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 best Mexican restaurants … Continue reading →

Mi Piaci Restaurant 5411 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 875-0034 Mi Piaci got its start in a humble building at 5222 Doniphan Dr., but from the beginning it was obvious that the food was a step up from … Continue reading →

Casita Linda 5315 Hondo Pass Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 757-9025 Casita Linda is one of the many neighborhood Mexican restaurants in El Paso that tourists rarely find, but has the type of food I think out of town visitors … Continue reading →

Tasty Kabob 6110 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 234-2255 Tasty Kabob is not the first Persian restaurant to open during the time I have been in El Paso, but its quality is certainly reflective of the fact that the … Continue reading →

Pelican’s Steak & Seafood 130 Shadow Mountain Dr. El Paso, TX (915) 581-1392 Pelican’s has been around for so long that it is somewhat of a stereotype for an old school steak and seafood restaurant (actually their web site says it … Continue reading →

Charcoaler Drive-In 5837 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 581-0660 Charcoaler Drive-In has a long history in El Paso, and originally had locations on Montana as well as the present location on Mesa. It was definitely one of my favorite … Continue reading →

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 restaurant (as opposed to the more numerous establishments serving … Continue reading →

Cafe Italia 6705 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 832-0587 Café Italia opened in 2007 in a small space on North Mesa that had previously been a frozen custard franchise. I hated to see the custard place go, since … Continue reading →

El Taquito 1422 Airway Blvd. El Paso, TX (915) 778-7170 It was not until I began writing this review that I discovered that there are actually two “El Taquito” restaurants in El Paso, and apparently they are unrelated. I know … Continue reading →

Pho Tre Bien Bistro 3737 N. Mesa St. El Paso, TX (915) 307-2334 The flagship Pho Tre Bien on Gateway East (originally on Viscount Blvd.) was the first Vietnamese restaurant I can remember in El Paso. Unlike some ethnic restaurants that … Continue reading →