Tikka Spice South Asian Street Food – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED*)
*NOTE: Only the brick and mortar version of Tikka Spice has closed. Tikka Spice still operates out of a food truck. In baseball it’s called the “Triple Crown,”an incredibly rare achievement in which a player leads the league in average, home runs, and runs batted in. To win the triple crown, a player must tremendous power to hit for distance as well as a very keen eye to hit baseballs thrown at nearly 100 miles per hour and place them on the field in positions that result in driving in runs. In horse racing, the term Triple Crown represents a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. To win all three of these races is even more rare. There’s another Triple Crown competition that’s even more challenging and difficult to win. That’s Edible’s Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown, an annual event held in Santa Fe every year since 2013. This competition has one simple goal: to determine the best burger in New Mexico. I would argue that the reason this competition is even more difficult to win than the aforementioned Triple Crowns is that the Smackdown is not an athletic achievement reliant on…