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Dandy Burger in Espa\u00f1ola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in my halcyon youth as a multi-sport athlete at Pe\u00f1asco High School (when I could consume half a million calories a meal at no detriment to my then svelte physique), Dandy Burger in beautiful downtown Espa\u00f1ola was a frequent dining destination–particularly after the then “not so mighty” Pe\u00f1asco Panthers suffered a loss (and there were many of them).\u00a0 On the rare occasion in which we actually won a game (usually over Escalante), our coaches would “treat us” to chicken fried steak at some “fancy” restaurant. We didn’t have the heart to tell them we preferred Dandy Burger.\u00a0 Frankly, I still do.\u00a0 It’s hard to resist stopping for a green chile cheeseburger and a bit of nostalgia every time we drive through Espa\u00f1ola.<\/p>\n

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Dandy Burger’s Famous Sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The food at Dandy Burger was never quite good enough to lessen the pain of a loss then and is even less capable of doing so today when the losses I experience are more costly (as in a poor performing 401K…or is that now 4.1K). Still, I always have a contented sense of nostalgia when I see the familiar anthropomorphic burger that symbolizes this popular neighborhood hangout. Dandy Burger’s “mascot” is a cartoonish, mustachioed and chapeau-wearing, burger-headed anthropomorph resembling Jeeves the butler on the restaurant’s signage. The burger’s entire countenance (resembling the ubiquitous smiley face) occupies the top half of the bun. It’ll put a smile on your face, especially if it portends a meal.<\/p>\n

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The Counter Where You Place Your Order<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got a buddy in the business<\/em>\u201d has become a familiar catchphrase for those of us who don\u2019t fast-forward through commercials. \u00a0Those now immortal words are uttered by Buddy Espinoza, general manager of Toyota of Santa Fe and Enchanted Mazda, also in Santa Fe. \u00a0Should you visit Dandy Burger in Espa\u00f1ola, you might just hear those words from behind the counter. \u00a0That\u2019s because Buddy Espinoza purchased the fifty year old restaurant in June, 2022.\u00a0 \u00a0 Espinoza, a La Mesilla resident, has upgraded signage and the dining room.\u00a0 Picnic tables and take-out service were also improved.\u00a0 The menu, which includes burgers, tacos and burritos, is largely unchanged; sadly that means the attrocious spelling “chili” is all over the menu.\u00a0 \u00a0Dandy also added ice cream by the scoop, including hot fudge sundaes and banana splits.<\/p>\n

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One of Two Dining Rooms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rio Arriba county, and in particular Espa\u00f1ola, is home to some of the best green chile cheeseburgers in New Mexico. Dandy Burger’s offerings compete with both the Stop and Eat<\/a><\/strong> burgers less than a quarter mile away and the LotaBurger about a mile north. All three can quell hunger far better than the Pe\u00f1asco Panthers defense of days gone by could stymie their opponents.\u00a0 Dandy is no one-trick-pony.\u00a0 It’s got a surprisingly versatile menu that includes ten vegetarian items, including a bowl of beans, an old-fashioned New Mexico favorite.\u00a0 The menu lists several “Mexican” items that include a Tewa taco and homemade “chili.”\u00a0 (I don’t know which bothers me more–the horrific mispelling “chili” or labeling items as “Mexican” when they’re New Mexican.<\/p>\n

True to its name, Dandy serves burgers, maybe the most popular item on the menu after all these decades.\u00a0 Burgers are listed as “char-broiled” though the charbroiled taste isn’t as prevalent as charbroiled burgers in Oklahoma.\u00a0 There are essentially only four burgers on the menu–Dandy Burger, Jim Dandy, Jungle Jim (and its female counterpart The Jungle Jane), but all are available with double-meat patties as well as in combination with fries (or onion rings) and a large beverage.\u00a0 Dandy also offers a number of specialty sandwiches: fish sandwich, tuna on toast, hot dog and others.<\/p>\n

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Big Jim Dandy With Onion Rings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

26 May 2025<\/strong>:\u00a0 Most of my memories as a Pe\u00f1asco Panther visiting Dandy Burger are of the standard “Dandy Burger<\/em><\/strong>” or the more prodigious “Big Jim Dandy<\/em><\/strong>” with double meat.\u00a0 Both are very good burgers, particularly if ameliorated with green chile. These burgers are dressed with unfailingly crisp onion, lettuce, pickle and mustard but you can pretty much have them any way you want. The meat patties are obviously not hand-formed and fresh ground, but they’re charbroiled to perfection–especially if you like your burger well done (no pink whatsoever).\u00a0 The green chile is neon green and only of medium piquancy. All other ingredients are fresh and delicious though at times I’ve wished for salad dressing, so profuse is the lettuce on each burger.\u00a0 If you want piquancy on your burger, ask for a couple of plastic tubs of salsa.\u00a0 Dandy Burger’s salsa<\/strong><\/em> is the most piquant item offered by the restaurant.\u00a0 It’ll enliven your burger.<\/p>\n

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Another View of the Big Jim Dandy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

26 May 2025<\/strong>: Even better than Dandy Burger’s burgers are the standard hard-shelled tacos<\/em><\/strong>, sloppy (cheese, lettuce, chopped tomato) concoctions which include a beans and meat mixture with a piquant bite. You don’t necessarily need the plastic tubs of hot sauce to heat up these beauties; they’ve got some bite on their own. My Kim loves the tacos sans piquancy.\u00a0 They’re crispy yet don’t fall to pieces when you bite into them.\u00a0 The ground beef is well-done.<\/p>\n

Chicharrones are one of the favorite “condiments” in Northern New Mexico where these pork crackling cubes are used on almost everything but dessert.\u00a0 They’re especially good on burritos.\u00a0 Perhaps nowhere in the Land of Enchantment will you find a burrito quite as engorged with chicharrones as at Dandy Burger where each tortilla encased treasure is packed with them.\u00a0 Alas, some of the chicharrones are more fatty than they are meaty, but that’s pretty much par for the course.<\/p>\n

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Three Beef Tacos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3 November 2019<\/strong>:\u00a0 Several sources credit Texas for having “invented” the taco salad, one source calling it “a fusion of the Mexican taco with the American salad<\/em>.” Although creators of the first taco salads probably omitted the ubiquitous taco shell, eventually someone figured out the taco salad could be made even better by fashioning a “bowl” from a tortilla shell.\u00a0 That’s the way Dandy Burger serves its taco salad<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 As a serving vessel, the tortilla bowl does its job well, holding in a plethora of ingredients (pinto beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, chopped tomatoes, hamburger meat).\u00a0 Though you can break off and eat portions of the bowl, my preference would be for separate tortilla chips.\u00a0 Still, this is a filling and fulfilling taco salad.<\/p>\n

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Taco Salad in a Crispy Tortilla “Bowl”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dandy Burger’s shakes are always cold, a wonderful blessing on a sweltering summer day when Espa\u00f1ola’s pavement is baking everything on the road.<\/p>\n

Dandy Burger<\/strong>
\n215 San Pedro Plaza
\nEspanola, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(575) 753-4234
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 26 May 2025
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 12
\nRATING<\/strong>: Good<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 good food, decent service, and a clean environment; provides a satisfactory, dependable, and standard experience
\nCOST<\/strong>: $
\nBEST BET<\/strong>: Green Chile Cheeseburger, Taquitos, Tacos, Milk Shakes, Frito Pie, Chicharron Burrito, Taco Salad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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