{"id":217413,"date":"2026-03-24T01:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217413\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:47:30","slug":"portillos-opens-its-first-restaurant-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217413\/","title":{"rendered":"Portillo\u2019s opens its first restaurant in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KTSM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2013 Portillo\u2019s invites the community to celebrate the opening of its first restaurant in El Paso, which welcomed customers on Monday, March 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The famous Chicago-style Grand Prairie restaurant known for its menu of Chicago-style street food is located in far east El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a social post from the restaurant, Tuesday\u2019s event starts at 4 p.m at 12221 Montana Avenue. There will be a live DJ, free prizes, and menu samples.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Portillo\u2019s along Montana Avenue in far east El Paso (KTSM)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/790f6a226e0bc233bab9a5b0e9555c22.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Portillo\u2019s along Montana Avenue in far east El Paso (KTSM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their mascot, \u201cPokey,\u201d will be making a special appearance at the opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No tickets needed. Just show up hungry!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KTSM cameras were at the location On Monday and spotted customers already dining in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2013 Portillo\u2019s invites the community to celebrate the opening of its first restaurant in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,498],"class_list":["post-217413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-ktsm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}