Despo’s Mexican Restaurant

A Valley Favorite For Over 25 Years

Founder and owner Jim Funk is committed to authentic, delicious Mexican dishes that respect your desire for a healthy meal without compromising flavor. Offering fresh ingredients, high quality, regionally sourced meats, daily specials, vegetarian selections, and 3 kinds of salsa made daily. Owner/Manager Jim Funk started Despo’s in 1983. Respectful of our environment, we lean green!

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Despo’s is strongly committed to the protection of our environment and to the health of our customers. To this end, we actively engage in efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.

• Use all “green” cleaning supplies
• Use all compact fluorescent bulbs
• Recycle all recyclable materials
• Do not offer seafood that is over-fished
• Donate our fry oil to the Environmental Resource Center for alternative fuel use
• Have suspended take out until an environmentally acceptable container becomes available

Source locally:

• beans grown in Twin Falls
• Regionally sourced beef
• local natural pork
• tortillas made in Boise
• cheese from Jerome

For your health, Despo’s:

• Serves only sustainable fish
• Serves natural chicken & pork
• Serves regionally sourced beef from small, non-factory farms
• Uses non-hydrogenated (no trans fat) oil for frying and cooking
• Uses 100% fresh avocados in our guacamole
• Unbleached 100% consumer-recycled paper