Growing up in El Paso, Put-Au-Feu owner and chef Robert Espinoza used to make his older cousins egg sandwiches since he was five years old. What enticed him the most about the culinary world is how cooking is hands-on. “And I get to play with knives and fire,” added Espinoza. He decided while working at restaurant in Austin that it was about time to open up his own place. After calling the landlord of what used to be a café in the 1970s and asking him to renovate it, he named his restaurant after the tediously cooked French dish, pot au feu, which translates to pot on the fire. The restaurant even offers the dish itself, made with rump roast, short ribs, whole grain mustard, and various vegetables.

“What makes our restaurant different from others,” Espinoza said, “is that we offer European-style food, but it’s not pretentious. We offer good, wholesome food; nothing too fancy. I just want to bring the flavor of different countries to El Paso.”

Indeed, there are flavors from different origins that Pot-Au-Feu has to present, such as the tagine—marinated lamb with Moroccan cous cous, and the green coconut curry. Even their grilled veggie sandwich has a twist to traditional veggie sandwiches with its hummus and eggplant on Naan flat bread.

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Pot-Au-Feu International Restaurant
307 East Franklin Ave.
El Paso Texas, 79901
(915) 503-8158