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Aly’s @ Sugars in Embudo, New Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winding highway meandering along the murky Rio Grande through Embudo is among the most scenic in the Land of Enchantment, particularly in mid-autumn when leaves turn a vibrant shade of gold. For\u00a0 nearly two decades, motorists drove slowly not only to take in the foliage, but to imbibe the hazy applewood smoke plumes emanating from Sugar\u2019s BBQ & Burgers<\/strong><\/a> .\u00a0 Enchanting aromas wafted into motorized conveyances like a sweet Texas smoke signal beckoning passers-by to try a combo platter or a brisket burrito.\u00a0 In 2023, the drive alongside the Rio Grande became somewhat less captivating with the discernible absence of those fragrant aromas.<\/p>\n

From outward appearances, Sugar’s was a humble, ramshackle corrugated-tin shack.\u00a0 Beyond that exterior facade, it was one of New Mexico’s most heralded eateries.\u00a0 In 2005–a scant five years after its launch–Sugar’s was named one of the nation’s best best road-side eateries in the United States by Gourmet Magazine.\u00a0 Local and national ccolades continued to pile up over the years.\u00a0 In 2010, Sugar’s was designated “memorable” and “one of the best” by Roadfood.com<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 In October, 2018, Sugar’s was named one of the ten best barbecue restaurants in New Mexico <\/strong><\/a>by James Beard award-winning author Cheryl Alters Jamison<\/strong><\/a> writing for New Mexico Magazine<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0In both 2009 and 2011, Sugar’s earned a place on the New Mexico Tourism Department’s Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Aly’s @ Sugar’s Menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2018, owners Neil and Nancy Noble declared their intent to retire, placing their iconic roadside attraction for sale.\u00a0 With no takers immediately available (courtesy of a volatile real estate market), the Nobles eventually shuttered their popular eatery in 2023.\u00a0 On Easter Sunday, 2025, a new tenant began serving out of the shack after having operated on the property out of a food truck for several months.\u00a0 Signage now reads Aly’s @ Sugar’s representing both new and former tenants.\u00a0 The shack has undergone a make-over with the tin siding taking on a rusty appearance and the kitchen being completely renovated.\u00a0 Picnic tables are still available under leafy canopies.\u00a0 New to the property are a number of chickens and roosters, all strutting their stuff and invoking the ire of visiting dogs.<\/p>\n

If the name “Aly’s” sounds familiar, you may have visited Aly’s Taos Eats, a food truck owned and operated by New Zealand transplant Aly Hyder.\u00a0 Aly also owns Aly\u2019s A La Cart, also in Taos.\u00a0 You may also have visited Aly’s vicariously through Food Network gliteratti Guy Fieri who visited Aly’s food truck in a 2022 episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.\u00a0 When Fieri asked her how to differentiate between a blueberry pie and a meat pie, she indicated “we wouldn’t ordinarily do a blueberry pie<\/em>,” adding that in New Zealand most pies are savory.\u00a0 At the time Ally’s Taos Eats specialized in New Zealand pies, buttery, flaky lusciousness stuffed with savory meats and vegetables.\u00a0 Fieri made quick work of a minemeat and cheese pot pie and a chipotle pot pie.\u00a0 His assessment “That\u2019s beautiful! You get the subtleties of the beef and the little pop of the pea, and a touch of the garlic\u2026 It\u2019s great. The fact that you can make the amount of layers inside of this is unbelievable. You\u2019ve taken a lot of time to develop that crust, and it\u2019s delicious<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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These Feathered Foragers Rule the Roost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Aly’s @ Sugar’s, Aly is diversifying the menu much further.\u00a0 She inherited the original recipes developed by the Nobles, but has ambitious plans and a vision to take the operation much further.\u00a0 Over time, she plans on sourcing all lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and sprouts from a garden on the property.\u00a0 She has designs on importing a Little Gem real fruit ice cream machine from her homeland.\u00a0 Ice cream can be made on the machine from custard, coconut milk, cashew milk and other milk mixes in addition to the fresh, not frozen, fruit.\u00a0 \u00a0Eventually Aly would like to use the property to manufacture meat pies which she will bake and sell as wholesale products to supermarkets and shops.\u00a0 Aly’s, it seems, will be all it can be.<\/p>\n

We were beyond surprised to see the menu posted to the left of the window where guests place their orders. It has an amazing diversity. I grew nostalgic at not interacting with Neil, a genial octogenarian who treated all guests like family.\u00a0 Aly herself was behind the counter.\u00a0 Her Kiwi accent and its non-rhotic tones were so entrancing, I forgot to take a photo of her.\u00a0 New to the eatery is a breakfast menu and it’s not all breakfast burritos all the time.\u00a0 For breakfast, you can have such treats as a bacon and egg pie, blueberry French toast and a green chile sausage roll.\u00a0 Middle Eastern favorites such as gyros and chicken shawarma are available for lunch and beyond.\u00a0 Nine burgers adorn the menu, each sure to become a favorite.\u00a0 The menu also includes two salads, five meat pies and such “small plates” as dolmas and hummus.\u00a0 For dessert, treat yourself to baklava, brownies and more.\u00a0 There’s so much on the menu that you’ll wonder how a Liliputian kitchen can offer so much.<\/p>\n

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Sugar’s Burger with Fries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For both instantiations of the New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail, the original Sugar burger was included (it would have been heretical had it not been).\u00a0 While Sugar burger<\/strong><\/em> is still on the menu, it’s not exactly the same Sugar’s burger we all knew and loved.\u00a0 This version starts on a grilled sesame bun topped with Sugar burger sauce, a six-ounce Angus beef patty, lettuce, tomato slices, sauteed onions, melted cheese, sauteed mushrooms with garlic, bacon and green chile.\u00a0 That’s A LOT going on in one burger.\u00a0 Fortunately the grilled sesame bun is formidable enough to maintain the burger’s integrity.\u00a0 The Sugar burger is a towering behemoth replete with gigantic flavor to match.\u00a0 Even with all the ingredients with which it shares the sesame bun, the green chile shines.\u00a0 You can atually taste both piquancy and smokiness.\u00a0 The burger sauce has a bit of piquancy, too, and the sauteed mushrooms and onions are terrific.\u00a0 Burgers are served with hand-cut fries sprinkled with Za’atar spice blend (wild thyme, oregano, toasted sesame seeds, sumac, Himalayan rock salt).\u00a0 The fries are pretty awesome, too.<\/p>\n

Five meat pies are on the menu.\u00a0 They go fast so you’re encouraged to order ahead, a service Aly’s provides to passers-by on the way to or from work.\u00a0 The menu indicates the pies are served “the classic meat way – piping hot in a paper bag<\/em>.”\u00a0 Though we would have been happy with any of the five–Beef Bourguignon<\/strong><\/em>, Mince & Cheese, Chicken Chipotle, Butter Chicken and Veggie–it was the Beef Bourguignon that called loudest.\u00a0 Traditionally beef Bourguignon \u00a0is a French beef stew made with\u00a0beef, red wine (traditionally Burgundy), carrots, onions, garlic, and herbs, all slow-braised to render them all very tender. It’s one of my favorite French comfort foods. Yellow butter is folded in between layers of dough, essentially a lacquering technique which gives the crust its flakiness. It’s a wonderful crust, a bit thick but absolutely delicious. So is the beef Bourguignon. Capturing the essence of a stew within a pie crust isn’t easy, but Aly’s has done it.<\/p>\n

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Beef Bourignon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’ve missed the wondrous aromas wafting into your vehicle from the Lilliputian tin shack facing the Rio Grande, you need to make the trek to Embudo to experience the flavors from which those aromas emanate. Sugar’s is back and for that, we should all rejoice!<\/p>\n

Aly’s @ Sugar’s<\/strong>
\n1799 State Road 68 PO Box 4
\nEmbudo, New Mexico<\/strong>
\n(575) 770-0257
\nWebsite<\/strong><\/a> | Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a>
\nLATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 1 September 2025
\n# OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1
\nRATING<\/strong>: N\/R
\nCOST<\/strong>: $$
\nBEST BET<\/strong>; Beef Bourguignon, Sugar Burger
\nREVIEW #1486<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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