The location is expected to open in spring 2026 and create 75 new full- and part-time jobs, a news release said.

“We’ve been thrilled with the warm welcome we’ve received in El Paso over the past year,” said Dion’s CEO Mark Herman, in a statement.

Dion’s opened its first El Paso location on the city’s northwest side in 2024 at 7484 Paseo del Norte. The location experienced record-setting performance, serving more than 1,000 customers on its opening day, according to Dion’s Chief of Staff Deena Crawley.

El Paso’s second restaurant will serve the city’s east side, a news release said.

The new, 4,200-square-foot location will feature a drive-thru for pick-up orders, a dining room that seats roughly 90 people, an open kitchen and a viewing stand for kids to watch the action.

The location will continue the company’s investment in youth development through educational tours for children in prekindergarten through fifth grade and providing job opportunities for young people, a news release said.

About 37% of the roughly 60 employees currently working at El Paso’s northwest restaurant are 17 or under, Crawley said. She added that the educational tours have already been “a hit” at that location.

Dion’s Texas presence will grow to four locations with the new restaurant. The pizza chain currently has 28 stores, 22 of which are in New Mexico and three in Colorado. The pizza chain, established in New Mexico in 1978, opened its first Texas location in 2008 in Lubbock, according to Crawley. It then opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2012.

Crawley said the company does have other new restaurant sites in progress but declined to share more details.