The Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown
September 09, 2017 16:10 Rants & Rulings | Book signings
A lot of people found pants with elastic waistbands on Friday for the Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown and really chowed down for the night!
This is the second year we have traveled to Santa Fe for the Smackdown and again, it was a hit. You get to sample and vote on 8 burgers and then vote on the best. You had a bunch of beverages you could purchase to accompany your burgers. All that and you get a souvenir glass!
I was partial to the Street Food Institute Burger. The sauce made it. Others who competed: Blue Heron at Sunrise Spring Spa Resort, My Sweet Basil, Red Sage at Buffalo Springs, Agave Lounge at the Eldorado Hotel, Freight House Kitchen, Más Taps y Vino at Hotel Andaluz, and Rowley Farmhouse Ales.
My only suggestion: I want a Smackdown in Albuquerque or Rio Rancho! It would be HOT!!!!!!
Thanks and job well done to Natalie, Stephanie, and many minions!
What a Friday night dinner!
Barbe Awalt
And the winners are ….
Judge’s Award – Rocky Durham of Blue Heron at Sunrise Springs Spa
People’s Choice Award – David Sellers of Street Food Institute
Nov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
NASARIO GARCIA ("Grandpa Lolo's Matanza")
Sept 9: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Sept 16: Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE, 10am-12noon
Oct 7: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm
I was partial to the Street Food Institute Burger. The sauce made it. Others who competed: Blue Heron at Sunrise Spring Spa Resort, My Sweet Basil, Red Sage at Buffalo Springs, Agave Lounge at the Eldorado Hotel, Freight House Kitchen, Más Taps y Vino at Hotel Andaluz, and Rowley Farmhouse Ales.
My only suggestion: I want a Smackdown in Albuquerque or Rio Rancho! It would be HOT!!!!!!
Thanks and job well done to Natalie, Stephanie, and many minions!
What a Friday night dinner!
Barbe Awalt
And the winners are ….
Judge’s Award – Rocky Durham of Blue Heron at Sunrise Springs Spa
People’s Choice Award – David Sellers of Street Food Institute
UPCOMING CALENDAR:
RIO GRANDE BOOKSNov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
NASARIO GARCIA ("Grandpa Lolo's Matanza")
Sept 9: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Sept 16: Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE, 10am-12noon
Oct 7: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm