restaurant information established 1953 food type american southwestern street address 420 old las vegas highway city santa fe county santa fe county state new mexico postal code zip 87505 country united states seating capacity 24 reservations first come first served website www.bobcatbite.com bobcat bite was a restaurant located in santa fe new mexico off of the historic old las vegas highway . bobcat bite specialized in steak chops and hamburgers . contents 1 origins 2 menu 3 atmosphere 4 publicity 4.1 awards 5 closing 6 references 7 external links origins edit the historic building that housed bobcat bite was originally a trading post . later it became a gun shop until rene clayton and her daughter mitzi clayton panzer converted it into a restaurant . the bobcat bite has won many awards and has been featured in newspapers television and other media as the place to go for a green chile cheeseburger . the name refers to accounts of bobcats coming down from the nearby foothills to visit bobcat friendly diners who would serve the animals fresh scraps . 1 menu edit menu items include hamburgers cheeseburgers bobcat bite s famous green chile cheeseburger chicken sandwiches assorted grilled sandwiches 10 oz . new york strip steak a 15 oz . hamburger steak pork chops a 16 oz . ham steak and a 13 oz . rib eye steak . 2 atmosphere edit the exterior of the restaurant is a pink adobe building 3 with traditional southwestern native american style paintings of kachina like figures painted on each side of the door . 4 the restaurant s famously tiny capacity only sits 24 . 5 at the entrance hangs a dry erase board where those waiting to dine must write down their party s name and size . 3 as a table becomes available the name is erased and the party is invited to enter . 6 the inside of bobcat bite s walls are prominently decorated with pictures of wild bobcats . 7 the restaurant offers unique hours serving customers from 11 00 am to 7 50pm mountain standard time tuesday through saturday . 8 publicity edit bobcat bite was well known among citizens visitors and tourists of santa fe new mexico and has been featured in several articles including those in the albuquerque journal the chicago tribune and the new york times . 9 10 11 bobcat bite also appeared in the 2004 documentary hamburger america 12 and was mentioned in the food network s program top american restaurants bon app tit picks the best hosted by alton brown in 2007 . 13 bobcat bite was featured in the 2012 episode new mexico on bizarre foods america . host andrew zimmern ranks it in his top 3 hamburgers . awards edit bobcat bite s burgers specifically the green chile cheeseburger have won many local national and international awards . gq magazine listed bobcat bite at 12 on its list of the 20 hamburgers you must eat before you die . 14 the santa fe reporter awarded bobcat bite with best burger in 2002 2003 and 2004 . 5 15 16 closing edit as of june 9 2013 bobcat bite is temporarily closed . bonnie & john eckre formerly of bobcat bite opened a new restaurant santa fe bite 17 in august 2013 . 18 references edit bobcat bite . 2004 august 13 . a little history . retrieved august 7 2007 from http www.bobcatbite.com history.html bobcat bite . 2004 august 13 . menu . retrieved august 7 2007 from http www.bobcatbite.com menu.html a b bobcat bite in santa fe . 2009 september 10 . igo eating . retrieved december 9 2009 from http www.igoeating.com 2009 09 10 bobcat bite in santa fe.html kriese t. photographer . 2007 . bobcat bite signup board online image . retrieved december 9 2009 from flickr http www.flickr.com photos 89804841 n00 1231098435 a b br . 2003 . best burger you crazy meatpuppets . sante fe reporter . bobcat bite santa fe nm . unknown last update yelp . retrieved december 9 2009 from http www.yelp.com biz bobcat bite santa fe stern michael 2007 11 18 . bobcat bite santa fe nm . roadfood.com . retrieved 2009 12 09 . bobcat bite . 2009 december 2 . bobcat bite . retrieved december 9 2009 from http www.bobcatbite.com roberts k. 2005 july 24 . and at no. 12 the bobcat bite at city different . albuquerque journal pp . b1 b4 . kogan r. 2004 april 11 . a cultural icon with cheese . chicago tribune magazine pp. 16 24 26 . heffernan v. 2005 july 4 . a journey in burger nation finds variations of a theme . the new york times p. e13 . internet movie database . unknown last update . hamburger america 2004 . retrieved august 7 2007 from http www.imdb.com title tt0488835 food network . unknown last update . top american restaurants bon appetit picks the best episode basp03 . retrieved december 9 2009 from http www.foodnetwork.com food network specials top american restaurants bon appetit picks the best index.html gq july 2005 . kw . 2002 . best burger . santa fe reporter . unknown author . 2004 . best burger even without the bun . sante fe reporter . http www.santafebite.com http aht.seriouseats.com archives 2013 08 santa fe bite bobcat bite open new mexico.html external links edit official website coordinates 35 34 57 n 105 53 50 w 35.58250 n 105.89722 w 35.58250 ; 105.89722 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bobcat bite & oldid 732353154 categories restaurants in new mexicohamburger restaurantssteakhouses in the united statesculture of santa fe new mexicorestaurants established in 1953hidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 11 25 . text 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