Joe's Taco Lounge

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The Legend of Joe and his Tacos

Born to the tough streets and hard-scrabble youth of South Philly, Joe turned itinerant bohemian, a lifestyle that took him across the country in search of like minded long-hairs and fellow experimenters in consciousness. He escaped across the border to Mexico, in order to avoid the Vietnam draft, when his tales of chemical ingestion and questionable sexuality didn

’t earn him the free pass he was seeking. Legend has it during this time he circumnavigated Lake Chapala backwards on a donkey, and although modern geography would cast doubt on this tale, one thing is certain; he returned home with a life-long love for the character and cuisine of the Mexican people. In 1992 he signed the lease on 382 Miller, which had been for 40 years or so a greasy-spoon breakfast diner. Months of manual labor revealed a terra cotta cement floor under layers of linoleum tile, brick walls under layers of paint, and a beautiful wood-beamed ceiling behind the sagging acoustic tiles. Joe’s designing wife Marni scoured local church rummage sales and the Marin City flea market for religious iconography and kitschy Mexican tchotchkas, and with the help of some good paint and a lot of Christmas lights, transformed the space into a shrine to all things Mexican. The original menu was an homage to the street cart food vendors of the towns he loved to visit, most notably Puerto Vallarta (the fish taco) and San Miguel de Allende (the pasilla chile). There was also a considerable amount of culinary influence from our original kitchen staff, who to this day continue to be largely from the Yucatan area of Mexico, and these flavors and concepts have blended together to make the menu as you know it today. The result was Joe’s Taco Lounge and Salsaria which is now run by Joe’s son, Gabriel, who has been deftly carrying the torch since Joe passed away in 2003. We’ve been serving fine food at fair prices for nearly 2 decades thanks in no small part to the support of our local community and for that we extend our gratitude.

09/02/2021

CLOSED Sunday 9/5 and Monday 9/6. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Joe’s Taco Lounge and Cup of Joe’s will be closed Sunday Sept. 5 and Monday Sept. 6 for the Labor Day Holiday. Our overworked staff needs a break, and there’s no better time to give it than a holiday in honor of our workers. Upon our return to regular business hours on Tuesday, Sept. 7, I urge you all to remember to be kind and patient. We, like every business in the service industry, are habitually understaffed. Every week brings a new challenge on how to source the materials that create the products we serve. Everything from tortillas to beef to takeout boxes have global supply chain disruptions. If you notice a difference in flavors of certain items, it’s likely because we are sourcing from alternate vendors, but behind the scenes we are working hard to find the stuff that tastes the way it should. The wait times for both dine-in and takeout have increased significantly during our busiest hours. We know. It’s hard for us to work this way as well, but the labor pool has vanished in a trifecta of outrageous housing costs, politically divisive border policies, and Covid subsidies. Generally, we just put our heads down and get on with the business of feeding our community, but our workers need this hard-earned break. Thank you for your continued support.

- Gabriel

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06/10/2021

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10/26/2020

Joe's Taco Lounge / Cup of Joe's is powered up and here for you. Coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, wifi, phone charging, hangout, general receptacle for complaints of local and worldwide affairs, and small talk services all fully functional. Come on down.

09/13/2020

Thank you. Thank you to all of you who continue to eat at Joe's and support our business and community. Thank you to our hardworking and dedicated staff who have continued to show up and work hard in new and challenging conditions. Thank you to all of you who donated to our employee relief fund. We have not forgotten. Thank you to everyone who bought gift cards with or without the intention to eventually use them. Thank you to World Central Kitchen, Play Marin, Frontline Foods, and all the other organizations who supported us during the first months of the Covid crisis by purchasing food at full menu prices to feed frontline workers and local at-risk Marin residents. Thank you to our firefighters and first responders wherever you are. Thank you to each and every customer who shares words of support during the brief moments of encounter when you pick up your food. We miss having you in our cozy dining room and dream of the day when the salsa bottles are back on the shelves and the room is full with the shouts of your children. Thank you to the 2AM Club for being such great neighbors and working hard to reopen in a way that supports us too. Thank you great neighbors of Mill Valley, Muir Beach, Stinson Beach, and Sausalito. Thank you teachers and school administrators. Thank you grocery store workers, farm workers, and supply chain workers who keep us fed. Thank you.

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07/30/2020

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Address

382 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, CA
94941

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 9pm
Tuesday 11:30am - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 9pm
Thursday 11:30am - 9pm
Friday 11:30am - 10pm
Saturday 11:30am - 10pm
Sunday 11:30am - 9pm

Telephone

+1 415-383-8164

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