Valley Super Market–El Paso, TX
Valley Super Market 850 Resler Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 585-1003 Valley Super Market is a local meat market and Mexican grocery store with several locations in El Paso. Not being familiar with many of the...
View ArticlePeter’s–El Paso, TX
Peter’s German Grill & Bakery 255 Shadow Mountain Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 626-6368 The owner of Peter’s (whose name you can guess) was formerly a baker at Lo Mart Supermarket, a grocery store that...
View ArticleSu Casa–El Paso, TX
Su Casa Restaurant 2030 E. Yandell Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 544-5136 Any list of classic El Paso restaurants would have to include Su Casa, a neighborhood hangout that has been operating at the same place...
View ArticleJalisco Cafe–El Paso, TX
Jalisco Cafe 1029 E. 7th Ave. El Paso, TX (915) 532-7174 Jalisco Cafe is one of those places that seems to be known almost exclusively by word of mouth. I am guessing it has been operating for at least...
View ArticleTara Thai–El Paso, TX
Tara Thai 2606 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 219-9307 Tara Thai is located in the Cincinnati Entertainment District, a popular night spot for UTEP students and others throughout the city. When I first...
View ArticleLas Palmas–El Paso, TX
Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant 1605 George Dieter Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 629-9898 Las Palmas is located in a strip mall in east El Paso, and it seemed to be an unlikely candidate for being one of the...
View ArticleLi’s Cafe–El Paso, TX
Li’s Cafe 632 Sunland Park Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 875-0509 Li’s Cafe opened in 2010 as the “fast food” version of Moon Day, the now closed restaurant which served authentic northern style Chinese food....
View ArticleSushi Zen–El Paso, TX
Sushi Zen 7040 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 585-8848 El Paso is actually replete with sushi restaurants, and I think the only parts of town where they are not in abundance are the lower income areas...
View ArticleSunny’s Sushi–El Paso, TX
Sunny’s Sushi 910 E. Redd Rd. El Paso, TX (915) 842-9508 To me the national restaurant review web sites do not help much for restaurants such as Sunny’s Sushi. The information they give is that this is...
View ArticleEl Cometa–El Paso, TX
Taqueria El Cometa 4131 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 275-4215 El Cometa is a popular lunch and late night hangout on the strip of Mesa Street near UTEP, and I think it will remain popular because of...
View ArticleSorrento–El Paso, TX
Sorrento Italian Restaurant 5325 Dyer St. El Paso, TX (915) 565-3937 The one thing out-of-town visitors should know about Sorrento is that it is an old style, red checkered tablecloth type of Italian...
View ArticleVictoria’s–Canutillo, TX
Victoria’s Mexican Grill 6874 Doniphan Dr. Canutillo, TX (915) 243-7183 Although Canutillo sits very close to the New Mexico state line and it is home to at least a couple of well known New Mexico...
View ArticleCarnitas Queretaro–El Paso, TX
Carnitas Querétaro 7410 Remcon Cir. El Paso, TX (915) 584-9906 Carnitas Querétaro has multiple locations in El Paso, and each one is packed with extended families and groups of friends who come for...
View ArticleGood Luck Cafe–El Paso, TX
Good Luck Cafe 3813 Alameda Ave. El Paso, TX (915) 532-9039 Sometimes it is difficult to compare one cuisine to another in terms of giving them a rating because it is quite subjective. It occurred to...
View ArticleJulio’s–El Paso, TX
Julio’s Mexican Food 7470 Cimarron Market El Paso, TX (915) 581-2242 Julio’s had its beginning in 1944 in downtown Ciudad Juarez, Mexico when Julio and Guadalupe Ramirez opened an upscale Mexican...
View ArticleKal Bi House–El Paso, TX
Kal Bi House 5718 Dyer St. El Paso, TX (915) 562-0311 I have two disclosures to make about Kal Bi House. The first is that prior to my visit in 2019, my last visit was in 2004. I made quite a …...
View ArticleAmigos–El Paso, TX
Amigos Restaurant 2000 Montana Ave. El Paso, TX (915) 533-0155 For years the “amigos” worked at La Hacienda restaurant until they opened their own place on Montana Avenue with the partnership of Mr....
View ArticleLos Cabos–El Paso, TX
Los Cabos Seafood 7200 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 301-0030 Los Cabos is one of several Mexican seafood restaurants in El Paso, and it is one of the more recent ones to open. Although there is only...
View ArticleD’Lox–El Paso, TX
D’Lox 630 Sunland Park Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 760-4889 It is somewhat hard to categorize D’Lox–the restaurant’s web site describes it as “Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch.” It closes at 3:00 p.m. every day, so...
View ArticleMagic Bistro–El Paso, TX
Magic Bistro 5034 Doniphan Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 833-2121 Magic Bistro is a prominent part of El Paso’s upscale food scene, a trend that seems to have exploded in recent years. Its predecessor, The...
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