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  • ABOUT US
  • MENU
  • CATERING
  • SPECIALS
  • EVENTS
  • GIFT CARDS
  • ORDER
  • JOBS
  • Pick Up
  • Ubereats
  • Doordash

Our Menu

Menu

Appetizers

Nachos Bravos photo

Nachos Bravos

$13.99/no meat
$15.99/with meat
Freshly fried flour tortilla chips covered in shredded cheddar cheese, mozzarella, refried beans, and topped with pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, cotija cheese, and pickled jalapenos
Baked Queso Fundido photo

Baked Queso Fundido

$11.99
Chorizo and onions mixed into melting chihuahua string cheese
Guacamole Azteca photo

Guacamole Azteca

$8.99/Small
$12.99/Large
Ripe avocados mashed with pico de gallo, lime juice
Queso Caliente photo

Queso Caliente

$6.99/small
$8.99/large
Housemade melted cheese dip
Baja Shrimp Ceviche photo

Baja Shrimp Ceviche

$15.99
Diced shrimp marinated in lime juice, garlic, and pico de gallo

Yuca Con Chicharron

$10.99
Boiled yuca topped with crispy pork rinds, dressed in mild red salsa, and topped with pickled cabbage

Fried Plantains

$7.99
Fried ripe plantains served with refried beans and cacique cream.

Bean Dip

$8.99/large
A mixture of refried beans, mozzarella cheese, and red salsa; topped with sour cream

Rio Grande Shrimp Cocktail

$16.99
Fresh Shrimp served with a cocktail sauce and pico de gallo. Chips or crackers

A la Carte

Taco

$3.25

Pupusa

$4.50

Tamal

$2.99

Enchilada

$3.49

Flauta

$2.99

Gordita

$4.25

Beans

$3.75/6oz

Rice

$3.75/6oz

Fries

$2.99

Nopales

$4.50/6oz

Sope

$4.99

Tortillas

$1.99/3

Tostada

$4.49

Sour Cream

$1.25/2oz

Guacamole

$1.99/2oz

Pico De Gallo

$1.50/2oz

Jalapenos

$1.99

Chile Toreados

$3.99/3

Queso

$1.99/2oz

Shredded Cheese

$1.25/2oz

Salad

$3.50
Lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole

Salsa

$1.99/2oz
Salsa roja or verde

Salads

House Salad

$12.99/no meat
$14.99/with meat
Garden salad made with romaine lettuce, spinach, shredded carrots, onions, shredded cheddar cheese, sliced boiled eggs, and diced tomatoes
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Ensalada Supreme

$13.99/no meat
$15.99/with meat
Fried tortilla shell filled with romaine lettuce, rice, beans, topped with cheddar cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and your choice of meat

Parrillas

Fajitas Real photo

Fajitas Real

$17.99/one meat
$18.99/two meats
$19.99/shrimp
$20.99/three meats
Grilled and seared fajitas served on a bed of grilled onions and bell peppers on a black cast-iron skillet. Includes a side order of rice, refried beans, and salad. Your choice of corn or flour tortillas
Angry Steak Ranchero photo

Angry Steak Ranchero

$5.99/add fajita shrimp (4)
$21.99
Rib-eye steak served on a bed of grilled onions and bell peppers on a black cast-iron skillet. Includes a side order of rice, refried beans, and salad. Your choice of corn or flour tortillas

Grilled Chuletas

$20.99
12oz of grilled pork chop on a pineapple, topped with a mild chipotle peach sauce. Served with with rice and black beans. your choice of corn or flour tortillas

Carne Asada

$2.99/with eggs (2)
$17.99
Skirt Steak grilled and seared, served on a bed of grilled onions. Includes a side order of rice, refried beans and salad. Your choice of corn or flour tortillas

Carne Asada Especial

$2.99/with eggs (2)
$19.99
Skirt Steak grilled and seared, served on a bed of grilled onions. Includes a side order of rice, refried beans, fried plantains, chile toreado and salad. Your choice of corn or flour tortillas.

The Molcajete

$20.99
Molcajete bowl filled with salsa, strips of cheese, chorizo, fajita chicken, steak, shrimp and nopal. Served with rice, beans and salad. Corn or flour tortillas

Authentic Dishes

A La Mexicana

$17.99/one meat
$18.99/two meats
$19.99/shrimp
$20.99/three meats
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak , cut and mixed with grilled onions, fresh-cut jalapenos, tomatoes, and red salsa. Served with refried beans, rice, salad, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Cooked mild or spicy

Camarones A La Diabla

$19.99
Shrimp in spicy chipotle sauce served with rice, refried beans, salad, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas

Pupusas Salvadoreñas

$16.99
Two handmade pupusas filled with pork, cheese, or beans. Served with cabbage salad, red salsa, rice, and refried beans
Mole Mi Tierra photo

Mole Mi Tierra

$17.99
Sauteed chicken drenched with our house-made mole sauce. Served with refried beans, rice, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas

Tamales Mexicanos

$14.99
Three tamales served with refried beans and salad. Pork or cheese, topped with your choice of red salsa, green salsa or queso.
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Sopes Volcanes

$14.99/no meat
$16.99/with meat
$18.99/shrimp
Three handmade corn patties topped with refried beans, fresh lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and dusted with cotija cheese. Steak, Chicken or Shrimp.
Enchiladas Mi Pueblo photo

Enchiladas Mi Pueblo

$14.99/no meat
$16.99/grilled chicken
$17.99/steak
Five mini red tortillas topped with potatoes, refried beans, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, and cotija cheese. Your choice of grilled chicken or carne asada
Cochinita Pibil photo

Cochinita Pibil

$17.99
Marinated pork slowly roasted in housemade salsa. Served with rice and beans. Corn or flour tortillas

Nopales Ahogados

$15.99/pork
$17.99/shrimp
Sauteed nopales with your choice of shrimp or pork. Served refried beans, rice, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas

El Poblano

$14.99/cheese
$16.99/ground beef
One large poblano pepper dipped and fried, stuffed with your choice of ground beef or cheese. Served with rice and a salad. Salsa or queso on the side. Corn or flour tortillas.

Torta

$1.99/add fries
$14.99
White sandwich roll, mayo, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole. Steak, Chicken or Lomo

Tostadas

$13.99/no meat
$15.99/with meat
$17.99/shrimp
Three tostadas with your choice of meat, topped with lettuce, pico, sour cream and dusted with cotija cheese

Tostadas De Ceviche

$18.99
Three tostadas with shrimp ceviche, topped with pico, sour cream and avocado

Tex-Mex Dishes

El Burrito Campero

$14.99/no meat
$16.99/with meat
$18.99/shrimp
One large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, refried beans, mozzarella cheese, and your choice of meat. Served with a side salad

Crispy Flautas

$14.99
Four crispy rolled tacos filled with shredded chicken or shredded beef. Served with refried beans, rice, salad, and your choice of salsa or queso.
Border Enchiladas photo

Border Enchiladas

$13.99/cheese
$15.99/with meat
$17.99/shrimp
Three enchiladas stuffed with shredded chicken, shredded beef, or cheese. Covered in red, green, or cheese salsa; topped with melted mozzarella. Served with refried beans, rice, and salad

Chimichanga

$13.99/cheese
$15.99/with meat
$17.99/shrimp
One large fried burrito filled with mozzarella cheese and your choice of meat. Served with refried beans, rice, salad and a side of salsa or queso.

Ultimate Quesadillas

$13.99/cheese
$15.99/with meat
$17.99/shrimp
One large flour tortilla filled with mozzarella cheese and your choice of meat. Served with a side salad or rice and beans.

Cantina Tenders

$14.99
5 Chicken tenders with fries

Three Caballeros

$15.99
$17.99/with shrimp
Choose any of the three items with your choice of meat or filling to form your own trio plate! Taco, Sope, Tostada, Enchilada, Pupusa, Small Quesadilla. Served alongside rice and beans.

Poco Pollo Loco

$14.99
Bed of rice topped with grilled chicken and queso

Tac-eauxs

$15.99
$17.99/with shrimp
Three tacos served with rice and charro beans

Queso-Birria Tacos

$16.99
Three tacos filled with cheese, birria meat with cilantro and onion, served with a cup of consume

Soups

Caldo de Res

$17.99
Traditional Mexican beef soup with vegetables. Served with rice, corn tortillas

Menudo

$15.99
Traditional Mexican tripe soup. Served with rice, cilantro, onions and corn tortillas
Pozole Rojo photo

Pozole Rojo

$16.99
Traditional Mexican red pork and hominy stew. Served with rice, cilantro and onions. Topped with shredded cabbage and sliced radishes, alongside corn tortillas

Sopa Azteca

$6.99
$8.99/with chicken
Tortilla soup. Served with cheese, avocado and chicken. Topped with thinly fried tortilla strips

Lunch

Served from 11am-3pm Monday-Friday

Enchilada Plate

$10.99
Three chicken, beef or cheese enchiladas. Served with a salad or rice and beans.

Flauta Plate

$10.99
Three chicken or beef flautas. Served with rice, beans and a salad.

Pupusa Plate

$11.99
Two pupusas served with rice, beans, cabbage and salsa

Mole Plate

$11.99
Chicken cooked in a mole sauce. Served with rice and beans. Corn or flour tortillas

Chimichanga Plate

$10.99
Chicken, beef or cheese. Served with a salad or rice and beans.

Tamale Plate

$12.00
Three pork or cheese tamales. Served with a salad or rice and beans.

Burrito Plate

$12.00
Steak, chicken, beef or cheese. Served with a salad.

Quesadilla Plate

$10.99
Steak, chicken, beef or cheese. Served with a salad or rice and beans

Sopes Plate

$11.99
Three handmade corn patties topped with refried beans, fresh lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and dusted with cotija cheese. Steak, Chicken or Shrimp.

Tostadas Plate

$10.99
Two small tostadas with your choice of meat served with rice and beans

Nopalitos Plate

Nopales cooked with either pork or shrimp served with rice and beans. Corn or flour tortillas

Guisado Plate

$11.99
$13.99/shrimp
Steak and or chicken cooked in salsa along with onions and tomatoes with rice and beans. Corn or flour tortillas

Taco Plate

$10.99
Two tacos served with rice and charro beans

Kids

Dino Quesadilla

$6.99
Served with rice and beans or fries. Steak, chicken, beef or cheese

Andale Tacos

$6.99
Two soft flour or crunchy tacos with just meat and cheese. Served along rice and beans or fries. Steak, chicken or ground beef.

Bam Bam Burrito

$6.99
Small meat and cheese burrito, served with rice and beans or fries. Steak, chicken or ground beef.

Vaquero Tenders

$6.99
Chicken tenders with fries

Desserts

Flan photo

Flan

$5.99
Homemade custard cake

Tres Leches Cake

$5.99
3 milk cake. Chocolate or caramel syrup.

Buñuelos

$4.99
Fried flour tortilla, powdered with cinnamon and sugar. Topped with your choice of chocolate, caramel syrup or honey.
Churros photo

Churros

$5.99
Traditional Mexican churros. Chocolate or caramel syrup.

Cheesecake Chimis

$5.99
Two mini chimichangas filled with cheesecake with strawberry syrup on top

Fried Ice Cream

$5.99
One scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in corn flakes, lightly fried and powdered with cinnamon sugar

Sweet Corn Tamale

$5.99
Sweet corn tamale wrapped in a corn husk. Served with cacique cream
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