Gray’s Coors Tavern – Pueblo, Colorado
Dante Alighieri’s classic poem “A Divine Comedy” recounts a spiritual journey in which the author was guided by ancient Roman poet Virgil through hell, purgatory, and paradise. Their path takes them through the nine circles of Hell where they witness the punishments suffered for all eternity by the souls of deceased sinners. The deepest circle of Hell, where Satan resides, is reserved for history’s worst traitors–Judas Iscariot, Brutus, Cassius…and maybe a certain New Mexico food blogger who not only admits there is wonderful green chile to be found outside the paradise that is the Land of Enchantment; he believes it’s possibly just as good, even better than some New Mexico chile. That chile, from Pueblo, Colorado isn’t just an “it’ll do” substitute, but a bona fide equal (or superior) to much of the green chile grown in Hatch, Chimayo, Lemitar, Deming, Jarales and any number of other purveyors of chile fecundity across New Mexico. “Gasp! Heresy!” you lash out. “Next you’re going to tell us the Denver Broncos, not the Dallas Cowboys, are America’s team. Before you condemn me to an eternity of wailing, gnashing of teeth and non-stop watching of The View, hear me out. My “heretical declaration” is based…