A New Mexico standard: beef patty, melted cheese, fresh roasted green chile and bun. The state runs an official Green Chile Cheese Burger Trail; Santa Fe's flagship is at Santa Fe Bite.
The green chile cheeseburger emerged across roadside diners in 1950s and 60s New Mexico; Bobcat Bite, established 1953 just outside Santa Fe, made the canonical version, and former owners Bonnie and John Eckre carried the lineage into Santa Fe Bite when they opened in 2013. The state's official Green Chile Cheese Burger Trail launched in 2009 to formalise the road-trip pilgrimage.
4 editor picks for Green chile cheeseburger in Santa Fe, ranked by editorial score. All Santa Fe signature dishes · Green chile cheeseburger across every city.
Bang Bite Filling Station ★ 4.6
downtown · 510 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Enrique Guerrero's Bang Bite truck sits in the Brakeroom garden behind Santa Fe Brewing's downtown taproom; Food Network named it one of America's 26 best.
Santa Fe Bite ★ 4.4
southside · 1616 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Santa Fe Bite, the employee-owned heir of the iconic Bobcat Bite (opened 2013), grinds 10-ounce green chile cheeseburgers in-house on St. Michael's Drive.
Harry's Roadhouse ★ 4.4
eastside · 96 Old Las Vegas Highway, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Founded in 1992 by Harry Shapiro and Peyton Young, Harry's Roadhouse passed in 2024 to manager Kathleen O'Brien and chef Mario Reyes; the patio and burger.
El Parasol Pojoaque ★ 4.4
pojoaque · 30 Cities of Gold Road, Pojoaque, NM 87506
El Parasol started as a roadside taco stand in 1958; the Pojoaque outpost sits on New Mexico's Green Chile Cheese Burger Trail and feeds Highway 285.