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Is Sparky's Burgers & BBQ Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Hatch, NM)

Food Paradise, Season 19 Hatch, New Mexico

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Sparky's Burgers & BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current Sunday and Thursday-through-Saturday hours, and an independent Yelp listing last updated June 2026 showed continued photos and reviews for the business at the same address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The S19E5 episode "Bucket List Burgers" featured Sparky's Burgers, BBQ & Espresso's green chile cheeseburger in Hatch, New Mexico. Sparky's is a burger and barbecue restaurant on Franklin Street known locally for giant roadside statues and a music venue called the Green Chile Room, according to New Mexico Magazine's coverage of the business. According to the restaurant's website (sparkysburgers.com), a 2026-09-08 check found posted hours of Sunday 10:30am to 5:30pm and Monday through Wednesday closed, alongside an online shop section. A Yelp business listing for Sparky's, last updated in June 2026, separately showed 953 photos and 477 reviews for the restaurant at its Franklin Street address. Tripadvisor also carried a current listing and reviews for the restaurant under the same Hatch, New Mexico location.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 5
Air date not confirmed
Title: Bucket List Burgers · What was featured: Hatch green chile cheeseburger
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 19 Food Paradise

Season 19: 102 of 146 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. sparkysburgers.com http://sparkysburgers.com/
  2. Yelp https://m.yelp.com/biz/sparkys-bbq-and-espresso-hatch
  3. newmexicomagazine.org https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/hatch-sparkys-burger/
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Record fp-1548 · checked by Cal Marchetti.