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    The Substation

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    Kasventures S.

    When in El Paso you have to go to this area and check it out. They have a few shops and restaurants for you to enjoy, but you really need to go to get a picture of you with the infamous "Greetings from El Paso" sign. This is a must do to commemorate your El Paso Trip. For more on what to do in El Paso, check out our blog. https://kasventures.org/2019/08/13/gems-of-el-paso/

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    Monica L.

    I wish we had a place like this in the northeast! They have so many shops and restaurants offering an array of products and food types. The El Paso mural smack dab in the middle is just one of many artistic spots here. Yoga is offered every Tuesday at 7pm and the instructor is amazing with the class being very beginner but still fun. 10/10 recommend if you're in the area or not!

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    Lisa H.

    El Paso do you want to feel like you are in a wondrous new place. A place that does not look like your plan brick and mortar strip mall. Then go here! It has outdoor seating. It also uses a lot of recycled material which gives the place an old time feel. It takes up a theme of an long forgotten train stop down the Santa Fe Line. And you might say to yourself. Hmm, I didn't know this was here in El Paso. Then the substation is for you. They are so many new restaurants opening up within just a few months. Many are like some we don't have in any other parts of the city. Go early on Sunday mornings, they have a local farmer's market until 2:00pm. There were food trucks and lots of vendors. It was such a great find. Then there are so many cute boutiques:. children's clothing, pets, ladies clothes are just a few of the fun stuff you won't find at our common stores that carry these items. So if you are looking for new trends or something different or unusual then go here. There is also a lot of really cool photo ops. Great place to take out of town guest or anyone who loves to take pictures like my teens. They can all pose next to the giant postcard pic that says El Paso. It is bright and sunny and colorful. Sure to brighten any newsfeed. Frequent often you never know what new favorite restaurant you will find or boutique. Such a great concept

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    West Towne Marketplace

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    I was in the process of building my home when my really old me about West Towne Marketplace being…read moreplanned. I was thrilled to have shopping and eateries less than two miles away. This shopping center is fabulous; it has roundabouts to help move traffic and there is so much here- a really nice movie theater with a microbrewery and comfy seats, a ramen place, a salad place, Jersey Mikes, Five Guys, a crab and lobster seafood place, all the fast food places, Canes and Boss chicken places, a Freddy's, a huge Walmart with a gas station and good prices, a European Waxing Center, a Postal Annex, Ross, Home goods/ TJ max, Five Below, Cabellas sporting goods, three ice cream/frozen yogurt places, sushi, Pieology, a regular pizza place, Chipotle, Nekter juice bar, a nail place and a lash place...and I know I am forgetting tons! The place is nicely landscaped and well maintained. There are outdoor speakers playing nice music as you stroll around. I am so grateful that they planned an built this. The business need support to stay of course - and I am helping any way I can! I utilize as many of the shops as I can.

    This is one of the new features added on the West side. When there is already an outlet shopping…read morecenter, I couldn't understand the purpose for this new addition. Now that just about everything is set up and businesses have moved in, I get the point and it is a welcomed feature. With all of the new housing development in the area, hopefully this cuts down on traffic to the Mesa and Sunland Park areas which are only minutes away. The West Towne market has a Walmart which is always packed. In addition a Chick-fil-a, McDonalds, Menchies, Starbucks, Ross, TJ Maxx, Cabela's, Sushi Fresh, BOSS Chicken and Custard, Baked Bear, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Pieology Pizza, and more stores are opening soon including a movie theater. El Paso is growing so much from the East to the West of the city, some people don't make the trip across town and may not have to with all of the new developments popping up. I just wonder what else is going to occupy the open vacant areas.

    TI:ME at Montecillo - Over apparel boutique

    TI:ME at Montecillo

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    Such a cute hidden little gem located in the west side of El Paso. I love how everywhere you look…read moreyou see a painting. Came here to look around when a cousin of mine came to visit. There is a few bars and places to eat along with a new coffee place that just opened. I definitely recommend trying out 2ten if you want your coffee fix and you're in the área. I tried the Horchata latte and it was amazing. I loved everything about this place.

    TI:ME gives me so much hope for El Paso's future and I hope that in fifty years Montecillo is still…read morethe thriving neighborhood it is today (or is becoming depending on how you look at it). With so many new things coming to EP and visions finally happening (trolley system coming soon!), I'm so happy to see a completely locally owned shopping center open up. No out of state franchises, no nationwide corporation, it's all just homegrown goodness. And not just that, I do believe TI:ME can become a staple of EP, easy. The Venue at Montecillo was the first glimpse EP got at what Montecillo would be like and although there is a flow to the design, these are two completely different areas and I love it. The first thing I noticed when TI:ME was finally ready for the public was the word "Time" written in Old English Font. At first I didn't know how to feel about that...did they just take the easy way out and copy the most recognized logo for almost, I don't know, the last two hundred years, give or take? Or is it merely a coincidence, an oversight? I'm willing to bet on the former, but it grew on me and I kind of can see why going with something so easily recognizable would be eye-catching (especially for out-of-towners). I just wish they wrote "TI:ME" instead of "Time" because the colon is definitely part of the name and all caps is their actual logo (in a different font by the way...Arial Narrow maybe). I went back and forth because it does seem like a blatant ripoff of The New York Times logo...as simple as it may be. Mind you, this inner turmoil with the name took place in the matter of seconds so before I even made it up the steps I had decided I was okay with it (not that me being okay or not being okay with it really matters). TI:ME is anchored by three eateries, Catina Malolam, Stonewood, and Hillside Coffee & Donut Co. All equally impressive in design and menu. Each is completely different and has a unique style. What is the rest of TI:ME? Mostly re-purposed shipping containers. It's cost effective to work with and is just gorgeous to look at (when done right...and it's done right here). TI:ME only utilizes the first floor of the shipping containers used and although I would've loved to see the second and third floor of these containers used, I'm still a zealous fan of this, in it's very European meets San Francisco way. The shipping containers are divided up so there's anywhere from two to three boutiques in each. TI:ME was smartly designed and provides a pleasant amount of shade if you decide to stroll from shop to shop and shelters you from the noise that is Mesa St. And the collab of EXIST (check out @exist1981 on Instagram if you don't know what I'm talking about or better yet just Google it) pieces throughout the center is possibly my favorite thing about it. Also vying for my love and attention is the mixed materials used to design this place. I seriously love any place that can take old and put it with new and make it beautiful. Wood is used in many different ways here which is utterly refreshing to see in a city that usually sticks to bricks or stucco. The many woods used are mixed in with metals and cements and the occasional bricks. The only material I'm not particularly fond of is the cinder-block. It feels like an afterthought and it makes me think that wasn't originally intended to be part of the design, but was done to meet a deadline and cut costs. Not just that, the craftsmanship is shoddy at best. It appears rushed and looking at it, I don't doubt that it will need to be mended sooner rather than later. My craftsmanship remarks also apply to the brick fountain in the center of TI:ME which already has loose bricks. In TI:ME the cinder-blocks and bricks will actually look beautiful because of the natural wear and tear from the wind and rain, but to have to look at it now when it could have been built a little better is just a tad disappointing (see what I did there at the beginning of the sentence,,,eh, eh?). Regardless of the far and few kinks of TI:ME, I absolutely am obsessed with it and the surrounding Monticello area (and what it will be very soon)! I think they did a great job executing a brilliant idea.

    The Substation - shoppingcenters - Updated May 2026

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