Eat Your Way Across New Mexico's Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail

New Mexico is serious about its burger. But not just any kind of burger�the green chile cheeseburger is the unofficial state food, having been a staple on menus since the middle of the last century. To help tourists find the best burger, New Mexico's tourism department crafted an Amazing Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail that'll allow you to eat your way across the state. So loosen up your belt buckles and get ready to eat more burgers than Popeye's pal Wimpy.

A bona fide green chile cheeseburger is made up of a thick patty grilled over an open flame or cooked on a griddle, covered in cheddar or other cheese and topped with enough New Mexican green chiles to make your tastebuds stand at attention. Many burger joints claim to have been the first to pile green chiles on the classic cheeseburger, so it's hard to tell where the idea originated.

The Amazing Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail, available for download here, narrows it down for you by mapping out the top 75 burger joins in the state. The trail includes newcomer Badland's Burgers in Grants, winner of the Governor�s Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge, held during 2009's New Mexico State Fair�an event held each year to determine the top burger�as well as decades-old veterans like Bert's Burger Bowl in Santa Fe, Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio and Blake's Lotaburger's original Albuquerque location. You'll eat everywhere from full-out restaurants to cafes, drive-ins and plain old dives. Just bring some Alka-Seltzer so that you can eat your way through the trail with your stomach intact.

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