Guess the TV-Hyped Eateries in El Paso and Earn Your Foodie Badge

If you've watched the Food Network or the Travel Channel you've certainly seen some local food places get shown to a wider audience. But exactly how many have been shown on tv & on which shows? We've seen restaurants from El Paso, Texas appear on many tv shows & channels.

El Paso has been featured on the Food network

If you've watched Diners, Drive Ins & Dives with Guy Fieri, you've definitely seen a couple. In fact the Food Network restaurant has listed 9 online, 7 of which have been shown on Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives :

Desert Oak Barbeque: They now have 2 locations but the one featured on tv was the Zaragoza location. 1320 N Zaragoza
Kaedama: 204 Boston Ave
La Colonial Tortilla Factory: 212 N Copia
Lick It Up: 114 E Mills
Rulis' Internation Kitchen: 4176 N Mesa
Tasty Kabob: 6110 N Mesa
& Delight; sadly they're no longer open.

Both Chico's Tacos & Kiki's Mexican Restaurant have been shown on "Best Thing I Ever Ate"

Cooking Channel's Taco Trip

There were 3 episodes featured on the Cooking Channel's Taco Trip: on the Season 2 Episode 2 "El Paso", chef Aaron Sanchez returned to his hometown to visit Tacoholics (sadly they moved to San Antonio & had to close down), Lucy's and of course Chico's Tacos. Aaron himself would further show his love for Chico's in the show "Best Thing I Ever Ate".

We've seen El Paso places shown Delicious Destinations with Andrew Zimmern

6 places were shown on Delicious Destinations with Andrew Zimmern (Monika went into great detail on what Andrew ordered from each restaurant on her article):