Dos Hermanos Express Is a Family Tradition Made Fresh Every Day

The Arreola brothers grew up around restaurants. Their family ran Dos Hermanos Grill, and the recipes they cook now at Dos Hermanos Express are the same ones they learned at home. When Alex, the older brother, and Hiram opened their own place at 25 Jackson Industrial Drive in March 2024, it was not a pivot into a new industry. It was a continuation.

That distinction matters. There is a difference between a restaurant that serves Mexican food and a restaurant where the food comes from a family's actual kitchen. At Dos Hermanos Express, everything is made from scratch every day. The tortillas, the salsas, the meats. The family also has ties to Dos Hermanos in Ypsilanti and a business in Adrian, which means the Arreola name has been attached to food in this part of Michigan for a while.

The Menu

The menu is built around the staples done right. Tortas, burritos, quesadillas, tacos, nachos, loaded fries, and taco salad. There is no attempt to reinvent anything. The ambition is execution. Fresh ingredients, homemade recipes, served fast at prices that do not require deliberation.

This is fast casual in the truest sense. You order at the counter, you get your food quickly, and the food is better than it needs to be for the speed at which it arrives. The tortas are generous. The burritos are built by people who understand that structural integrity matters. The tacos are straightforward and honest.

The Case for Jackson Industrial

The location on Jackson Industrial Drive is not where most people go looking for a meal. It is a commercial stretch in Scio Township, the kind of address that requires intent rather than foot traffic. But that is also part of what makes Dos Hermanos Express work. The overhead is lower, the portions can be bigger, and the focus stays on the food rather than the real estate.

The Arreola brothers are not building a brand. They are running a family restaurant, one that happens to exist in a strip that most Ann Arbor diners drive past without stopping. That is changing. Word gets around when the food is this consistent, and Dos Hermanos Express has been building a steady following since it opened.

We will say it plainly: if you have been driving past Jackson Industrial without stopping, you are missing a satisfying and affordable meal in the Ann Arbor area.

Dos Hermanos Express is at 25 Jackson Industrial Dr, Ann Arbor (Scio Township). Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun 12-7 p.m.