Blake's Lotaburger • 1952

When WWII Navy veteran Blake Chanslor opened his first burger stand in Albuquerque in 1952, he built a New Mexico empire on one incendiary ingredient: flame-roasted Hatch green chile piled onto smashed beef patties. National Geographic crowned it the best green chile cheeseburger in the world, and seven decades later, locals still queue up at all 75-plus locations for that blistered, smoky bite. The breakfast burrito runs a close second—stuffed thick and served all day at this Gibson Boulevard outpost near the university.