Most recently, the building has housed Taco Republic and before that an auto repair and sales. There are two dining rooms, two patio dining areas and an area with a fire pit and seating. To go from the main dining room to the other dining room, we were led back outside.

The food menu is fairly short and includes the popular Z-Man sandwiches from Joe's BBQ restaurants. There are 4 other sandwiches, 3 salads, and 5 shareables, plus sides and desserts. We went with the House Smoked Salmon Club (toasted sourdough, bacon, apple, chimi mayo, lettuce & tomato) and Double Smash Burger (brisket/chuck blend on a brioche bun with American cheese, pickles, JND sauce and caramelized onions). The burger had particularly good flavor.

The sandwiches come with the choice of a regular side and we had fries and Monterey corn. The fries were a little less crispy than at the other other Joe's restaurants and even though I usually wish fries were crispier, I liked these better.

The alcohol menu is longer than the food menu and I thoroughly enjoyed the Sauv Blanc Slushie, particularly the frozen grapes which had been sitting in the slushie.

We finished the meal with a  Peach Blueberry Crisp, which is described as Brown sugar crunch, fruit filling, ice cream.

Main Dining Room

The ribs were the best I have had at a non BBQ restaurant in recent months and the service was quite good.

Before leaving De Soto, we drove through the downtown photographing some interesting buildings and recent public art.
  
  

"Dusk in De Soto"