El Paso Cafe

This is my ‘go to’ restaurant when I want authentic Mexican home cooking. It truly is home cooking. The owner is the one and only cook, and she has great ‘sason’. Not fancy, just deeeelicious!

Great prices, great portions. This is true «casera» food (home cooked). Machaca was bomb and the cheese they used in the quesadilla was amazingly creamy. I will go back!

This place smells great. Mexican home style cooking going on in here. I came here to try Aqui Esta Texcoco, but it looks like they sold the business, and El Paso took over. They serve everything here. Nice quiet little place with a covered outside patio. Had to go with the bistec ranchero, rice, beans and flour tortillas.
Chips and salsa come out right away. Nice hardy and earthy tasting chips and the salsa packs a lot of flavor and some serious heat. Perfect for what I like. Big platter comes out next with the bistec ranchero, rice and beans. Everything was very good. The ranchero sauce is perfect. Great heat with some peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes and the bistec. Bistec looked a little under cooked, but tasted right on the money. Normally I don’t like that much sauce with my beans and rice in it, but I couldn’t get enough sauce. Those warm fluffy and powdery tortillas were great to sop up that sauce. Beans were good and the rice was better. Pissed I forgot to order some albondigas to go.
This is a place to get a warm and hearty home cooked meal. It’s quiet, and they’re not the friendliest, but they know how to cook some incredible food. Can’t beat the prices here. Coming back soon for some chilaquiles and menudo.