January 15, 2021
(Press Staff Photos by Makayla Grijalva)
The Silver City Burger Time restaurant closed Thursday after 48 years. This closure was the last of the Burger Time locations across southwest New Mexico as the former chain’s owner prepares to retire.
After nearly 50 years of serving southwest New Mexico, the staff of the Silver City Burger Time — the last location of the former chain in operation — said their goodbyes to the community and locked the restaurant’s doors for the last time Thursday.
“We’ve had so many kind words said on Facebook, and it’s humbling,” owner Kevin McGrath said. “You don’t realize how many people you’ve touched in your life in the food industry, and I didn’t realize that, until we closed the Las Cruces stores — how much impact it had locally.”