Los Pepes

Los Pepes opened more than a month ago on North Wells Avenue across from the fairgrounds. This review might be early because they still seem to be struggling to get their feet underneath them. They don’t have a menu, they don’t have a sign up identifying their name and they don’t print a cash register receipt that has their name or phone number. They are cash-​only, by the way.
Their tacos are from handmade tortillas, so I think it’s worth getting the word out to fellow foodies.
My friend Janet first found the place. She is fluent in Spanish and her experience with food is different from my one trip there. They’ve had a couple of soups, for instance. They had a limited menu when I was there. Omelets, tacos, burritos, quesedillas and tortas, I believe. And only two types of meat: Beef and chorizo.
I got a chorizo omelet and a beef taco. It came with one tortilla, and that’s because it was freshly made, the waitress said. There was quite a bit of asada inside but it was a little bland. On a separate plate I got cilantro, diced onion, a lime and red salsa. It was a good taco but nothing to make me go out of my way to get over there.
The omelet was basic. The chorizo was not overspiced with cumin. I liked it. The hash browns were satisfactory too.
The fact Los Pepes makes their own tortillas means it will be worth another visit for me in a month or two and perhaps a revised review. There seems to be a lot of potential there.
By the way, that location has had problems in the past with heat. It was made greenhouse style when it was remodeled as a Wendy’s in the early 1980s. It was hot today. They had one door open and were not running ceiling fans.