Fajita Joe’z

This area seems to be cursed with these types of Mexican restaurants. Lineage from «Bimbos» back in the 80s, now Anita’s, Red Pepper, Ponchos… all of them chips off the old block. Bland to the extreme, and I swear the «Salsa» base is ketchup. Just nasty.

NAME CHANGED to Fajita Joes then Red Pepper 5

Amigo’s used to hold a place near and dear to my heart. My father would come home from work, laden with a big bag of Amigo’s special 3-​taco tin foil packages and fresh, hot chips with queso and salsa for dipping.
The restaurant itself was on his way home, and was a charming place to grab cheap, filling Mexican food.
Unfortunately, the dream has died. The building was always a little rough around the edges but has now moved into truly run-​down. The quality of their food has suffered as well — bland and stale where it used to be hot & flavourful.
The two star rating is mostly out of nostalgia, and the hope that Amigo’s can find its way again as Port Huron’s go-​to place for greasy-​spoon Mexican.

I love this place, I can’t help it. Half of the appeal is the décor, dusty velvet paintings, half-​painted walls, and crooked pictures of the owner’s daughter (and can you believe how old she is, she was just a baby when the place opened up). The quality and portions of the food depend on who is cooking that day. There is a very limited (but yummy) vegetarian menu, may I recommend the poncho’s jumbo with sour cream and enchilada sauce. Be sure to sit close enough to the kitchen to hear what is going on! You never know what you will hear. This is by no means authentic Mexican food, but it is the best hole in the wall Mexican place I have ever been to. Very reasonable prices.
You can get chips, salsa and enchilada sauce to go, but the salsa gets hotter as it stands, never ever get the hot salsa to go, it will burn you when you try to eat it.