Jorge Ortiz
Born in El Paso and raised in Ciudad Juarez, Jorge or “Monstro” like a lot of his colleagues know him, is just another border town guy who as many has a delirious love for his region and for obsessively good food.
He’s travels and ventures have taken him to work in some of the best kitchens in the world like Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, Pujol in Mexico city. And Criollo in Oaxaca, Mexico, to say a few.
At both, El tiger Taqueria in El Paso & his new restaurant , “POLAROSA” in Cd Juarez, His intention is to heighten the sense of time and place by focusing mainly in regional products and cuisine in a sense to create the new North Mexican cuisine