Tacos
Asada, adobada, barbacoa and the rest, on corn tortillas with onion, cilantro and lime. Red or green stays on the side so the heat is your call.
El Sarape del Valle150 S Americas Ave, El Paso TX
4.4 stars from 1,234 Google reviews
Where the east side eats.
A sarape is read one band at a time, and so is this kitchen. Tacos and caldos. Menudo and fajitas. Tortas, desayunos and a row of aguas frescas. More than one address in El Paso, all of them cooking the same way.
Band two, what the city decided
4.4
Average rating on Google
Rounded to one decimal, exactly the way Google reports it. Nothing rewritten and nothing selected.
1,234
Reviews written by hand
People who finished a plate, drove home, and still felt like saying something about it.
915
One number, more than one door
Several El Sarape del Valle locations serve El Paso. One phone call finds the closest one to you.
Twelve hundred people do not agree about a restaurant by accident.
What comes out of the kitchen
Drag the row sideways. These are the kitchen's regular categories, not a printed menu. Prices and the day's board come from the counter or the phone.
Off the fire
Fajitas and carne asada worked over live coals and carried out on a hot skillet with tortillas and everything that goes on them.
Before anything else
Chips, salsa and guacamole ground in stone. It lands on the table before you have finished deciding.
Plates for a table
Enchiladas, chiles rellenos, rice and beans. Built for four people, a long argument about the check, and a container to take home.
Tortas and to go
Tortas, orders to carry out and a counter that moves fast when the lunch rush hits Americas Avenue.
Five of the kitchen's regular categories. Call for the full board.
Band four, about the name
A sarape is a working blanket, not a souvenir
The sarape is the striped wool blanket that gets thrown over a shoulder on a cold morning and over a table when there is food on it. Every band is a different colour and every band was put there on purpose. Nothing about it is decorative by accident.
That is a fair description of a kitchen on Americas Avenue too. Tacos are one band. Caldo is another. Menudo, desayunos, tortas, aguas frescas, the plates that show up when a whole family walks in at once. Put them next to each other and you get the place.
El Sarape del Valle sits at 150 S Americas Ave on the east side of El Paso, on the road that runs down toward Ysleta and the bridge. There is more than one of them in this city. The number below reaches the kitchen and the kitchen will tell you which door is closest to yours.
Band five, change the thread
The day runs in three colours
Early, before the room fills
Desayunos are the quietest good decision here. The dining room is still half empty, the tortillas are coming off warm, and nobody is in a hurry with your table.
- DesayunosBreakfast plates with beans, tortillas and coffee
- MenudoWhen it is on, it moves early. Call and ask
- CaldoHot broth for a cold morning on the east side
- CafeRefilled without being asked
Midday, when Americas gets loud
Lunch is the busiest thread. Tacos and tortas move across the counter, the fire is going, and orders to carry out stack up next to the register.
- TacosCorn tortillas, onion, cilantro, salsa on the side
- TortasBuilt to be eaten with both hands
- FajitasOff the fire and onto a hot skillet
- Aguas frescasPoured cold, all afternoon
Evening, tables of six and up
Dinner is when the big tables get pushed together. Enchiladas, family plates, one more order than anybody needed, and a container going home with somebody.
- EnchiladasRice, beans and a plate that arrives hot
- Family platesMade for four people and an argument about the check
- Caldo de resThe bowl people order when they are tired
- To goLarge orders arranged over the phone
Band six, what people call and ask
Answers, without the guessing
Is there more than one El Sarape del Valle?
Yes. There is more than one location serving El Paso. The address on this page is 150 S Americas Ave in the 79907 zip. Call (915) 790-0206 and somebody will tell you which door is closest to where you are.
What are the hours?
Hours move with the season and the day, so this page does not print a set that might be wrong when you read it. The phone is the fastest and most honest answer. One call and you will know what is open right now.
Can you handle a large order or a party tray?
Large orders of tacos, enchiladas and fajitas are arranged over the phone rather than through a form. Tell the kitchen roughly how many people and roughly when, and it gets worked out from there. Email works too if you would rather write it down.
Do you serve breakfast?
Desayunos are part of the regular board. What is being made on a given morning changes, and menudo in particular tends to move early, so it is worth calling ahead if you have your heart set on something.
Where do I park?
There is a lot out front off Americas Avenue. This stretch of Americas is the road the east side takes down toward Ysleta and the bridge, so give yourself a minute at the light if you are coming through at lunch.
Are prices listed anywhere on this page?
No, and that is deliberate. Prices change and a website that quotes an old one does the restaurant no favours. The counter and the phone both have the current numbers.
Band six, the edge of the cloth
Come sit down
(915) 790-0206Hours move with the season and the day, so the phone is always faster than a guess. Call and somebody will tell you what is open and what is on the comal.
- Address150 S Americas Ave
El Paso, Texas 79907 - Phone(915) 790-0206
- Emailelsarapedelvalle2@yahoo.com
- LocationsMore than one in El Paso. Call and we will point you at the closest.
- ParkingLot out front, off Americas Avenue