{"id":2258,"date":"2009-01-03T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T22:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:13:09","slug":"bodes-general-merchandise-deli-bakery-abiquiu-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=2258","title":{"rendered":"Bode&#8217;s General Merchandise Deli &#038; Bakery &#8211; Abiquiu, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2259\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2259 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/339;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01-1024x768.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Bode's General Merchandise in Abiquiu, New Mexico\" width=\"461\" height=\"339\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01.jpg?size=1024x768&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 461w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01.jpg?size=92x68&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 92w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01.jpg?size=184x135&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 184w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01.jpg?size=276x203&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 276w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode01.jpg?size=368x271&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 368w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bode&#8217;s General Merchandise in Abiquiu, New Mexico<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Mention food and convenience store in the same sentence and the first thing likely to come to mind is one of those perpetually rotating, alutaceous hot dogs seared to a leathery sheen under a heat lamp inferno. Not even a large slushie spiked with your favorite adult beverage would make that hot dog palatable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Mention food and gas station in the same sentence and all of a sudden that leathery hot dog at the convenience store sounds like a gourmet meal. Salty, cylindrically shaped dry meat snacks with the texture of sawdust and air-filled bags of Cool Ranch Doritos are typical gas station fare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Now mention New Mexican food and gas station in the same sentence and the likely image conjured is scatological, having more to do with \u201cgas\u201d than food and we\u2019re not talking petroleum here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In 2007, Sarah Karnasiewicz, senior editor of <em>Saveur<\/em>, trekked back to New Mexico to discover some of \u00a0the Land of Enchantment&#8217;s best &#8220;<a title=\"Saveur\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/article\/Food\/Filling-Stations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filling stations<\/a>,&#8221; service stations in which you can actually find food that is not only fit for human consumption, it&#8217;s quite good, too. \u00a0She observed that, &#8220;we know of no other state in the Union where you can so consistently find such tasty cooking along the asphalt byways, often steps from the gas pumps.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2261\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2261 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/339;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02-1024x768.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"The Deli at Bode's\" width=\"461\" height=\"339\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02.jpg?size=1024x768&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 461w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02.jpg?size=92x68&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 92w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02.jpg?size=184x135&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 184w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02.jpg?size=276x203&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 276w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode02.jpg?size=368x271&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 368w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Deli at Bode&#8217;s<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">One of the filling stations with which she was most impressed was Bode&#8217;s off Highway 84 in Abiquiu. \u00a0Sarah cited as \u00a0&#8220;the highlight of the menu&#8221; a &#8220;half-pound green chile cheeseburger&#8211;a dish satisfying enough for the mightiest road warriors.&#8221; \u00a0In an accompanying <a title=\"Saveur Road Food Photo Essay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/gallery\/New-Mexico-Road-Food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo essay<\/a>, she made an even more audacious claim, &#8220;Bode&#8217;s may make the world&#8217;s best cheeseburger: a half pound of ground steak smothered in fresh New Mexico green chiles.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">In New Mexico, green chile cheeseburgers are practically a religion and any claims to being &#8220;the best&#8221; are quickly and vociferously disputed. \u00a0There is no consensus best green chile cheeseburger, and only a small number of serious contenders, but there are plenty of pretenders which don&#8217;t live up to the hype. \u00a0Count Bode&#8217;s among the former, a green chile cheeseburger for which a solid argument could be made that it is \u00a0among the very best in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Before making that argument, let me state that <a title=\"Bode's General Merchandise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bodes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bode&#8217;s General Merchandise<\/a> is worth a trip even if it didn&#8217;t offer a bodacious green chile cheeseburger. \u00a0Bode&#8217;s has been serving the community of Abiquiu since 1919. \u00a0Ninety years ago in remote New Mexican villages, mercantiles such as Bode&#8217;s were the heart of the community, often the only link to the outside world. \u00a0In the 1920s, Bode&#8217;s served as post office, gas station and even electrical power plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2268\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2268 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/308;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03-1024x705.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Bode's world-famous green chile cheeseburger\" width=\"461\" height=\"308\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03.jpg?size=1024x705&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 461w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03.jpg?size=92x61&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 92w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03.jpg?size=184x123&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 184w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03.jpg?size=276x184&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 276w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode03.jpg?size=368x246&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 368w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bode&#8217;s world-famous green chile cheeseburger<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Today Bode&#8217;s remains an essential part of the community as well as a surprisingly popular destination in its own right. \u00a0It is a true general store, serving the needs of hunters, fishermen, campers, visitors and locals. \u00a0Whether you&#8217;re taking it on the trail, to the breakfast nook, or to the dinner table, Bode&#8217;s old-fashioned country stock fills your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Bode&#8217;s shelves are stocked with unique bric-a-brac, a miscellaneous collection of \u00a0eye-catching and decorative curios you might not see anywhere else. \u00a0 Three racks of postcards showcase bawdy postcards which would hold your attention if there wasn&#8217;t so much else to browse. \u00a0That includes curious toys and vintage curios some might describe as seedy or even blasphemous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The bakery provisions guests with fresh pastries, pies, muffins and cookies baked daily. \u00a0 Sage Bakehouse bread is brought in from Santa Fe. \u00a0The deli, open from 11AM through 3PM, serves <a title=\"Boar's Head\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boarshead.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boar&#8217;s Head<\/a> meat and cheese products on its sandwich board. \u00a0The deli menu also includes Frito Pie, &#8220;slyders&#8221; with Fries, burritos and the Bode Burger, a half-pound ground sirloin burger to which you can add cheese, bacon and of course, green chile. \u00a0Portions are prodigious.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2272\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2272 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/310;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04-1023x709.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"Bode's &quot;Slyders&quot;\" width=\"461\" height=\"310\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04.jpg?size=1023x709&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 461w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04.jpg?size=92x62&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 92w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04.jpg?size=184x124&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 184w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04.jpg?size=276x186&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 276w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode04.jpg?size=368x247&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 368w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bode&#8217;s &#8220;Slyders&#8221;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The green chile cheeseburger is humongous, a two-fisted burger if there ever was one. \u00a0For hands like mine which can easily palm a basketball, it&#8217;s the perfect sized burger. \u00a0For appetites which travel miles to meet and eat the burger which won <em>Saveur<\/em> over, it&#8217;s delicious validation that the magazine which introduces us &#8220;a world of authentic cuisine&#8221; knows its stuff&#8211;even when it comes to green chile cheeseburgers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">When the sandwich board says &#8220;1\/2 pound ground sirloin,&#8221; it&#8217;s not just local lore like the malefic tales of shape-shifting brujas which still frighten many. \u00a0It&#8217;s a delicious slab of ground sirloin grilled to about medium-well. \u00a0It&#8217;s a whopping canvas for large-leaf lettuce, fresh tomato, melted cheese, red onion and of course, lots of green chile. \u00a0The green chile is definitely of the mild variety with not much more piquancy than a bell pepper, but it&#8217;s got that incomparable green chile flavor aficionados love. \u00a0The bun is toasted just enough to give it a bit of firmness so it can hold in all those ingredients and all that flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">If you want to fill up in smaller doses, order Bode&#8217;s &#8220;slyders,&#8221; five smallish burgers topped with ingredients of your choosing. \u00a0These aren&#8217;t White Castle type sliders which, while quite good, \u00a0just don&#8217;t have much substance. \u00a0One of Bode&#8217;s slyders probably has as much beef as four White Castle sliders. \u00a0 That beef is sandwiched in what could be a bolillo instead of a traditional burger bun. \u00a0 Whether consuming five slyders is the equivalent of one green chile cheeseburger is subject to debate.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2277\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2277 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 461px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 461\/291;margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; border: 4px solid black;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05-1024x669.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"bode05\" width=\"461\" height=\"291\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05.jpg?size=1024x669&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 461w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05.jpg?size=92x58&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 92w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05.jpg?size=184x116&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 184w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05.jpg?size=276x174&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 276w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bode05.jpg?size=368x232&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 368w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Bean and pork burrito with side of green chile<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">While the green chile cheeseburger may be the highlight of the menu, New Mexican food favorites at Bode&#8217;s will appease the most tired, poor and huddled masses of visitors. \u00a0The burritos are about half the size of a football and are engorged with fresh beans and mouth-watering shredded pork. \u00a0The beans are perfectly prepared with large, whole beans while the shredded pork is akin to carne adovada sans red chile. \u00a0We were amazed at just how much shredded pork the burrito contained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">After the <em>Saveur<\/em> article was published in 2008, many road warriors from New Mexico and beyond made their way to Bode&#8217;s, one of the Land of Enchantment&#8217;s finest filling stations. \u00a0Don&#8217;t let too much time pass before you follow suit. \u00a0Better yet, follow your nostrils to the source of those terrific green chile cheeseburgers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bode&#8217;s General Merchandise Bakery &amp; Deli<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nP.O. Box 100<br \/>\n<strong>Abiquiu, New Mexico<\/strong><br \/>\n685-4422<br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: \u00a03 January 2009<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Very Good<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Good to very good food; generally solid; delivers consistent quality, strong technique, and a comfortable, enjoyable dining experience<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $ &#8211; $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Green Chile Cheeseburger, Slyders, Burritos<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mention food and convenience store in the same sentence and the first thing likely to come to mind is one of those perpetually rotating, alutaceous hot dogs seared to a leathery sheen under a heat lamp inferno. Not even a large slushie spiked with your favorite adult beverage would make that hot dog palatable. Mention food and gas station in the same sentence and all of a sudden that leathery hot dog at the convenience store sounds like a gourmet meal. Salty, cylindrically shaped dry meat snacks with the texture of sawdust and air-filled bags of Cool Ranch Doritos are typical gas station fare. 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