Flix Brewhouse quietly took over both former Alamo Drafthouse locations in El Paso this week, swapping out the signage and rolling in a fresh menu that leans hard into truffle-topped pizzas, a Korean-style BBQ bowl and the chain’s well-known in-house beer program. With the rapid-fire switch, El Paso suddenly became the first city in the country with three Flix Brewhouse theaters, a move that followed the abrupt closure of the Alamo-operated sites earlier this month. Company representatives and local staff have pitched the changeover as a quick, job-saving restart for dine-in moviegoing rather than a long, drawn-out shutdown.
Quick rebrand, familiar faces
To show off the changes, Flix hosted a “Pints & Sound Bites” tasting that spotlighted a…..