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Mexican Inspired Foods


  • The Dog Spot 19 S Main Street Joseph United States (map)

Sept 24, 25 & 26 ****updated for Fri & Sat

Thurs, Fri, Sat 11-7

We will be closed Sunday for our Cooking Class!

208-610-4932

We are a small cafe with limited seating - no reservations. We make all meals from scratch - so this is not fast food, please plan for a leisurely meal. Due to our limited size, we cannot accommodate groups over 5


Mexican Inspired Menu 

Seaweed Salad $9

Hijiki and wakame seaweed  with chili oil and togarashi (gf, vegan)


Chicken Tortilla Soup $7 cup/$10 bowl (gf)

Chicken, veggies, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, chilies, spices, house-made chicken broth, guacamole, and tortilla strips


Relleno $8

Poblano chili stuffed with 5 cheeses, dipped in egg then roasted on a cast iron griddle served with ancho/guajillo sauce (gf, vegetarian)


Buffalo Chicken Tamale $9

Chicken slow cooked in our house made fresno hot sauce, carrots, and celery in a masa dough steamed in corn husks then served with our blue cheese dressing made with smoked Wisconsin blue cheese (gf)


Mexican Rice $6

Jasmine rice, veggies, spices, and vegan achiote broth with cilantro microgreens (gf, vegan)


Mexican Inspired Watermelon Salad $13

Watermelon, cucumber, onions, lime vinaigrette, spices, cotija cheese and cilantro microgreens (gf, vegetarian) 


Elote Salad $8

Corn roasted with spiced crema, Oaxacan and cotija cheeses, with watercress, lettuce, veggies, and our elote dressing (gf, vegetarian)


Green Salad $13

Mixed sweet lettuces locally grown by Lazy Mule Farms, veggies, and assorted microgreens from Meep’s Farm. Your choice of dressing: chili ranch, miso sesame (vegan), raspberry red wine vinaigrette (vegan), white balsamic (vegan)

Add chicken or pork $5          Add shrimp $6


Caesar salad $14

Romaine, pecorino cheese, house-made croutons and dressing     Add chicken $5          Add shrimp $6


Chicken Molé  Rojo $16

Chicken simmered in molé rojo: a combination of dried chilies, plantains, almonds, spices, and peanuts served with cabbage, red rice, and flour tortillas *this dish contains peanuts (sub jackfruit or tofu for vegan option)


Carnitas $17

Duroc/Berkshire pork shoulder slow cooked sous vide style then fried in its own fat, served with slaw, onion, guacamole, cotija cheese, flour tortillas, Mexican rice and ancho/guajillo sauce


Salsa Verde Bisteak $17

Home butchered sirloin cast iron seared topped with salsa verde, cabbage, onion, guacamole and red rice (gf)


Blat Sliders $15

Heirloom tomatoes, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, and avocado on baci rolls


Vietnamese Banh Mi Sliders or Tacos $16

House-made kimchi, do-chua, sunshine aioli, cilantro micro green and lettuce on slider rolls or flour tortillas

Choose from: house smoked pulled pork shoulder or pulled chicken OR  Vegetarian: Jackfruit or Tofu

(vegan upon request) (gf on corn tortillas)


Spicy Shrimp Street Tacos  $18

Wild Mexican white shrimp, ancho/guajillo sauce, shallots, onions, cotija cheese, guacamole, slaw an lime/cilantro crema on flour tortillas (Corn tortillas for gf, sub jackfruit for vegetarian option)


Chorizo & Potato Street Tacos $15

House-made spicy chorizo (pork sausage) & potatoes, cilantro crema, cotija cheese, cilantro micro greens and fermented salsa on lettuce and flour tortillas  (Corn tortillas available for gf)

Homemade Desserts  

Flourless Chocolate Cake $7 - like a piece of fudge and a brownie had a baby served with whipped cream (gf)

Margarita Cheesecake $8 - lime margarita with a graham cracker crust and whipped cream

Coconut Pudding $6 - homemade pudding with mango and toasted coconut topped with whipped cream (gf)


Ice Cream Floats $7 (gf)  Vanilla Ice Cream & 

Choice of: 

  • rootbeer

  • marionberry cream soda

  • sarsaparilla

  • cherry cream soda

  • vanilla cream soda

  • orange cream soda

  • raspberry cream soda

  • huckleberry

Earlier Event: September 17
Eastern European Foods - Alpinefest
Later Event: September 27
Fall Cooking Class - Tamales