El Pasoans who hanker for Allsup’s famous deep-fried burritos can satisfy the craving without driving to Las Cruces or Lubbock.
The iconic convenience-store/gas station chain, with roots in rural New Mexico, opened its newest store Tuesday, March 25, on the edge of El Paso, just inside Chaparral, New Mexico.
It sits on several acres of what had been a mostly lonely corner at 1510 State Line Road and an increasingly busy stretch of U.S. Highway 54. It’s next to an Alamo Fireworks Megastore, across the highway from the Edge of Texas Steakhouse, and not far from the edge of El Paso’s Northeast city limit. It’s also not far from the site where Facebook operator, Meta Platforms Inc., is expected to build a huge data center…