{"id":51518,"date":"2025-11-16T04:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/51518\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T04:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T04:01:10","slug":"el-pasos-malolam-cantina-bids-farewell-after-decade-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/51518\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso\u2019s Malolam Cantina bids farewell after decade of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Malolam Cantina will be closing its doors after serving the El Paso area for 11 years, according to a social media post on Saturday, Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p>The cantina, located at 5001 N Mesa St., was a popular bar spot for locals and served brunch, \u201cEl Bruncho\u201d, every Sunday. It featured an outdoor patio and hosted many bands and live entertainment acts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAfter 11 unforgettable years, we\u2019ve made the difficult decision to close. As we look back, what stands out most isn\u2019t the food, the drinks, or the late nights \u2013 it\u2019s you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTo our loyal guests, friends, neighbors, and everyone who ever walked through our doors: thank you. Thank you for choosing us for your celebrations, your weeknights, your graduations, and all the moments in between. You helped create an energy and a spirit that made this place more than your typical bar\u2014 you made it a part of El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhile this chapter is coming to an end for us, it\u2019s not the end for the space. We\u2019re proud to share that we are handing Malolam over to someone new, who will be giving it a fresh remodel and reopening soon. We\u2019re excited to see the next evolution and grateful that the spirit of this place will continue in the community we love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFrom the bottom of our hearts, thank you for the love, the support, and the last 11 years. El Paso, you\u2019ll always be home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Malolam Cantina will be closing its doors after serving the El Paso area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,29002,27],"class_list":["post-51518","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-malolam-cantina","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51518","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=51518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}