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Our Menu

  • Menu

There will be an added gratuity of 18% for parties of 6 or more people

Tlayudas

Tlayuda Tasajo

$22.99
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.

Tlayuda Cecina

$22.99
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado.

Tlayuda Chorizo

$22.99
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado.

Tlayuda Mixta

$25.99
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado.

Tlayuda Mole

$22.99

Tlayuda Quesillo

$18.99

Cortes de Carne

Cecina Especial

$22.99
Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas.

Tasajo Especial

$22.99
Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas.

Chorizo Especial

$22.99
House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas.

Tasajo a la Mexicana

$22.99
Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas.

Tasajo con Hongos

$22.99
Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas.

Moronga Especial

$22.99

Tortas

Torta Oaxaqueña

$17.99
Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree.

Torta Quesillo

$16.99
Torta with quesillo

Parrilladas

Parrillada Regular

$64.99
Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños.

Parrillada Familiar

$95.99
Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños.

1/2 Order Botanas

$32.99
1/2 order of appetizers.

1/2 Order Carnes

$34.99
1/2 order of meats.

Especialidades Exoticas

Botana de Chapulines

$19.99
Grasshopper snack.

Botana de Gusanos

$20.99
Agave worm snack.

Especialidades de Casa

Chile Relleno

$23.99
Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas.

Mole Rojo

$22.99
Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas.

Mole Negro

$22.99
Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas.

Salsa de Chorizo

$21.99
Chorizo sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas.

Salsa de Chicharron

$21.99
Chicharron sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans and handmade tortillas.

Tamales

Wrapped in banana leaves

Mole Rojo Tamale en Hoja De Platano

$6.99
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf.

Mole Negro Tamale en Hoja De Platano

$6.99
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf.

Enchiladas

Enchiladas

$22.99
Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black or red mole, or green sauce.

Botanas

Botana de Quesadillas

$13.99
deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado.

Botana de Molotes

$13.99
Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado.

Botana de Memelitas

$13.99
Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and black beans.

Empanadas

Empanada de Quesillo

$15.99
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo.

Empanada De Mole

$18.99
Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole.

Empanada De Flor De Calabaza

$18.99
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom.

Empanada de Huitlacoche

$18.99
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom.

Empanada de Champińones

$18.99
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños.

Tacos

Tacos de Chapulines

$8.99
Grasshopper taco.

Tacos

$6.99
Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado.

Burritos

Burritos

$14.99
Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo.

Burrito De Pollo

$13.99
Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce.

Burrito de Mole

$16.99
Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice.

Burrito Mixteco

$16.99
Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo.

Burrito de Camarones

$18.99

Mariscos

7 Mares

$25.99
Seafood soup.

Coctel De Camarones

$21.99
Shrimp cocktail.

Coctel Campechana

$24.99
Shrimp and octopus cocktail.

Camarones a la Mantequilla

$24.99
Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad.

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo

$24.99
Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad.

Camarones a la Valencia

$24.99
Shrimp sautéed in our special house hot sauce served with rice and beans.

Tostada De Camarones

$12.99
Shrimp ceviche tostada.

Mojarra Frita

$21.99
Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad.

Camarones Cucaracha

$29.99
Fried head-on shrimp.

Aguachile Verde

$32.99
Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa.

Fajitas

Fajitas Tasajo

$22.99
Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans.

Fajitas Pollo

$21.99
Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans.

Fajitas Camarones

$25.99
Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans.

Fajitas Mixtas

$27.99
Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans.

Caldos

Ask for availability

Caldo Tlalpeño

$17.99
Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice, chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas.

Menudo

$20.99

Desayunos

Huevos Rancheros

$18.99
Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans.

Huevos Revueltos con Chorizo

$19.99
Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans.

Enfrijoladas

$20.99
3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo.

Entomatadas

$20.99
3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo.

Chilaquiles

$17.99
Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs.

Salsa de Huevo

$17.99
Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans.

Huevos a la Mexicana

$17.99

Kids Menu

Kids Chicken Nuggets

$15.99
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice.

Kids Memelita

$15.99
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice.

Kids BBQ Chicken Wings

$15.99
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice.

Kids Quesadilla

$15.99
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice.

Kids Pollo Asado

$15.99
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice.

Sides

Aguacate

$4.99

Arroz (Rice)

$3.99/+
6 oz $3.99 | 16 oz $8.99 | 32 oz $14.99

Carnes Extra

$7.99

Cebollitas

$3.99

Chiles De Agua

$5.99

Chiles Toreados

$3.99

Chips

$3.99

Crema

$2.99

French Fries

$6.99

Frijoles (Beans)

$3.99/+
6 oz $3.99 | 8 oz $8.99 | 16 oz $14.99

Guacamole

$12.99

Huevos

$4.99

Mole Negro

$6.99/+
6 oz $6.99 | 16 oz $12.99 | 32 oz $18.99

Mole Rojo

$6.99/+
6 oz $6.99 | 16 oz $12.99 | 32 oz $18.99

Nopales

$3.99

Quesillo Extra

$6.99

Salsa

$5.99/+
6 oz $5.99 | 16 oz $8.99 | 32 oz $17.99

Side Chicharron

$10.99

Side Moronga

$10.99

Tortilla Harina

$2.99

Tortillas De Maiź

$2.99

Huitlacoche Extra

$6.99

Flor De Calabaza Extra

$6.99

Champiñones Extra

$6.99
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