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
1922 was a year of firsts for Albuquerque and New Mexico. At 15,462 citizens, Albuquerque’s population constituted for the first …
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Grassburger – Albuquerque, New Mexico
For nearly a decade, television viewers have been subjected to a very successful advertising campaign depicting contented cows talking and …
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Modern General – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“I went to a general store but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific.” ~Steven Wright While nay-sayers may regard …
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Cafe 6855 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
The cover page of the May 20, 2013 edition of Time Magazine depicts a twenty-something woman sprawled on the floor …
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Rustic On The Green & Rustic Star – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pop culture’s most famous exemplar of teenage angst may have been Napoleon Dynamite, a socially awkward daydreamer constantly tormented by …
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The Burger Stand – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“If you need good hot grillin’, Try my burger stand. If you need a slice of thrillin’, I’m the baddest …
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Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico
New Mexico’s storied history will recall that 2009 was the year of the green chile cheeseburger. It all started in …
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Christy Mae’s – Albuquerque, New Mexico
If you want to know the best places to eat in any part of any town, don’t buy a tourist …
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1933 Brewing Co. – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
“Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, …
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Albuquerque / American / Bar & Grill / Dog Friendly / New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail: 2009
Alien Brew Pub – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do …
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Bosque Burger – Albuquerque, New Mexico
As much a social commentary as a realist novel, Grapes of Wrath by author John Steinbeck immortalized Route 66 as …
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Copper Canyon Cafe – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“The Copper Canyon of northern Mexico–a place so huge and desolate that even today there are still some native people …
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Nexus Brewery – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Set in Albuquerque, Breaking Bad, AMC’s critically acclaimed television series may have left viewers with the impression that the Duke …
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The Point Grill – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Get to the point!” Archie Bunker, the irascible curmudgeon on the 70’s sitcom All in the Family frequently chided his …
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Central Grill and Coffee House – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Life is short. Eat more pancakes and fewer rice cakes”. ~ Unknown With an almost reverential zeal they come, their …
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