Joe's Downtown Tacos

139 S Calumet Rd, Chesterton
(219) 983-1844

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Customers' Favorites

Queso Guacamole and Chips
Birria Tacos De Asada
Carnitas Taco Special
Crispy Potato Taco
Chips \u0026 Salsa
Chips and Salsa
Beans and Rice
Flauta Dinner
Steak Ranchero
Burrito Dinner

Menu

Sides
Chips & Pico
Beans & Rice
Elote
Street corn.

Tacos, Tacos, Tacos
Street Way
Comes with cilantro & onions.
American Way
Comes with cheese, lettuce and tomato.
Carnitas Taco

Taco Dinners
Three Tacos
Your choice of meat: chicken, pork, chorizo with potatoes or ground beef.
Three Steak Tacos
Three Shrimp Tacos
Five Carnitas Tacos Specialty

Burritos & Burrito Bowl
Big Burrito
Beans, rice, your choice of meat, cheese, sour cream, lettuce & tomato.
Steak Big Burrito
Shrimp Big Burrito
Burrito Without Meat

Favorite Mexican Dinners
Enchilada Dinner
A soft rolled tortilla topped with your choice of red or green sauce and filled with your choice of shredded chicken, steak, pork or beef. Topped with melted cheese. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice & beans (3).
Chimichanga Dinner
13" deep fried burrito, filled with beans and your choice of beef, shredded chicken, pork or steak. Topped with guacamole & sour cream. Served with rice & beans.
Combination Plate Dinner
Your choice of any (3): enchilada, quesadilla, tostada, tamale or taco, with your choice of meat (chicken, steak, pork or beef). Served with rice & beans.
Flauta Dinner
A rolled up corn tortilla deep fried filled with your choice of meat (chicken, steak, pork or beef). Topped with sour cream and guacamole. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, rice & beans (3).
Quesadilla Con Carne Dinner
Flour or corn tortilla filled with melted cheese & your choice of shredded chicken, steak, pork or beef. Served with rice, beans & sour cream (3).
Sope Dinner
An open faced crispy corn dough topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, cheese, sour cream and your choice of shredded, chicken steak, pork or beef. Served with rice & beans (3).
Steak Fries
Fries, meat and cheese deep.
Quesadilla Dinner
Flour or corn tortilla filled with melted cheese. Served with sour cream, rice & beans (3).
Gordita Dinner
A corn dough pocket filled with beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and your choice of shredded chicken, steak, pork or beef. Served with rice & beans (3).

Specialities - Dinner
Jalisco Special
Grilled chicken, shrimp and skirt steak prepared with sautéed onions. Bell peppers and tomatoes on a bed of rice. Topped with cheese dip & served with tortillas.
Chile Relleno
(2) egg breaded poblano peppers filled with melted cheese and topped with red mild sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.

Fajitas
Fajitas Combination
Marinated steak, grilled chicken, and grilled shrimp prepared with sautéed onions, bell peppers and tomatoes sizzling on hot skillet. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, rice, beans, guacamole and tortillas.
Fajitas Con Pollo
Marinated grilled chicken prepared with sautéed onions, bell peppers and tomatoes sizzling on a hot skillet. Served with lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, rice, beans and tortillas.
Fajitas De Bistec
Marinated skirt steak prepared with sautéed onions, bell peppers and tomatoes sizzling on a hot skillet. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, rice, beans and tortillas.

Tamales
Tamales (1)
Tamales Dinner
Tamale dinner served with sour cream, rice & beans. (3 Tamales)

Steaks
Carne Asada
Grilled skirt steak served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Land and Sea
Grilled skirt steak and shrimp. Served with tomato, avocado, rice and beans and tortillas.
Steak a La Mexicana
Diced skirt steak prepared with onions, tomatoes & jalapeños. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
Diced skirt steak topped spicy ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Milanesa De Res Con Papas
Breaded steak with fries. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice beans and tortillas.

Chicken - Dinner
Durango Especial
Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled shrimp and cheese sauce. Served with avocado, tomatoes, rice, beans and tortillas.
Pollo Tampiqueño
Grilled chicken breast topped with a cheese enchilada. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken on a bed of rice topped with cheese sauce. Served with tortillas.
Pollo Ranchero
Grilled chicken topped with spicy ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, avocado, rice, beans & tortillas.
Pollo Toluqueño
Grilled chicken breast topped with chorizo and cheese sauce. Served with avocado, tomatoes, rice beans and tortillas.
Pollo a La Mexicana
Grilled chicken marinated in peppers, onions, tomato sauce & enchilada served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans & tortillas.
Milanesa De Pollo Con Papas
Breaded chicken with fries. Served with lettuce tomatoes, avocado, rice beans and tortillas.

Seafood - Dinner
Tilapia a La Mexicana
Grilled tilapia topped with sautéed onions, tomatoes and jalapeños on a hot skillet. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Quesadilla Con Camaron Dinner
Three flour or corn tortilla filled with grilled shrimp & melted cheese. Served with sour cream, rice & beans (3).
Camarones a La Plancha
Grilled shrimp prepared with onions, tomatoes and jalapeños. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.
Camarones a La Diabla
Grilled shrimp topped with grilled onions and spicy ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, rice, beans and tortillas.

Specialities
Molcajete
A hot mortar stone filled with grilled chicken, skirt steak, shrimp, cactus, chorizo (Mexican sausage), grilled jalapeños and sautéed onions. Topped with queso asadero and spicy ranchero sauce. Served with rice beans and tortillas.

Breakfast
Chilaquiles "Downtown Tacos"
Eggs scrambled with fried tortilla chips & spicy ranchero sauce. Topped with melted cheese and 2 eggs. Served with steak, rice, beans & tortillas.
Steak and Egg
Steak and eggs served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Chilaquiles Desayuno
Eggs scrambled with fried tortilla chips, spicy ranchero sauce and topped with melted cheese. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Eggs scrambled with chorizo (Mexican sausage). Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
Eggs topped with spicy ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos a La Mexicana
Eggs marinated with tomato, onions and peppers. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.

Kids
3 Pieces Chicken Tenders with Fries
4 Pieces Mozzarella Cheese Sticks with Fries
Kids Cheese Quesadilla with Rice & Bean
One Taco with Rice & Beans
Beef, chicken or pork.

Desserts
Churros with Ice Cream
Fried Ice Cream
Hot Chocolate with Churros
Kids Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate or caramel.

Drinks
Horchata
Agua fresca, homemade.
Jarritos
Strawberry, mandarin, pineapple, guava or lime.
Jamaica
Hibiscus flower, Agua fresca homemade.
Pepsi
Mountain Dew
Root Beer
Ice Tea Bottles
Unsweet, sweet or raspberry.
Dr Pepper
Coca-Cola Bottle
Sierra Mist
Ice Tea
Diet Pepsi
Pink Lemonade
Bottled Water
20 oz.

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Recent Reviews

Please check out this local favorite of mine!! The food is fresh and fast, the staff is friendly and helpful, and the prices are just right. Do yourself a favor and check out their birría tacos, they are my absolute favorite.
October 2025
We are kinda new to the area and stumbled upon this place. OMG the crunchy potato taco was fabulous!!! If your in the area it's worth the trip. Also, don't skip the salsa, it's awesome!
September 2025
Nice little Mexican food spot located in the downtown area. Got right it, and our order was taken right away.

Food came out fast, but in stages, all in all, it wasn't a big deal. I think they only had 1 person work upfront and one cooking. No drink refills, most likely due to this, this wasn't a good thing.

The chips and salsa, cheese, and chips were really good. The steak, chicken, and shrimp were a very large portion and were well...
July 2025

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Joe's Downtown Tacos

139 S Calumet Rd, Chesterton, IN 46304
(219) 983-1844