Old El Paso

Supermarket Mexican aisle

Old El Paso is a brand of Mexican-style food products sold in American grocery stores, known for taco shells, tortillas, salsa, and seasoning packets.

The name evokes the Texas border city.

In casual speech, Old El Paso sometimes stands in for generic Tex-Mex convenience food: We're just doing Old El Paso tacos tonight.

Related
  • tacoFilled, folded flatbread
  • salsaSpicy tomato condiment
  • tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
  • MexicanOf or from Tenochtitlan's successor
  • seasoningSubstance improving food taste

fajita · Tex-Mex · refried beans · crunchy · shell · ground beef · nacho · burrito · cilantro · jalapeño · fiesta · weeknight · supermarket · sour cream · cheese · packet · spicy · guacamole

Categories
Opposites
culinary authenticity

Old El Pasostreet taco

Small vendor-sold tortilla wrap

authenticity

Old El Pasostreet tacos

Small casual Mexican tortilla wraps

market positioning

Old El Pasosmall-batch

Produced in limited quantities

Family

old, older, oldest, olden, elder, eldest, paso, pass, passage

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G