Turtle Mountain Brewing Co, Rio Rancho

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	7			Beef	6
	Presentation	6			Green Chile	8
	Price	6			Cheese	7
	Portion	7			Bun	5
	Cooking	5			Fixings	7
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	8			Onion Rings	7
	Service	7
				Total:		6.77

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Chama River Brewing Co

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The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	6			Beef	8
	Presentation	7			Green Chile	8
	Price	4			Cheese	6
	Portion	8			Bun	7
	Cooking	6			Fixings	5
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	8			Fries	6
	Service	8
				Total:		6.6

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O'Neill's Pub, Albuquerque

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	8
	Presentation	7			Green Chile	7
	Price	6			Cheese	6
	Portion	6			Bun	7
	Cooking	7			Fixings	8
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	8			Fries	5
	Service	7
				Total:		7.29

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Hurricane's Restaurant, Lomas

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	6
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	7
	Price	7			Cheese	7
	Portion	5			Bun	4
	Cooking	6			Fixings	5
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	4			Fries	5
	Service	5
				Total:		6.52

Standard Nobel-Sysco diner fare here. The spindly little 1/4 pound burger is cooked perfectly though, is hot and juicy and smothered in cheese and green chile. The overall taste greatly exceeds the sum of it's parts.


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Fuddruckers, Coronado Mall

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	7
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	8
	Price	6			Cheese	8
	Portion	9			Bun	9
	Cooking	8			Fixings	8
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	7			Fries	4
	Service	6
				Total:		7.43

The burger you're looking for here is dubbed the "Fudd 66", and it gets high scores across the board. Three different patty sizes to choose from, and cooked to order. Gobs of hot green chile. Fuddruckers also gets tons of bonus points: they bake their own buns here. You choose your own fixings at the "salad bar". At least a dozen options available as condiments, including A1 Steak Sauce and "red chile mayonaise".


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Garcia's (Taylor Ranch)

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	7
	Presentation	6			Green Chile	8
	Price	7			Cheese	5
	Portion	7			Bun	5
	Cooking	5			Fixings	5
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	6			Fries	4
	Service	6
				Total:		6.77

Nice sized patty, not overcooked and not overly kneaded. Odd that they put the green chile on the side. The burger gets a little soggy after a bit but it's still tasty. Garcia's has some of the best green chile in Albuquerque, and this location does not disappoint.


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Blake's Lotaburger (4th St)

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	6			Beef	6
	Presentation	2			Green Chile	9
	Price	7			Cheese	6
	Portion	6			Bun	5
	Cooking	5			Fixings	5
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	4			Fries	6
	Service	5
				Total:		5.89

I know many people love Blake's, so I'm a bit surprised at this rating. Perhaps it will increase in the future. Minuses to this score: No options to dine in, everybody eats out of a bag whether you want to or not. There's a salad under my thin little 4 oz patty, with so many pickles I can hardly taste anything else. Pluses for the spicy chile, hot fries and hot burger, even though it's fast food.

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The Frontier Restaurant

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	6			Beef	4
	Presentation	3			Green Chile	9
	Price	8			Cheese	6
	Portion	5			Bun	7
	Cooking	5			Fixings	4
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	5			Fries	8
	Service	5
				Total:		5.95

The legendary Frontier serves up the Fiesta Burger. Their fantastic green chile doesn't get a full 10 because it's chopped (I prefer the full chile on mine). Bonus for the sesame seed toasted bun. It may not look like it in the photo, but the thin patty tastes preformed and frozen. The cheese is shredded cheddar. The fries are super crispy fries and coated with the breading remnants of everything else they've been deep frying all day... mmmm mmmm...


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Bob's Burgers, 4th Street

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	4
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	9
	Price	7			Cheese	9
	Portion	7			Bun	5
	Cooking	4			Fixings	4
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	4			Fries	8
	Service	5
				Total:		6.8

I'm not gonna lie about the Ranchero Burger from Bob's, you're not coming here for the burger, you're coming here for the green chile. The fabulously hot and spicy chopped green chile sauce and gooey gooey shredded American processed cheese. The rest of the burger is the bland generic food service provided ingredients you find at most restaurants, but who cares? The green chile masks all of those inadequacies.


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Sugar's, Embudo NM

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	9			Beef	9
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	8
	Price	7			Cheese	7
	Portion	8			Bun	5
	Cooking	6			Fixings	8
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	4			Fries	5
	Service	6
				Total:		7.57

I'm doing this from memory so the numbers may vary somewhat when I do a proper entry for this diner. Sugar's is run out of a mobile home on the side of just north of Embudo Station. There's no dining room, but they put out plastic chairs and tables if you want a sit down meal. The "Sugar Burger" is a monster, with just about everything you could imagine thrown on to it. Bonus points for sautéed mushrooms and bacon, but even without those, this GCCB would score high.
*** The property where Sugar's is located is for sale. Who knows what may happen if this lot gets sold. Time may be short.


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Wimpy's, Albuquerque

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	9
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	8
	Price	8			Cheese	7
	Portion	10			Bun	5
	Cooked to Order	4			Fixings	4
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	4			Fries	6
	Service	5
				Total:		7.09

The home of the famous Lil' Red Burger, now operating out of an old house near Oldtown. Bonuses for a choice of three hand formed patty sizes, hotter than medium green chile (but still chopped), crispy fries (but still frozen from a bag), and a toasted bun (but still the plain Rainbow brand). The place does get busy during the lunch hour, bring cash only, and don't bother with the parking lot, there's plenty of street parking.


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Flying Star Cafe, Albuquerque (downtown)

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	5			Beef	5
	Presentation	5			Green Chile	4
	Price	4			Cheese	5
	Portion	7			Bun	8
	Cooked to Order	4			Fixings	6
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	7			Fries	7
	Service	5
				Total:		5.25

Bonuses for the Flying Star's attempts at an environmentally friendly restaurant, "organic" beef, hipster attitude. But far too many minuses: hardly any green chile on the green chile cheeseburger, bland pre-formed hamburger patty, expensive prices (especially for a restaurant with counter ordering and no real wait staff). I'll try again in a couple months.

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Wendy's

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	7			Beef	8
	Presentation	1			Green Chile	7
	Price	8			Cheese	5
	Portion	4			Bun	6
	Cooked to Order	4			Fixings	5
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	1			Fries	8
	Service	8
				Total:		6.21

Yes, you can get green chile on your burgers ANYWHERE in New Mexico. A good cheap, really really fast food GCCB. You almost don't have to stop your car at Wendy's drive thrus. Bonuses for the "never frozen" beef, and good green chile. Minuses for the chain restaurant inconsistency and sodium levels.

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Kelly's Brew Pub, Albuquerque

The Burger				Ingredients
	Taste	8			Beef	10
	Presentation	4			Green Chile	8
	Price	5			Cheese	4
	Portion	8			Bun	4
	Cooked to Order	5			Fixings	4
Restaurant				Sides
	Ambiance	8			Fries	7
	Service	7
				Total:		7.03

I am surprised at this score, because everything else served at Kelly's is generally crap. I just had never had their green chile cheeseburger until now. The large, thick patty (maybe even a steak burger what do I know) and the green chile are the deal makers here. The patty was one of the best I've tasted, and the chopped green chile was hot, plump and still full of flavor though out of season. Kelly's also gets plusses for the open air patio right on Route 66, the cheap IPA, the sweet potato fries, and the cute waitresses (or waiters if you prefer). Most everything else about the burger itself was pretty generic (all the fixings on the side but NO onions?). Always packed, and go ahead and bring your dog.


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