Texas Eats · El Paso, Texas
El Paso restaurants: taquerías and Tex-Mex
What El Paso has on our lists: 3 taquerías and 2 Tex-Mex restaurants. Each hand-checked place had a 2025 or 2026 source when we looked in fall 2026. In all, Texas Eats maps 2,532 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in El Paso, nearest first on your phone.
Taquerías in El Paso
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 55 Texas taquerías.
El Taquero Comer
3260 N Zaragoza Rd, El Paso
Taquería On the menu: tacos al pastor, carne asada tacos
East El Paso taquería known for al pastor and carne asada.
Taconeta
311 Montana Ave A-1, El Paso
Taquería On the menu: suadero taco, shrimp taco, grilled sweet potato, elote
Downtown El Paso taco bar opened in 2020, known for suadero and grilled camote.
Tortilleria Crystal
10310 McCombs St, El Paso
Taquería On the menu: breakfast burritos, tamales, barbacoa, menudo
Northeast El Paso tortillería known for breakfast burritos, tamales and barbacoa.
Tex-Mex in El Paso
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 30 Texas Tex-Mex restaurants.
Kiki's Mexican Restaurant
2719 N Piedras St, El Paso
Tex-Mex On the menu: brisket machaca, green chile enchiladas, chile rellenos, chicken mole
Family restaurant on North Piedras known for machaca (brisket, chicken and crab) and green chile enchiladas.
L & J Cafe
3622 E Missouri Ave, El Paso
Tex-Mex On the menu: chile rellenos, green chile enchiladas, combination plates
Long-running El Paso café on East Missouri Avenue known for chile rellenos and green chile enchiladas.
Inspections in El Paso
The City of El Paso Department of Public Health publishes an inspection score for 2,062 places we list in El Paso. At their latest inspection, by the city's own bands: 2,062 places Passing. Texas has no statewide grade, and we add none. Records through October 16, 2026. Each place's scores are in the web search; what the scores mean: Texas restaurant inspections, explained.
What El Paso eats
Kinds of food among the 2,532 places we list in El Paso, counted from open map data, TABC licenses and city inspection lists.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Mexican | 558 |
| Bar & Pub | 372 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 231 |
| Coffee & Café | 187 |
| Burgers | 184 |
| Pizza | 158 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 92 |
| Japanese & Sushi | 86 |
| Chicken & Wings | 82 |
| Chinese | 58 |