ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hungry New Mexico State Fair goers crowded Main Street to taste the state’s best green chile cheeseburgers and the competitors didn’t disappoint.
Nine delicious, chile-topped burgers came into the contest and one came out on top – Isleta Grill of Isleta Pueblo. Isleta Grill successfully defended their Blind Judging Championship and won the People’s Choice Champion in the 2025 New Mexico State Fair Green Chile Cheeseburger contest.
Isleta Grill faced off against:
- Sparky’s – Hatch
- Downshift Brewing – Ruidoso
- Grill at the Monte Carlo – Questa
- Laguna Burger – Laguna Pueblo
- Craft Republic – Albuquerque
- Owl Café – Albuquerque
- Fuego 505 – Albuquerque
- The Grill at the Sheraton – Albuquerque
The real winners were the people in attendance. Hear from them and Isleta Grill in the piece put together by KOB 4 photojournalist Dennis Quintana…