Looks to be permanently closed. Sad. They had the best Birria de Chivo. Hopefully just a temporary situation.

Birria here is like in not other place in the USA, period! (And I'm a musician and I travel A LOT!) What being a musician means is that I have a "special" stomach and can eat pretty much 'everything'. The biz it's being in Oregón for more than 27 years. I used to come here and play and sing with a mariachi band to play by table and by song requested. Food has great flavor, cheap and pretty! This is the most authentic birria you'll have closest to "Mexico taste like" from states of Michoacán and Tuxpan and Tecalitlán, in Jalisco. Goat and Beef Birria, quesabirrias, menudo, etc. It's a simple Taquería where you're not getting chips and salsa, so don't be ridiculous! Homemade tortillas made for you in the moment. Looks and feels like you're in a little town from Mexico is so authentic. For service, they're objective and kind, specially the waiters and waitresses. You come with your party, order, pay, and you get a table where you wait to for your food and enjoy. This biz is attended mostly by Mexicans like me from little towns in México because the food is so close to our taste from home, that they have us like bees in beehives. HIGLY RECOMMENDED if you love birria!

Excelente servicio , comida riquísima como siempre y el establecimiento fue remodelado . Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

Wow. Just wow. This place is now our new favorite place to get tacos. The food is really really fresh, and soooo good. It definitely is homemade cooking. We got our tacos to go and they put them on paper plates with foil and provide you with a bag of salsas and onions with cilantro. If you're ever in the mood for good tacos and in the area, this is your place!

The food is great, the service is good but they need to work on cleanliness. Everyone was wearing a mask! .

You ever hear of "Don't judge a book by its cover"? Well this place is the definition of that saying. We almost left due to no parking space and how tiny it looks on the outside. But I am so glad we didn't! Now I know why the Parking lot was full! The food is amazing here. There is more tables/sitting space in the back trust me, just go in. From the hand made tortillas, tacos, menudo, birria to the customer service, everything was amazing!! The food here gives you that grandmas home cooked meal feeling. Los Temos is the BEST authentic Mexican restaurant you will EVER find!!

I've been curious about goat tacos ever since I did the write up about Birria after eating at Kike's. I planned my trip to Los Temos thinking I was about to try something unique in Salem, OR out of all places. What I didn't realize as I pulled into Los Temos' crowded parking lot is that I was about to walk into foodie paradise. Los Temos Taqueria is a family-operated Mexican restaurant specializing in Michoacan-style Birria tacos and burritos. Los Temos is located on the far end of Portland Road, on the opposite side of I-5 facing Keizer Station. Los Temos is the only establishment I've been to in Salem that serves braised goat tacos. Los Temos also ticks all the boxes that would qualify it as any Yelper's "best kept secret" restaurant. The restaurant itself is a converted diner, with remnants of its old incarnation still visible from the décor and the commercial size coffee brewers in the back. Most of the patrons of the restaurant hail from the area where the food is "originally from"; I was the only person in the restaurant that didn't speak Spanish. Further, it's also out in the middle of debatably nowhere, not quite in Salem, not quite in Keizer or Chemawa. In other words, you don't just "accidentally" end up here, you have to plan some part of your day around eating here. The food here is also distinctively "authentic." By authentic, I mean that it's not over-seasoned like food from establishments that cater to the "local" population. Every element of every dish served here looks and tastes irrefutably "homemade." It's basically comfort food, but in its purest uncompromised, unadulterated form. Some of the best Mexican food I've had in my life required assembly. If you've ever been to an (unlicensed) taco stand out in East or South Central LA, you know what I'm referring to. The reason why tourists tend to complain(?) that real Mexican food from Mexico tastes "bland" or "different" is because the local cuisine in any country is usually prepared with the preconceived notion that the local populace will be eating the dishes frequently, or even daily. Your taste buds and your olfactory receptors are less strained from eating food that is lightly seasoned compared to something that's just dripping in sauce. This is why people can eat ungodly amounts of mashed potatoes and peas during Thanksgiving, but limited amounts of turkey, stuffing, etc. Anyway, back to food that require assembly. The Tacos at Los Temos remind me of LA street tacos, but with birria braised meat. The taco shells are fresh, warm, and soft. Just like how abuelita used to make. Or so I would imagine. I tried two Birria Tacos de Chivo, and a Birria Taco de Rez. As beef is king, de Rez is what I recommend anyone going to this this establishment for the first time should try, but I was surprised at how tender and equally flavorful the de Chivo was. The de Chivo does carry a more distinctive spice-laden flavor (cumin, cloves, cinnamon) and a very slight gamey flavor toward the end as expected. Long story short, the goat isn't something I would necessarily want to eat every day, but it's worth trying if you're looking for something different. TL;DR for Salemites that are familiar with the Mexican food scene in the area: in terms of Birria Tacos, Kike's is to Aiberto's what Los Temos is to La Fondita #2. The parking lot is tiny, so try to carpool if possible.

This place is tremendous. There is a reason the lines are long and parking lot full. We both had burritos and they were so good we were forced to slow down and savor every bite. My son declared it good enough to justify a drive all the way from Portland. Looking forward to the next visit because I chickened out and didn't get the goat.