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.

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