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Update :  In a twist of cruel irony, the Travel Channel s May 13th airing of the Burger Land program celebrating the Bobcat Bite debuted just a few days after the announcement that the world-famous Bobcat Bite as we all know and love it will be forever changed.  An official statement from Bobcat Bite, issued on May 9th, announced the restaurant renowned for its outstanding green chile cheeseburger would shutter its doors in June, 2013.  The press release read: After 12 years, Bonnie and John Eckre will serve their last famous Bobcat Bite burger at the Old Las Vegas Highway location on June 9. They will be vacating the premises June 14th at the demand of the building s owners, the Panzer family .
In his celebration of America s favorite dish, filmmaker George Motz traversed the fruited plain in search of some of the country s most unique burgers for his 54-minute film Hamburger America . An avowed burger lover, he wasn t necessarily trying to find and rank America s best burgers per se. Instead, he feted eight restaurants napa valley limousine wine tour in continuous operation for 40-plus years whose menus featured burgers made from fresh meat, not frozen, for those 40 years. One of the eight restaurants featured was Santa Fe s own Bobcat napa valley limousine wine tour Bite.
In his GQ magazine article The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die, Alan Richman was more definitive in rating America s best burgers. Taking the measure of 162 burgers across the country, Richman s goal was to find the best damned assemblage of ground beef and buns this country serves up. He rated the Bobcat Bite the 12th best burger in America (but not the best burger napa valley limousine wine tour in New Mexico; that honor went to the Buckhorn Tavern napa valley limousine wine tour in San Antonio).
In 2007, the Food Network aired a program called Top American Restaurants Bon Appetit Picks the Best in which the editors of Bon Apetit magazine selected the top places in this country to enjoy the ultimate incarnations of iconic American cuisine . Among the iconic napa valley limousine wine tour American cuisine feted were hamburgers. This category was won by Santa Fe s Bobcat Bite to the surprise of absolutely no one who has ever dined at this Santa Fe area treasure.
That s high praise indeed, but accolades are nothing new for this Lilliputian restaurant (seating for only 26 patrons) which was also featured in March, 2000 edition of New Mexico magazine and, as previously mentioned, is held in high esteem by Michael and Jane Stern of Gourmet magazine and  Roadfood.com .  In their terrific 2009 tome 500 Things To Eat Before It s Too Late , the Sterns rated the Bobcat Bite number one on their list of must-eat green chile cheeseburgers.  They wrote, The meat in this extraordinary GCCB is extraordinarily tasty high-quality beef, a full inch thick complemented but not overwhelmed by chile that is more tangy than hot .
When it comes to burgers, it s all about the beef and that s where Bobcat Bite has the edge over the competition. The owners still grind their beef daily on the premises, using only hormone-free chuck shoulder and chuck tenders then forming the patties by hand, careful to control fat content. napa valley limousine wine tour  The 50-year old cast iron grill is wonderfully seasoned napa valley limousine wine tour so that each burger is prepared with remarkable consistency.
Each burger is a thick and juicy 9.5 ounce slab of beautiful beef served with an American and Swiss cheese blend, green chile, lettuce and tomato. Mustard and ketchup are available on your table and you can ask for mayonnaise and sliced (or even better, grilled) onion if you d like.  If you do opt to use a condiment on your burger, use it sparingly because it s the beef that may bring tears of joy to your eyes.  The only steak in New Mexico even comparable to the utterly erotic deliciousness of the coarse ground beef patty at the Bobcat Bite is the peppery elk tenderloin at Geronimo .
It takes two hands to handle the gigantic green chile cheeseburger, but you could use a third hand to wipe your mouth.  I can palm a basketball easily, but as the photo above attests, my right meathook is challenged to hold the green chile cheeseburger at the Bobcat Bite.  At medium, this burger is pink through and through; napa valley limousine wine tour it s as juicy a burger as you ll find anywhere (easily a five napkin burger) with beef being the prevalent flavor.  It s an absolutely delicious beef which you can eat by itself; even mustard and ketchup might be considered desecration.
The restaurant goes through 80 pounds of green chile per week and it s not the canned green chile variety other dining establishments serve.  That being said, the green chile doesn t have much of, if any, bite.  It could be because it s buried under a blanket of cheese which tops the inch-thick hamburger patty.  The lack of piquancy is the sole factor preventing an even higher rating for these treasures.
When I introduced my friend roastmaster nonpareil Bill Resnik to the Bobcat Bite, what he couldn t get over is just how wonderful the restaurant smells. He told owner Bonnie Eckre (pictured) that she could make a million dollars if she could bottle the aroma of her sizzling burgers then suggested that aroma would make a great aftershave. It would leave men perpetually hungry.
While the Bobcat s bounteous burgers are best known, the restaurant also serves napa valley limousine wine tour excellent steak. About the prime ribeye steak, Michael Stern says, there is none more delicious between Amarillo and L.A . Even better than the ribeye is the 10-ounce New York strip steak which is perfectly seasoned napa valley limousine wine tour with salt, pepper and garlic and prepared exactly to your specifications.
There isn t much on the menu (a tossed salad and coleslaw) for vegetarians, but the coleslaw is as good as it comes. Instead of the overly sweet salad dressing or mayo you ll find on most coleslaw, the Bobcat Bite uses a tart, vinegary dressing. It s not acidic enough to pucker your lips, but it is tangy and delicious with flecks of green pepper napa valley limousine wine tour and very finely chopped slaw.
During winter months, the Bobcat rotates between a New Mexico style green and a Texas style red a bowl of chile (spelled New Mexico style). The Texas style red chile includes beans, ground beef and tomato and is almost soup-like. In fact, to thicken the sauce, you can add crackers and have a very good Texas chile soup (although Texans can t spell and would call it chili. napa valley limousine wine tour )
The Bobcat Bite sits on a 100 acre ranch which used to be a working quarter horse ranch. napa valley limousine wine tour Bobcats used to sit and perch on the restaurant s roof and would come down from the mountains to get fed scraps tossed out the back door. No doubt that even the scraps at this wonderful little restaurant taste pretty good.
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Just the best meat in all New Mexico, but limited menu. There is nothing bad here and the absolute best burgers in this known universe. Can t rave enough about the cole slaw either. Complaints small, crowded and very long waits outside but NEVER IN 26 YEARS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FOOD!!! The food is the BEST here.
I FINALLY made it up to Bobcat Bite and it was so worth the drive and the wait. The burgers were great, of course, and the pasta salad is truly something special. Spent some time with Bonnie talking about you Gil. Apparently we are both fascinated by what you look like, and since we ve never seen you, we decided that you must look like a science professor (think Santa with a shorter beard). We re probably way off, but that s what we decided.
Have you asked Bonnie about the mild chile and maybe adding a 2nd, hotter choice. Also have you tried a burger without the chile awe-some!! As are the other meat dishes. Sometime though, you wish you had a big ole six-shooter napa valley limousine wine tour for some of the tourists that want catsup for their burgers make you realize there may actually be things in this world worst than death.
You know how I feel about Bobcat Bite! It s my first and last stop when I visit Santa Fe. I d heard so much hype about their Green Chile Cheeseburger that I figured I d be disappointed. Not! I always order it med rare with grilled onions and those fabulous home fries. It s such a fun treat just to walk in the door, be greeted like family (as you know, I live in LA and get to Santa Fe once a year, at most!) and have one of the very best burgers on the planet. We have good burgers here in LA, but none like this yumster!
napa valley limousine wine tour I got a chance to eat there today with some friends. Awesome stuff. The adults all loved it, but the youngster (10 years old) kind of picked napa valley limousine wine tour at it. The youngster says he prefers wimpyburgers. Those are served at a burger joint near The Barelas Coffeehouse.
But you re right about the green chile, Gil. I had to check to see if they had included it in my cheeseburger. The beef is incredible. I can see why they receive such a high rating. Next time I m going to try it with grilled onions. BTW, my friend got there at 11:05 and he was too late for the first round of seating. The place is incredibly small. Any reason why they haven t expanded the size of the restaurant?
By the way, if you re planning a visit, don t use the Mapquest directions. They are way off. Instead of referen