Hatch, New Mexico, north of Las Cruces (LOC)
An oversized chile dog and blown-out restaurant sign keep company at Sparky's Burgers & BBQ (barbecue), a must-see roadside attraction in tiny Hatch, New Mexico, north of Las Cruces, that offers not only green-chili cheesburgers, espresso. and other coffee drinks but also what one might call vintage, sometimes giant and funky, memorabilia assembled over 20 years by Sparky's owners, Josie Nunn and her husband, Teako. [NOTE: Regarding the spellings of the hot pepper: "chili" is the English-language preference, but the Spanish "chile" is the usual spelling in New Mexico, and, of course, the nation of that name.]
Hatch, New Mexico, north of Las Cruces (LOC)
An oversized chile dog and blown-out restaurant sign keep company at Sparky's Burgers & BBQ (barbecue), a must-see roadside attraction in tiny Hatch, New Mexico, north of Las Cruces, that offers not only green-chili cheesburgers, espresso. and other coffee drinks but also what one might call vintage, sometimes giant and funky, memorabilia assembled over 20 years by Sparky's owners, Josie Nunn and her husband, Teako. [NOTE: Regarding the spellings of the hot pepper: "chili" is the English-language preference, but the Spanish "chile" is the usual spelling in New Mexico, and, of course, the nation of that name.]