Eating and drinking

Places to eat are plentiful around the centre and border area, although new arrivals should probably take it easy on the street food. El Paso offers better value, however, and if you’ve been in Mexico some time, you may well want to rush across the border to the swanky Camino Real or the burger joints near the Greyhound station. One of the best places to eat in Juárez is Restaurant Frida’s (daily 2pm–2am; t 656/639-0148), Paseo Triunfo de la República 2525, in the Zona Pronaf, a beautifully decorated space dedicated to Frida Kahlo, that knocks out reasonably good Mexican dishes for around M$120–250. The classic place for a drink is Club Kentucky at Juárez 629 (t 656/632-6113), open since 1920 and one of numerous Mexican cantinas to claim the invention of the margarita.