green chile added.[16] In 2017 it was named the best burger in the world by National Geographic.[16] Other products include the smaller Itsaburger, various styles of hot dogs, sandwiches, chili bowls, and chili Frito pies. Some Lotaburger stores also have a breakfast menu which includes breakfast sandwiches and several types of breakfast burritos.[6] A unique green and red sauce made from New Mexico green chiles can be added to the breakfast burritos.[6]

In 2009, Blake's Lotaburger was awarded "Best Burger" and "Best French Fries" in the Weekly Alibi.[18]

National Geographic in 2006, considered Blake's as having the “Best Green Chile Cheeseburger in the World".[10] In June 2012, it also ranked Blake's Lotaburger fourth on its 10 Best Hamburgers list.[19][20][21]

In 2008, Blake's President Brian Rule donated $10,000 to support California Propositiontall, rugged plinth made from retooled railroad ties. These are perhaps the most straightforward and decorative of Gates’s works: not the most practical vessels in the world, but their making, by hand, leave an impression of the mercurial Gates as a skilled artisan, whose business is gladly blowing up in all directions.

He is also an excellent singer. A film in the first gallery combines a blues lament sung by the artist, accompanied by some intense cello playing. The music, at odds with the hardware peg board and the lingering odor of tar, is nonetheless evidence of a refined talent, who is as comfortable performing with virtuoso musicians as he is heating up roof tar or hoisting up fire trucks. As antiquated as the term might be, Gates is