Café Mayapan
Serving some of the most authentic Mexican dishes around, Café Mayapan on Texas Avenue offers something to please every palate. Both a restaurant and a nonprofit that provides on-the-job training in South-Central El Paso, Café Mayapan utilizes fresh ingredients and traditional cooking methods to create signature dishes suited to every budget. While everyone on the menu is divine, we recommend the mini tostadas, tortilla soup, handmade quesadillas, enchiladas, flautas, and pork stew.
Carnitas Queretaro
When you’re in the mood for succulent meat like you’d find in Juárez, head to Carnitas Queretaro. With three locations in El Paso, you likely don’t have far to drive to enjoy this eatery’s family-inspired recipes. You can’t go wrong with the entomatadas, the chiles rellenos, or the enchiladas, all of which are customer favorites, but every item on the menu is a delight for the senses. Carnitas Queretaro even serves breakfast with Mexican flare, giving you the chance to savor dishes like huevos rancheros, breakfast burritos, and molletes.
El Taco Tote Real Mexican Grill
Originally established in Ciudad Juárez, El Taco Tote Real Mexican Grill is best known for its signature tacos. You can’t beat the handmade, melt-in-your-mouth tortillas or the amazing salsas. Choose from a variety of meats for your taco, including fish, arrachera, grilled chicken, bistek, or shrimp. You can even go vegetarian with mushrooms. It may sound like a simple concept, but that’s exactly why El Taco Tote does it right.
Casa Jurado
Casa Jurado has been a longtime staple in our city for good reason. Its extensive menu offers a variety of dishes and flavors to please just about anyone, including flautas, chiles rellenos, and salpicón. In fact, many regulars have been coming here for decades, cementing Casa Jurado’s reputation as one of the most authentic and delicious restaurants in town. If you enjoy a lively, fun atmosphere and superb entrees, stop by one of Casa Jurado’s two locations today.
L&J Cafe
A unique hole-in-the-wall eatery on historic Concordia Cemetery’s west side, L&J Cafe may not look like much from the outside, but this little restaurant packs a flavorful punch. Originally known as “Tony’s Place,” this local landmark dates back to 1927 and is frequently voted El Paso’s best Mexican restaurant. Now a fourth-generation restaurant renamed L&J Cafe, the place continues to serve up delicious food, great brews, and friendly service.
The restaurant has been such a huge part of El Paso’s culinary scene that customers demanded that L&J Cafe bottle and sell their delicious salsa. Put this restaurant at the top of your list if you love authentic Mexican flavors
You never have to go far to enjoy an authentic Mexican dish in El Paso. No matter what you’re craving, these amazing restaurants aim to please with their incredible flavors and hometown feel.
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