El Arroyito

Not many people know about this place, but it’s sooooo goooooood. I usually get 3 tacos. 2 chorizo and 1 asada. It’s in a sketchy area and the décor isn’t too great. But hey, foods good. Service is good. No complaints.

Really good food and service. Staff is friendly and everyone has a smile. Food is Mue Bueno

They also take large orders for your event «grilled chicken» with all the fixings; rice and beans sides and salsas, even tortillas to complete your order.
You must call and prepay well in advance (Because yeah they tend to be slow) depending on the size of your order. I have ordered up to 20 pollos, I recommend that you call them before your pick up time to let them know you are on your way. «In case they forgot» but indeed the wait is well worth it, your guest will be leaking their fingers thinking you cooked the meal, and all you do is make a short drive to Jonesboro!

Water finds its level, all rivers lead to the ocean, and being an unrepentant Mexican food junkie and taco sleuth my visit to El Arroyito was just as inevitable. This restaurant is located in the former home of «The Chicken House»: a Mexican restaurant that had a pretty good thing going until they moved over to the ‘big time’ of Jonesboro road and were hit with an unfortunate case of suck that they seem doomed to recover from.
The décor of El Arroyito is simple, the service slow… bordering on absent, but unlike most mom and pop Mexican restaurants you can actually have a conversation and hear yourself think here. If you need to get caught up on your Telenovelas, or you’re trying to move into that next tier of hearing loss, then this may not be the place for you.
The menu is pretty sizable and they cover a lot of Latin American ground from Pupusas to Posole with a whole alphabet in between. When I saw BBQ goat on the menu I smartly closed my menu and felt like my stuff had been turned up to 11… until I read the fine print and saw that it’s only offered on the weekends. Man, one second you’ve got a popsicle and the next you’re just holding the stick.
I went with enchiladas with red sauce, my time-​honored measuring stick for Mexican restaurants, and my girlfriend got Fajita Tejanas. The food took forever to arrive and when I snagged a completely unseasoned piece of beef off her sizzling skillet, I was disappointed and afraid things weren’t going to end well. Then it got real.
What sets El Arroyito apart and makes them better than average are the sauces. The enchiladas were glazed with a thin and tangy sauce that confounded my taste buds with a complex riddle of Je Nous Se Qua. Tomatillo? Vinegar? Couldn’t put my finger on anything except that what I was dealing with was surely legit. The fajitas came with a roasted green jalapeño dipping sauce as well as a dried red chile casera-​style hot sauce that tasted like the pure blood of the land. All of the sauces kicked like a pissed off mule and not a complaint was had.