Sugar's - Embudo, NM

A way-out-of-the-way little barbecue hut, Sugar's serves knock-out beef brisket, at its best when rolled with green chile and cheese inside a soft flour tortilla.

100% Approval Rating (4 votes)

Overall: Worth driving from anyplace

Must Eats

barbecue burrito ($3.00)

brisket ($4.00)

green chile cheeseburger ($4.00)

Fritos pie ($3.00)

Written Reviews

Michael Stern

" Sugar is a beauty. She is the proprietors’ bulldog, whom you can usually see in the yard to the left of the tin trailer where you place your order at a window then wait while they cook it inside. Her picture also adorns the wall-mounted menu, which is a roadside ..." [Read More].

joyforlife

December 23, 2007

"Sugar's in New Mexico was the highlight of my four-day driving trip to Santa Fe from Denver. It totally caught me by surprise! Our group of five, in two cars, stopped for lunch at this unlikely looking BBQ trailer across from the Rio Grande in late October. We had ..." [Read More].

Logbooks

1/27/2003 - Michael Stern, $6

Map & Directions

1799 SR-68, Embudo, NM
505-852-0604

Hours & Policies

Seasons:	Open Year Round
Meals Served:	Lunch
Operational Hours:	Always Call Ahead!
Credit Cards Accepted:	No
Alcohol Served:	No
Outdoor Seating:	Yes
Reservations Accepted:	No
Delivery Available:	No
Takeout Counters:	Yes

"Sugar's is just a kitchen in a tin-sided trailer. Picnic tables are located to the left of the photo, in back. Many customers dine in their cars in the parking lot."
Michael Stern

"Barbecued brisket and hot green chile make a wonderful combination, with cheese, of course, wrapped inside a soft flour tortilla."
Michael Stern

"Sugar the bulldog taught her daughter (pictured here) to "perch" on the adobe wall near the restaurant and stare at customers as they order and eat their barbecue."
Michael Stern

"Unless you ask them to hold the sauce, the brisket in a sandwich comes bathed in it. "
Michael Stern