Lone Butte General Store

such a nice, convenient stop. real feel of neighborhood, and courteous and professional. i accidentally dropped a jar of salsa one day--too many good things in my arms. so embarrassing, but they were so nice about it. what a mess. and i said of course, please charge me for it, but they didn't. incredibly nice. i think of that every time i drive by or go in.

The owners are rude and unfriendly, the Asian guy that works there is very unfriendly and rude. The Hispanic kid is always very friendly and helpful.

This should be $$$$$. It is extremely expensive to pick up anything here. It is your only alternative to driving 10 miles to town, though if you need an item or two. The selection is not bad. No fresh fruit.

So, we just got back from the Shell station in Long Butte. We like the owner and several employees. HOWEVER, today, and NOT for the first time, the Asian guy working there was EXCEPTIONALLY rude. The transaction got messed up, and EVEN SHOWING him the transaction in my bank, he did not possess the intelligence to process what he was being TOLD and SHOWN!! Having to deal now with my bank, reversing a charge made there, and still HE doesn't get it. Dumb isn't so bad UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY RUDENESS! Does anyone have the contact info for the owner??? Please, thank you, and avoid that place like the plague while that dude works there. He STOLE from us, plain and simple.

OK, so I am having breakfast up the road. Keep in mind, I am in the middle of nowhere (South of Santa Fe on Hwy 14)... I strike up a conversation with a couple of people who seem to know what's what and they tell me the best tamales can be had at the Lone Butte General Store...Now, I am not one to pooh pooh a great tamale - especially in New Mexico. However, when I pull into the Shell gas station, I seriously had my doubts. Here? Really? So, I go in to the mini mart and see all the usual suspects... cheetos, beer, smokes, etc... I had to ask if they had tamales to which the nice gent behind the counter pointed to the back. I had to look twice but next to the dried out egg roll in the warmer I spotted a chaffing dish and small sign. Tamales $1.79.I opened the lid to a Hallelujah chorus of steam rising to the heavens. I selected two tamale parcels and a To Go container (remember, I had just come from breakfast.) At the very first sign of my ebbing tide of fullness from my earlier huevos rancheros, I unwrapped the still warm tamales and had, what I consider, two of the penultimate tamales of my life. These were tasty mo'fo's! I'm just sayin...

Very cold coolers. Great selection of snacks. Was located very close to a job I had.

I wouldn't even give this place 1 star if I didn't have to. We stopped out in the middle of nowhere to fill our car up with gas and to pick up several items that we needed. After filling up our car we went inside to make our purchases and the lady behind the counter wouldn't even let us use the restroom but more than that, she was absolutely rude about it.