El Paisano

Delicious omelet, made with farm fresh eggs, homemade tortillas. 😋 Will be back for lunch!

I wish I could like this place more. I love the mom and pop hole in the walls. Not good if you require dietary accommodations.

The good: fantastic food and lovely people. The atmosphere is very homey. Sometimes native jewelry, etc for sale.

The meh: slow service. They run out of things throughout the day (get here early).

The bad: it’s really hard to recommend this place if you require dietary accommodations. I can’t have dairy among other things and they did not realize that cheese has dairy. Cash only.

This is home style cooking. I met the owner who was the waitress and cook on that day. She offered to cook me a meal that wasn’t on the menu. Sounded good and I said yes. Wow! What a superb meal that was! She made it all from scratch. And her hospitality…very much valued. I will take this route from Texas to the west coast just to stop here…and on the way back also. Thank you.

We only had pie. It looked impressive and homemade. The crust is better than most. Most of you would love it, but since I make homemade pie, the crust could be flakier (is that a word?). The apple filing was to sweet for my taste, but I don’t like sweets. The people were very nice. Cash only place.

Stopped in for lunch yesterday and what a pleasant surprise! Ms Esther has been cooking every single thing from scratch herself for 50 plus years. Her husband is her "helper" he is a sweetheart too. I have never seen such a clean place ever. There are a lot of Mexican deco hung on the walls. We actually tried to find dust. Nope none. You have to go thru a small part of the kitchen to get to the restroom. Spotless and nothing out of place. Her food is like I said made from scratch every single thing. If there isn't anything on the small menu for you then she will make you something. My husband had a burger and fries hand cut fries and fresh beef. Will be going back every time we are in Ruidoso (short drive up the mountain)