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Is the Mexican hamburger America’s Greatest Mexican Meal?

Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican, is an expert on many topics -- including the evolution of Mexican restaurants in this country. And before his recent visit to Denver, he'd never before encountered what we consider a mainstay in this city: the Mexican hamburger...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican, is an expert on many topics — including the evolution of Mexican restaurants in this country. And before his recent visit to Denver, he’d never before encountered what we consider a mainstay in this city: the Mexican hamburger.

Now Gustavo Arellano has weighed in on what he considers America’s Greatest Mexican Meal, the “Holy Grail of Mexican-American cookery.”

And where did he first get a taste of this grail? At Bubba Chino’s, that offshoot of Chubby’s. And Arellano not only dishes on the dish, but also on some of the family troubles — which sound hotter than the green chile smothering this Mexican hamburger.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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