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Monday, August 17, 2026 · El Paso · Horizon 0–90 days

The dining room at María Titina on North Mesa in West El Paso

West Side · Thursday–Saturday

María Titina crossed from Chihuahua. The rest of the desk is a summer recap.

5860 N Mesa St · Thu–Sat 5 p.m.–2 a.m. · live music Fri–Sat from 10:30 p.m.

The Chihuahua restaurant-and-lounge landed in West El Paso at the start of August: Mexican and international plates, pop-culture cocktails (Tacones Rojos, Márgara Francisca), Josper chamorro, rib-eye, tacos gobernador. KFOX14/CBS4 is the local opening story, August 1. It is the only August opening with a named date. Everything else in this brief is the El Paso Times’ July 30 summer recap — useful, and already a few weeks old — plus one coming brick-and-mortar and the fall festival calendar from Visit El Paso and St. George.

Source: KFOX14 / CBS4, Aug. 1

Photo: KFOX14/CBS4 (og:image)

This is still a thin desk. Yesterday: HTeaO’s second shop on Resler, El Músico’s tequila launch downtown, Market EP at San Jacinto Plaza, and a Native Business Market on the Tigua reservation. Monday is a quiet date on the sourced calendar. The Times’ July 30 list of twelve 2026 openings remains the openings file. Permit-tracker “openings” without a local story were left out.

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The El Paso Times dining page loaded in search and in a full fetch of the July 30 recap, but blocked its og:images. Sunú’s photo is the Times wire image as republished. Aggregator pages for a Margarita Festival and BBQ Bangarang were not used. 85°C Bakery and Papá Eric’s Burger exist as TDLR filings, not as announced openings.

Monday

Today

West Side · grand opening

HTeaO, second El Paso shop

1626 N. Resler Drive · Saturday, Aug. 15 · free tea 10 a.m.–noon

Franchise press release, Aug. 11: Jacob and Sandra with Tea Time Ventures. BOGO tea all day today and Sunday; half-price gallons through Aug. 22. Chain tea — listed because it is the only dated Saturday opening this desk could lock.

Source: HTeaO / Franchising.com, Aug. 11

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Downtown · tonight

El Músico Tequila launch

B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, 201 S. El Paso St · Saturday, Aug. 15 · doors 7 p.m. · free, 21+, first come

KFOX14, Aug. 13: Jaime Cabrera and Ernie Montoya’s Blanco, fermented with independent music overhead. First 50 guests get a signature cocktail; live music, merch, founders. KVIA had the same Saturday date Friday morning.

Sources: KFOX14 / CBS4, Aug. 13, KVIA, Aug. 14

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San Jacinto Plaza · this morning

The Market EP

Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. · 114 W. Mills Ave · free

Visit El Paso: the market is back downtown for its 15th anniversary, select Saturdays. Live music, artisans, small businesses.

Source: Visit El Paso

Ysleta del Sur · this evening

Native Business Market

Tigua Business Center, 9180 Socorro Road · Saturday, Aug. 15, 5–9 p.m. · free

Hoodline, citing KTSM: Native-owned vendors, crafts, food, live entertainment. Open to the public.

Source: Hoodline (citing KTSM)

Still on

Weekend

West Side

María Titina, if you have not been

Thu–Sat · 5860 N Mesa · 5 p.m.–2 a.m.

The only new room with weekend-centric hours and a live band. Thursday is a “ladies only” cocktail special (buy one, get two) per KFOX14. Early evening is described as family-friendly; the music starts at 10:30.

Source: KFOX14 / CBS4, Aug. 1

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Beef flautas and elote at Sunú Taquería Molino’s June soft opening, El Paso Times photo via reprint

Downtown

Sunú Taquería Molino

Opened June 11 · 610 N Mesa St · former Cónico

Yered Cantú’s Chihuahua-leaning taquería: cochinita pibil sopes, beef-cheek and potato flautas, steak tacos, tacos dorados. The Times called it “fine dining at affordable prices.” Still the most interesting independent opening on the July recap.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

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West Side

Kala Baja Med

7470 Cimarron Market Ave, Bldg 5, Suite 100

The Times critic’s favorite on the summer list: Baja-Mediterranean, lobster tortilla bisque poured tableside, Pacific red snapper ceviche, grilled octopus. Special-occasion room.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

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This year

Openings

Eastlake

Basilico

12900 Eastlake Blvd, Suite A106-10

The Juárez Italian restaurant’s first El Paso room. The Times says it is already a business-lunch and date-night default on the East Side.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

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Downtown

Nueve Uno Cinco

218 W Franklin Ave · patio toward Southwest University Park

A two-story cocktail bar in a refurbished building. The Times lists it with the year’s new rooms, not as a restaurant.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

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East Side / chains

Portillo’s, Longhorn, Slim Chickens, Taco Palenque

Portillo’s March, 12221 Montana; Longhorn June, 12237 Montana; Slim Chickens April, 3152 N Zaragoza; Taco Palenque February, 7122 Gateway Blvd E

Confirmed 2026 chain openings from the Times recap. Portillo’s is the one with a wait in the city’s imagination (Italian beef, chocolate cake). Two more steakhouses are “under construction,” with no names or dates in that piece.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

Also on the Times list

Elmer’s Dinner, Doka Brunch, Casa Kin, Rockstar Burger Eastlake

Elmer’s, 1730 Montana; Doka, 6006 N Mesa; Casa Kin, 400 W Overland; Rockstar, 13649 Eastlake

A revived fried-chicken diner; a brunch room with in-house conchas; a downtown coffee shop with a Corvette on the floor (breakfast “to be added”); and Rockstar’s second burger bar after eight years downtown.

Source: El Paso Times, July 30

On the calendar

Events

Feast of the Middle East 2026 flyer from St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church

West Side

Feast of the Middle East

September 11–13 · St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 120 N Festival Dr

The church’s own three-day festival: Friday hafli 7–10 p.m. ($10, appetizers, live band); Saturday noon–10 and Sunday noon–8 ($5 at the door, or $25 presale with food and drink tickets). Official ToDoElPaso listing with the parish phones.

Source: ToDoElPaso / St. George

Downtown

Vivamos México, then Way Out West

Vivamos México: September 12, 5–10 p.m., San Jacinto Plaza; Way Out West: September 26, Civic Center Plaza

Visit El Paso’s 2026 annual-events page: Mexico’s Independence evening with food and music downtown; Way Out West the same month with a chili challenge and a Quest for the Best Margarita. Those are the city’s own dates — not reseller pages.

Source: Visit El Paso — Annual Events

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0–90 days

Coming

Mijos Tacos, from KVIA’s August 2 report

Five Points

Mijos Tacos, brick-and-mortar — if permits land

Target: football season · next to El Luchador · no public day

NFL lineman Will Hernandez and Derek Elmendorff are moving the Mijos truck into a permanent room beside a new bar, El Luchador. KVIA, August 2: still waiting on permits; they “expect it to open in time for football season.” That is a target, not a date. The truck continues in the meantime.

Source: KVIA, Aug. 2

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Not used

Permit-only names

TDLR filings, no local opening story

85°C Bakery Café at 8401 Gateway Blvd W (estimated October), Papá Eric’s Burger on Montana (estimated late August), and a 7-Brew on Zaragoza (estimated November) appear on Texas accessibility filings. No El Paso Times, KVIA, or KFOX opening announcement. Not treated as openings.

TDLR project pages only — omitted from the calendar.