Spring - Klein Edition | January 2022

DINING FEATURE

BY EMILY LINCKE

LOCALFAVORITES

Mexican burger ($14.99) A half-pound beef patty is topped with jalapenos, avocado, onions, chorizo and cheese.

BurritoLoco ($17.99): A burrito is lled with steak, grilled chicken and shrimp.

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Quesadillas ($13.99): Patrons can choose chicken, steak or shrimp to be toasted between two tortillas.

Nachos Locos ($15.95): Tortilla chips are piled with guacamole; sour cream; pico de gallo; queso; beans; lettuce; jalapenos; and the patron’s choice of chicken, shrimp or steak.

Erlin Reyes opened El Paso Mexican Grill in the Willowbrook area in 2018.

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DRINKSTOTRY The eatery’s bar boasts a variety of beverage options. Flavoredmargarita ($15.99): Patrons can customize their drinks by choosing peach, strawberry, mango, raspberry and watermelon avors. Blueberry Lemon DropMartini ($12.99): This drink comprises blueberry vodka, simple syrup and sweet and sour. Spicy Mezcal Mule ($12.99): Mezcal, ginger beer, Serrano pepper and lemon juice give this beverage a kick.

El PasoMexicanGrill Willowbrook-area Tex-Mex eatery welcomes customers like family F amily and good food are key Reyes said he learned a lot about how to run a restaurant through working in the industry for his entire life. Over the years, he has worked dierent positions at seafood and

family restaurant.” Keeping a loyal customer base made up of at least 65% regular customers is what a restaurant needs to survive, Reyes said. While satisfying new customers is also important, Reyes said that portion of regular customers enables him to pay his bills. “We just try to make the people come back, and I always like to pass [by] around the tables and look at it myself and try to see what’s wrong,” Reyes said. Whether a patron is a newcomer or a regular, Reyes aims to make them feel like part of the family. “You cannot run a business without family,” Reyes said. “They’re the support.”

ingredients in the recipe for a successful restaurant, said Erlin Reyes, who opened El Paso Mexican Grill in the Willowbrook area in 2018. The restaurant serves Tex-Mex dishes such as quesadillas, burritos, tacos and nachos as well as Ameri- can fare, such as chicken wings and burgers. Margaritas and other beverages are available at the bar, and on Thursdays through Saturdays, live music can be heard pouring from the restaurant’s patio. “When you open a business, it’s not because you want to open a business; you want to keep the business,” Reyes said.

Mexican restaurants, eventually deciding to open his own place. Shortly after opening El Paso, Reyes opened a second restaurant in Conroe, Pedro’s. Reyes said his wife and children also help run the restaurants, and over the years, the entire family has gotten to know El Paso’s regular customers well. “Our regular customers, they know all my family,” Reyes said. “My daughter is in the Army, and every time she comes over, a lot of customers say, ‘Hi.’ So it’s like a

El PasoMexicanGrill 7607 FM 1960, Houston 346-206-2933 www.elpasogrillhouston.com Hours: Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

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