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Lunch Menu

Entremeses Appetizers

"Got Guacamole"
Fresh and chunky

Queso Chipotle
Not just your ordinary cheese dip.

Queso Fundido
Melted Oaxacan cheese, choice of our homemade chorizo, bell peppers or pasilla-laced mushrooms.

Calamar al Chipotle
Corn-meal dusted calamari steaks, tomato-chipotle- honey sauce and chipotle roulle.


Ensaladas Salads
All our dressings are made in house.

Pollo Asado
Grilled chicken, red and green bell peppers, fennel, roasted -tomato balsamic vinaigrette, cotija cheese.

Tangy Tamarind
Grilled chicken, spring greens, mango,  pecans, queso fresco, tamarind vinaigrette.

Tijuana Ceasar Salad
Romaine and red leaf lettuce, anchovy, croutons, cotija cheese, and ceasar dressing. Add chicken or shrimp.

Side Soup
Choose from our sopa de “Elote Y chile poblano” or sopa de “Frijoles negros”.

Side House Salad


Classicos
Served with rice & black beans.

Enchilada Roja - Enchilada Verde - Tamal - Taquito - Burrito


Burritos

Loco
Achiote chicken or  adobo steak, caramelized onions, romaine lettuce, black beans, Mexican rice, roasted tomato-jalepeno cream sauce.

Pastor
Cochinita pibil (Yucatan roasted pork), Mexican rice, charro beans, tomatillo sauce, cotija cheese.

Quelites
Cactus paddles, baby spinach, tomato, cilantro,onions, red and green bell peppers, green rice and black beans. Tomatillo sauce.

Especialidades / Specials

Tacos Maya
Steak tacos with red and green bell pepper, onion, grilled pineapple, monterrey jack cheese, charro beans.

Alambres
Beef tips, poblano peppers, onions, chile ancho sauce, oaxacan cheese, Mexican rice.

Marbella
Shrimp, crabmeat, tomato, green onion, ancho rajas, monterrey jack cheese, wrapped in a flour tortilla and lightly fried. Served with green rice.

Manchamanteles
Strips of chicken breast, savory sauce of three varieties of dried chile peppers, Mexican rice.

Mucho Mango
Shrimp, mango mojo-habanero sauce, fried plantain, rice.


Fajitas a la Parrilla
"On the Grill"

Fajitas are served on a sizzling skillet with onions, red and green bell peppers. Served with charro beans, sour cream, pico de gallo and monterrey jack cheese.

Grilled Adobo-Steak Fajitas
Tamarind-Chipotle Chicken Fajitas
Mango Mojo Shrimp Fajitas

Refrescos

Coca Cola – Diet Coke – Sprite – Pink Lemonade – Mr. Pibb – Mellow Yellow – Voss Still & Sparkling Water – Hibiscus Flower Iced Tea – European Select – Espresso – Cappuccino

 
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