Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail

Why I Love New Mexico, Part One: The Cuisine

I’ve lived in California, Oregon, Florida and Nevada, and none of those states has a singular cuisine that is wholly its own. Today, in the first of a series of articles on why I love New Mexico, we’ll be exploring the cuisine that is identified as “New Mexican Cuisine.”

Santa Fe

March 27, 2021 Oops! I forgot to post a trip report from two weeks ago! Grrr…. While Brandy was out of town over the weekend of March 27-29, I decided to grab Jarrod and head north for a stop on the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail. It turned into so much more though.

Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail Stop #2 – Blakes Lotaburger

I was reluctant to make a post dedicated to Blake’s Lotaburger on the New Mexico Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail. Blake’s are everywhere here in town and I’ve had them a million times before, but the ‘Rona has kept us from making proper stops anywhere else, so I thought I’d go ahead and do this now.

Belen, NM

February 15, 2020 Belen, New Mexico, was settled in 1740 and incorporated as a city in 1918. Its proximity to the geographic center of New Mexico earned the city the nickname “Hub City” and Belen became a centralized transportation hub including access to rail, interstate highways and air travel. As a main stop on theContinue reading “Belen, NM”