Taco Joe's Mexican Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Taco Joe's Mexican Restaurant, a culinary gem nestled in Highland, California. Taco Joe's offers a vibrant menu that celebrates authentic Mexican cuisine, making it a perfect spot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Start your day with their fluffy French toast paired with crispy bacon and eggs, a favorite among patrons. For lunch or dinner, indulge in the Chile Riano burrito or the flavorful pork burrito smothered with green sauce. The three street tacos dinner featuring carne asada delights with its hearty portions and spicy green salsa.

Don't miss the mole chicken enchiladas, a rare find, and the refreshing chips with homemade salsa, highly praised for its unique kick. With a friendly atmosphere and speedy service, Taco Joe's ensures a satisfying dining experience that will have you coming back for more.

Mexican Breakfast

Chilaquiles Divorciados

Sauteed corn tortilla strips in a red and green sauce, topped with eggs, crema and queso fresco. Add pork for an additional charge. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$18.95

Enchiladas Rancheras

Jack cheese layered enchiladas topped with creamy tomatillo sauce and 2 fried eggs. Served with avocado and crema. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$20.15

Huevos Rancheros

2 eggs topped with red or green meat and sauce, tortillas served on the side. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$19.95

Sunshine Burrito

Eggs, cheese, beans, hash browns, and avocado. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$18.45

Machaca Con Huevos

Shredded beef, mixed with eggs, onions, tomatoes, and peppers topped with pork meat sauce. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$16.85

Breakfast Enchiladas

Green enchiladas filled with scrambled eggs, onions, tomatoes, and chiles. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$18.95

Huevos Con Chorizo

Mexican sausage, eggs, and tortillas. Served with rice, beans or house potatoes.

US$16.45

Frida Nachos

Meat, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo on the side-pork, chicken, or beef carne asada or grilled chicken. Add cheese for an additional charge.

Frida Fries

Meat, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo on the side-pork, chicken, or beef carne asada or grilled chicken. Add cheese for an additional charge.

Taquitos

Order of 3 chicken or beef, served with guacamole and topped with lettuce, queso fresco, and crema.

US$10.50

Quesa Birria

Double corn tortilla with cheese and birria meat topped with onion and cilantro, includes consome on the side.

US$9.35

Shrimp Cocktail

Shrimp, onions, cilantro, avocado, cucumber, tomatoes.

US$21.50

Birria Taco

Corn tortilla with birria meat topped with onion and cilantro includes consome on the side.

US$8.65

Nachos

Served with sour cream, guacamole, beans and cheese. Add cheese for an additional charge.

US$14.75

Fiesta Sampler

Cheese quesadilla, beans, and cheese nachos, meat flautas - chicken or beef. Served with sour cream and guacamole.

US$23.00

Queso Fundido

A blend of Jack and Oaxaca cheese served with jalapenos and 4 tortillas.

US$12.35

Pasilla Quesadilla

Jack cheese, spinach, chile pasilla, avocado, chipotle dressing.

US$14.35

Fresh Guacamole

Served with pico and lime.

US$10.50

Tinga Tostada

Chipotle marinated chicken, lettuce, crema, avocado, queso fresco.

US$11.75

Appetizers

Soups and Salad

Albondigas Soup

Meatball soup. Served with rice and tortillas.

Pozole Verde

Served with tortillas and garnish.

Menudo

Served with tortillas and garnish.

Taco Salad

Flour tortilla bowl, beans with your choice of meat. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream. Add cheese for an additional charge.

Jasmin Salad

Organic spring mix, queso fresco, strawberries, chopped cucumber, avocado and topped with grilled chicken. Served with homemade honey walnut dressing. Add shrimp for an additional charge.

US$21.10

Dinner Salad

Iceberg lettuce, sliced carrots, cheese, and tomatoes. Add chopped cucumber for an additional charge.

US$8.65

Shredded Chicken Salad

Marinated chicken, avocado, tomato, and mixed cheese. Topped with crispy tortilla strips.

US$18.65

Fiesta Shrimp And Avocado Salad

Grilled shrimp, sliced carrots, mixed cheese, chopped cucumber, avocado and tomato covered with crispy tortilla strips.

US$23.65

Chipotle Chicken Salad

Strips of marinated grilled chicken on a bed of lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, covered with crispy tortilla strips. Served with our delicious chipotle dressing.

US$21.15

Caldo De Res

Hearty beef stew featuring tender chunks of beed with carrots, potatoes, and corn in a rich, savory broth. seasoned with herbs and a touch of Mexican authenticity. the perfect dish for chilly days.

US$18.95

Supreme Burrito

Choice of meat, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$18.65

Meat Burrito

The cheese melted on top-choice of pork, beef or chicken. No carne asada. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$11.50

Carne Asada Burrito

Meat, beans, rice, cheese and pico de gallo. Served dry. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$18.65

Carnitas Burrito

Meat, beans, rice, cheese and pico de gallo. Served dry. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$18.65

Bean And Cheese Burrito

Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$9.99

Combination Burrito

Pork, beef or chicken, beans and cheese. No carne asada. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$10.50

Garbage Burrito

Pork, beans, rice, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$15.60

Relleno Burrito

Chile Relleno stuffed with cheese and beans. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$12.80

Quesadilla Style Burrito

Deluxe burrito. Served with meat, beans, cheese, topped with meat sauce. Red or green.

Vegetarian Burrito

Whole beans, rice, spinach, pico, avocado. Make it suizo or enchilada style. Served dry. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

US$14.99

Suizo Burrito

Grilled chicken or shrimp queso fresco, and rice topped with creamy tomatillo sauce, Jack cheese, and avocado. Topped with meat sauce red or green.

Burritos

Quesadillas

Pollo Quesadilla

Chicken, mushrooms, cheese and ortega chiles. Includes scoop of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$16.20

Carne Asada Quesadilla

Cheese and meat. Includes scoop of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$18.65

Super Quesadilla

Pork, beans, cheese, topped with meat sauce. Includes scoop of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$16.20

Shrimp Quesadilla

Grilled shrimp and melted Jack cheese. Includes scoop of beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$18.65

Buttermilk Pancakes

Served with bacon or sausage and eggs.

French Toast

Served with 2 eggs, bacon or sausage.

US$13.15

Stuffed French Toast

Stuffed with cream cheese and topped with whipped cream, choose from strawberry or apple.

US$15.15

Fruit And Cream Crepes

2 pieces. Choose from strawberry or apple. Served with bacon or sausage and eggs.

US$14.15

From The Griddle

Dinner Entrees

1. Two Cheese Enchiladas

Served with rice and beans.

US$16.25

2. Two Hard Shell Tacos

Shredded beef or ground beef, lettuce, tomato, cheese. Chicken or potato guacamole, lettuce, tomato. Served with rice and beans.

US$16.50

#3 Taquitos

(3 chicken or beef)Served with guacamole and topped with lettuce, tomatoes,cheese ,crema, rice and beans on the side.

US$17.95

4. Two Meat Enchiladas

Choice of chicken, beef or pork

US$18.95

5. Chile Verde Or Chile Colorado

Choice of pork or beef served with tortillas

US$18.65

6. Two Flautas

Choice of beef, or chicken . Served with rice and beans.

US$19.95

7. Plato Gordo

Cheese enchilada, tamale, and relleno

US$21.25

8. Pick Any Two

Hard shell taco, cheese enchilada, Chile relleno, or tamal. Add meat to enchilada for 3.00

US$19.25

9. Combination Burrito

Meat beans and cheese, topped with cheese and red or green sauce. Choice of pork , beef, or chicken. ( Carne asada is 4.00 extra)

US$19.95

10. Carnitas

Served with pico de Gallo and tortillas.

US$19.99

11. Two Sopes

Two round thick fried tortillas filled with ground beef, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, Mexican crema and cilantro.

US$18.99

12. Chicken Enchiladas Suizas

Our special tomatillo sauce with melted jack cheese , topped with crema and cilantro.

US$21.25

13. Three Street Tacos

Carne asada , grilled chicken, or carnitas. Served with onions, cilantro and cabbage.

US$17.95

14. SANTA FE ENCHILADAS

Layered enchiladas with ground beef, mushrooms, olives, onions, green sauce and cheese

US$20.95

15. Chimichanga

Chimichanga stuffed with cheese and your choice of meat topped with sour cream and guacamole. (Pork, chicken, beef, or carnitas) Wet optional w/ asada add 3.00

US$20.95

Chicken Breast Asada

Marinated chicken breast grilled to perfection.

US$21.20

Fajitas Dinner Platter

Sauteed with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and melted cheese on top. Served with sour cream and guacamole.

Carne Asada

Strips of steak cooked on the grill with sliced grilled queso fresco. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.

US$21.50

Shrimp Enchiladas

Served with grilled queso fresco, topped with red mole nopal sauce and avocado. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.

US$23.65

Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo

Shrimp cooked in butter, garlic, and spices. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.

US$23.65

Camarones A La Mexicana

Made with tomatoes, onions, chiles, and special spices. Made spicy upon request. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.

US$23.65

On the Grill and Seafood Entrees

House Favorites

Chicken Mole Enchiladas

Rich dark mole sauce, topped with queso fresco and crema. Served with beans and rice.

US$21.85

Torta

Made on a telera bread, grilled queso fresco, avocado, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Choice of carnitas or carne asada. Served with french fries.

US$18.65

Camarones Costa Azul

Fried bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed with cheese, served with beans and rice.

US$24.90

Suizo Burrito

Grilled chicken or shrimp. Queso fresco and rice, topped with creamy tomatillo sauce, Jack cheese and avocado. Add shrimp for an additional charge.

US$18.65

2 Fish Taco

Served with chipotle sauce, pico de gallo, crema and cabbage, served with beans and rice.

US$19.95

Steak A La Mexicana

Strips of steak topped with onions, tomatoes, and chiles, served with beans and rice.

US$20.60

Hard Shell Tacos

The shredded beef and ground beef tacos come with lettuce, tomato, and cheese and the chicken and potato tacos come with guacamole, lettuce, tomato.

US$4.95

Street Taco

Cilantro, onions, cabbage.

US$4.75

Tamale

Pork, topped with meat sauce.

US$6.99

Enchilada Suiza

Creamy tomatillo sauce with melted Jack, cheese, topped with cilantro and crema. Grilled chicken or cheese.

US$9.10

Fish Taco

Chipotle sauce, crema, cabbage, pico de gallo.

US$6.50

Cheese Enchilada

US$4.99

Tostada

Beans, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Add meat chicken, shredded beef, ground beef, pork.

US$8.75

Chile Relleno

Topped with meat sauce.

US$7.85

Mole Enchilada

Rich dark mole sauce, topped with queso fresco and crema. Grilled chicken or cheese.

US$10.35

Guadalajara Potato Taco

Hard shell potato taco topped with lettuce, crema, queso fresco, and sauce.

US$6.15

Verde Enchilada Supreme

Chile verde pork meat served with green peppers, onions, and sour cream topped with green sauce.

US$9.95

Vegeterian Taco

Hard shell, whole beans, guacamole, lettuce, pico de gallo.

US$5.65

Shrimp Enchilada

Served with grilled queso fresco, topped with red mole nopal sauce and avocado.

US$11.25

Shrimp Taco

Chipotle sauce, crema, cabbage, pico de gallo.

US$6.65

A La Carte

Side Orders

Chips And Salsa

Beans

US$6.20

Rice

US$6.20

Fresh Guacamole

French Fries

US$5.00

Chiles Toreados

3 pieces.

US$4.40

Sour Cream

Meat Sauce

Bowl Of Vegetarian Whole Beans

Frijoles de la olla.

US$4.95

Pico De Gallo

Tortillas

US$3.50

Kid's Small Bean And Cheese Burrito Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Quesadilla Plate

US$11.20

Kid's 1 Hard Shell Taco Plate

US$11.20

Kid's 1 Street Taco Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Cheese Enchilada Plate

US$11.20

Kid's 2 Rolled Taquitos With Guacamole Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Cheese Burger Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Chicken Nuggets Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Grilled Cheese Plate

US$11.20

Kid's Mini Albondiga Soup Bowl Plate

2 meatballs.

US$11.20

Kid's Plate

Desserts

Apple Chimi

Caramelized apples and cream cheese filled in a deep fried flour tortilla. Served with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream chocolate and caramel.

US$14.95

Soft Drink

US$5.60

Horchata

US$5.60

Strawberry Lemonade

US$6.15

Iced Tea

US$5.60

Chocolate Milk

Coffee

US$5.60

Milk

Orange Juice

Apple Juice

Beverages

HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS

HAPPY CEVICHE TOSTADAS

TWO SMALL CEVICHE TOSTADAS MADE WITH SHRIMP, CUCUMBER, TOMATO, AND CURT WITH LIME CAN ONLY ORDER FROM 3PM -5:00PM

US$10.00

HAPPY ENCHY FRIES

CRISPY FRIES TOPPED WITH CHEESE AND OUR HOMEMADE ENCHILADA SAUCE

US$10.00

HAPPY NUGGETS 6PC

A SIDE ORDER OF 6PC NUGGETS AVAILABLE ONLY FROM 3PM-5PM

US$10.00