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Chispas/Starters

“SPARK” YOUR APPETITE WITH ONE OF THESE SCRUMPTIOUS STARTERS!!

Guacamole en Molcajete – ripe avocadoes & fresh herbs hand-blended in a molcajete at your table give new meaning to “mouth-watering”! 7.99 (Availability may be limited to ensure quality.)

Sampler Platter – You’ll be stuffed unless you SHARE! Four bean & cheese nachos, two brisket taquitos, five wings (hot or mild), two chicken flautas, & Guacamole Ranch for dipping. 10.49

Papas Locos – Freshly-fried frenchies are tossed w/onion strings crisped in our own fryer, chunks of REAL bacon, fresh grilled & sliced jalapeños, then tossed again w/cheddar & white cheeses & oven-baked until the cheese melts. 5.99

Wings Hot or Mild – Fried wingies & drummies w/just the right amount of spice & a sauce. Hot ones have a hint of “ ” chile (the chile from hell!) Small – 5 wings 4.99 Large – 10 wings 9.99

Brisket Taquitos – Juicy roasted brisket and white cheese wrapped in flour tortillas & fried crispy, then carved into 8 big bites for eating with your fingers! Dip ‘em in Guacamole Ranch. 5.99

Fiesta Platter - Crown your party with this feast of our Hot Wings, Brisket Taquitos, Chicken Flautas, & Fajita Quesadillas, with Guacamole Ranch for dipping. Please allow extra time for preparation, as the components for these platters are made from scratch to the order. Regular 41 pieces (feeds 2 to 4) 24.99 Large 82 pieces (feeds 4 to 8) 49.99

Queso Especial - Taco beef topped w/queso, sour cream, guacamole, and roasted poblano crema. Feeds four 7.50

Queso - A blend of melted cheeses, fresh salsa, & poblano crema Bowl – enough for four 7.50 Cup - enough for two 3.75

Tex Mex

Chimichangas – your choice of filling wrapped in a BIG flour tortilla & deep-fried. Served w/rice & refritos. Add or Substitute Queso for $1.50 Fajita Style – Stuffed w/ poblano chile strips, pico de gallo, white cheese and choice of meat. Brisket topped w/spicy verde sauce & habañero crema 10.99 Steak topped w/ranchero sauce 11.99 Chicken topped w/ranchero sauce 10.49 Taco beef style - stuffed w/100% seasoned ground beef, chili meat sauce topped with queso 10.49

Nachos -– Chalupa- & Tostada-Style - Our homemade corn tortilla chips w/your choice of topping. Served w/jalapeños, guacamole, & sour cream on the side so you can dress ‘em the way YOU like ‘em! Brisket nachos – tender brisket w/refritos & shredded cheeses 9.99 Fajita nachos - w/refritos & shredded cheeses Chicken 10.49 or Steak 10.99 Taco beef nachos - with refritos & shredded cheeses 9.49

Flautas – 3 corn tortillas stuffed w/shredded chicken & deep-fried until crispy. Comes w/rice, refritos, guacamole & sour cream 9.49 Add a side of queso for $1.50.

Brisket Taquito Dinner – Tender roasted brisket and white cheese wrapped in 3 flour tortillas & fried crispy, then cut into big bites. Comes w/Guacamole Ranch for dipping, charro beans, rice. 10.49

Create Your Combo – with Rice & Refritos Pick Two Items 8.99 Pick Three Items 9.99 Pick Four Items 10.99 Enchiladas, Tacos, Chicken Flautas, Cheese & onion w/red sauce Taco beef Taco beef w/chili meat sauce Shredded chicken Shredded chicken w/sour cream sauce Choice of tortilla Guacamole with Ranchero sauce (soft flour/crispy corn) Substitute one Brisket Tamale, one Cheese Chile Relleno, or one Fiesta Taco 2.00 Sub one Brisket Taquito or one Brisket Taco for any item above for 1.00

A World of Flavors –- A World Apart

Acapulco Shrimp Brochette - Six jumbo shrimp stuffed w/white cheese & a jalapeño slice, bacon-wrapped & mesquite-grilled. Served w/charro beans, rice, & a side of Mantequilla (our white wine butter sauce) 18.49

Fajita Enchiladas – 3 cheese & onion enchiladas topped w/Ranchero, steak or chicken fajitas meat, & pico. Served w/rice & refritos. Chicken 10.49 Steak 11.49 Brisket 10.49 Veggies 9.99 For 2 subtract $1.

Rellenos Casero - 2 home-style soufflé-battered rellenos, stuffed with your choice of filling and served w/charro beans & rice. White cheese with ranchero sauce 10.99 Roasted brisket w/queso 11.99

Fajitas steak 12.49 or chicken with Ranchero sauce 11.49

Brisket Tamale Dinner – Hand-made in our kitchen w/roasted brisket in a red ancho chile sauce. Steamed in corn husks. Topped with ½ queso & ½ chili meat sauce. Served w/charro beans & rice. 1 tamale 9.29 2 tamales 10.99

Caesar Fajita Tacos – Two flour tortilla tacos with steak or chicken fajitas meat, Caesar greens, roasted corn, pico de gallo, & Parmesan cheese. Served with rice. Chicken 10.49 Steak 11.99

Brisket Taco Dinner – 2 or 3 buttered, grilled, soft corn tortilla “shells” filled w/melted white cheese & roasted, shredded brisket. Fresh cilantro, limes, minced onions, & salsa de arbol are placed on the side, Mexico City-style, to season the tacos to your taste. With rice & charro beans. 3 tacos 10.99 2 tacos 9.29

Parilla con Queso Blanco – Juicy 10 oz. tender, mesquite-grilled chicken breast topped w/melted white cheese & sour cream sauce. Comes w/Mexican rice & esquites 9.99

Pechuga de Pollo – Juicy 10 oz. mesquite-grilled chicken breast served on rice & topped w/grilled onions, white wine garlic butter, white cheese, & poblano chiles rajas. Served w/cheddar-&-red- pepper mashed potatoes & esquites (creamed corn). 10.99

Fiesta Tacos – Two buttered, grilled, flour tortillas stuffed w/melted white cheese, chicken or steak fajitas meat, & grilled onions & peppers. Served w/charro bean & rice. Chicken 10.99 Steak 12.49

Fajitas

All Fajitas come with refritos, rice, grilled onions & peppers, sour cream & cheese. Add-ons: **guacamole..$1.35** **3 Acapulco shrimp w/Mantequilla sauce..$7.49** **side of ribs (more than a pound!)..$9.99**

Fajitas – ½ pound of THE finest Black Angus fajitas steak marinated with sweet lime juice or succulent fajitas chicken marinated with lemon & tropical fruit juices. Both are wood-grilled for spectacular flavor! Steak 13.99 Chicken 11.49 Combination 12.99 Add three Acapulco shrimp 7.49

House Fajitas - w/grilled vegetables instead of rice & beans. Chicken or Veggie 11.99 Steak 14.99 Combo Steak/Chicken 13.49 Shrimp 18.49

Fajitas for Two – 1 pound of YOUR choice of meat, served Regular (or House-Style for $1 more): Chicken 20.99 Steak 25.99 Combination 23.50 Add 4 Acapulco shrimp 9.49

Platos de Costillas (Ribs)

Plato Enormo (for two) - Our mesquite-grilled sampler platter piled with over a pound of spicy, fall-off-the-bone ribs, 4 Acapulco shrimp, steak fajitas, chicken fajitas, spicy BBQ and Mantequilla sauces, rice & refritos, sour cream, cheese, & flour tortillas 31.99

Frescos Tillas – a heapin’ helpin’of spicy, mesquite-grilled ribs w/charro beans, cheddar-red pepper mashed potatoes, & our nothin’- like-it BBQ sauce. Regular 20.99 Small 13.99

Tacos Costillas – our spicy, mesquite-grilled ribs, de-boned & slipped into two buttered, grilled flour tortillas w/melted queso blanco & grilled onions & peppers. Served w/charros, rice, & BBQ sauce. 13.49

Black Angus Steaks - Guaranteed Great Beef

Midwestern-Raised Corn Fed Aged Choice Grade and Higher Cuts

With any of the following meals: Add a side House or Caesar salad 2.49*** Add 3 Acapulco Shrimp 7.49*** Add a side of ribs (more than a pound!) 9.99

“The Mexican” Steak Dinner – Your choice of mesquite-grilled steak topped w/chipotle butter & served w/a cheese enchilada, cheddar-cheese-&-red-pepper mashed potatoes, & charro beans. 12 oz. Ribeye 19.99 7 oz. Tenderloin 22.99

“The Texican” Steak Dinner – Your choice of mesquite-grilled steak served on the chef’s red wine veal sauce w/cheddar-cheese-&-red-pepper-mashed potatoes, esquites (creamed corn), & a house salad w/choice of dressing. 7 oz. Tenderloin 22.99 12 oz. Ribeye 19.99

Steak & Shrimp – Your choice of steak w/3 Acapulco shrimp & a side of Mantequilla sauce. Comes w/charro beans & rice. 7 oz. Tenderloin 24.99 12 oz. Ribeye 22.99

Steak & Cheese Relleno – Your choice of steak, mesquite-grilled & sauced w/chipotle butter, plus a chile relleno stuffed w/white cheese, soufflé- battered, fried, & topped w/Ranchero sauce. Served w/charros & rice. 12 oz. Ribeye 19.99 7 oz. Tenderloin 22.99

Our Steak Cooking Chart -- How WE Cook ‘Em Blood Rare – cold red center Medium – pink throughout Rare – cool red center Medium Well – thin line of pink Medium Rare – warm red center Well Done – dry w/NO pink Extra Well Done – almost to charcoal

Sides

OAXACAN BLACK BEANS – We start with frijoles de olla (pot beans) & slow-simmer them with epazote, avocado leaves, & fresh garlic. 1.95

FRIJOLES CHARROS are “cowboy beans”, a soupy, flavorful broth w/pintos, hickory bacon, garlic, fresh tomatoes, & jalapeños. 1.95

ESQUITES is mesquite-grilled whole kernel corn that we shave off the cob & cook in a buttery cream sauce w/a little red pepper. 1.95

CHEDDAR-&-RED-PEPPER MASHED POTATOES – Made from real, whole Idaho russets w/the skin on. Better than a loaded baked potato! 1.95

GRILLED VEGETABLES – Broccoli, cauliflower, yellow squash, zucchini, snap peas red bell pepper, and poblano pepper grilled to al dente on our flat top. 1.95

MEXICAN RICE – fried until golden, then simmered w/chicken stock, tomatoes, garlic, & comino ‘til moist & fluffy. You won’t want to leave it on the plate!

REFRITOS – made-from-scratch, slow cooked from dried pintos, all-vegetable oil, & no meat. 1.95

About Our Food

RED CHILE SAUCE - a medium-spicy, authentic, natural, full-flavored sauce made with guajillo & cascabel chile peppers. Comes on all CHEESE ENCHILADAS. In Guanajuato, it is Salsa Minera (“Miner Sauce”) due to the silver mines there.

CHILI MEAT SAUCE - a Texas chuckwagon chili sauce made with fresh ground chuck & a blend of peppers & comino. Comes on all BEEF ENCHILADAS.

SOUR CREAM SAUCE – made w/real sour cream and white cheese, rich & full of flavor. Comes on all CHICKEN ENCHILADAS & PARILLA CON QUESO BLANCO.

RANCHERO SAUCE - made with roasted ripe tomatoes simmered with green chile and fresh garlic. Comes on all CHILE RELLENOS, FAJITA ENCHILADAS, & VEGGIE ENCHILADAS.

CHILE VERDE SAUCE – a spicy sauce made w/tomatillos, green chiles, & garlic. Comes on all BRISKET CHIMICHANGAS & BRISKET BURRITOS.

MANTEQUILLA SAUCE - a delicate white wine garlic butter sauce that accompanies our ACAPULCO SHRIMP & will complement everything from rice to steaks.

TORTILLA SOUP – We slow-cook whole chickens to create a genuine chicken broth, then add fresh vegetables to make our soup the original old-fashioned way. Said to be “good for what ails ya! We cook fresh chickens for our recipes. Therefore they may contain small bones.

Salads and Soups

We make all of our salad dressings from scratch except Vinegar & Oil and Fat- Free Vinaigrette. Our scratch-made dressings include Classic Caesar, Ranch, our original Honey Mustard, & Guacamole Ranch (Add $1.)

Ensalada Mexicana - Charro beans, mixed greens, shredded cheeses, tomatoes, wood-grilled corn, cilantro, red onions, sour cream and guacamole w/your choice of salad dressing & one of the following:

Fajitas steak 9.99 Chicken 9.49 Roasted brisket 9.49 Taco beef 8.79

Fajita Fresco Salad - Vegetables grilled al dente, fajitas steak or chicken, mixed cheeses, tomatoes, red onions, homemade croutons, choice of dressing Chicken 8.49 Steak 8.99

Caesar Fajita Salad - Tasty scratch-made Caesar with fajitas steak or chicken, homemade croutons, & Parmesan cheese Chicken 8.49 Steak 8.99

House or Caesar Salad - Classic Caesar (as created by Caesar Cardini in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920’s), or House greens with choice of dressing 3.79

Tortilla Soup - Scratch-made broth w/chicken, tortilla strips, white cheese & squash, fresh tomatoes, roasted corn, onions, & red bell pepper. Bowl 5.29 Cup 3.29

Soup & Salad - A bowl of tortilla soup and a house salad 8.49

Quesadillas del Norte

Quesadillas - 2 of our homemade flour tortillas buttered & grilled with your choice of filling in between. All are available w/grilled veggies.

#1 – Black beans, pico de gallo, chipotle crema, roasted corn, cheese. Fajitas steak 10.99 Fajitas chicken 10.49 Shredded brisket 10.49

#2 – Cheese & pico de gallo w/fajitas meat Chicken 10.49 Steak 10.99

#3 – Grilled market vegetables & Fajita onions with cheese & pico de gallo 8.99 Add Steak 12.99 Add Brisket 11.49 Add Chicken 10.99

#4 – Roasted shredded brisket, pico de gallo, melted cheeses and habañero crema. Too delicious for words! 10.49

Burritos

Sauces for burritos include: red chile, chili meat, sour cream, verde, and Ranchero. Add or substitute queso sauce for $1.35

Grande Style - Filled w/charro beans, mixed greens, shredded cheese, tomatoes, roasted corn, chipotle crema, rice, & your choice of the following: Fajitas chicken, Shredded chicken, Taco beef, Grilled veggies 9.49 Roasted brisket 10.49 or Fajitas steak 10.99

Mucho Style - Filled w/refritos, grated cheese, & your choice of the following: Fajitas chicken, Shredded chicken,Taco beef or Grilled veggies 8.49 Roasted brisket 9.49 or Fajitas steak 9.99

Salsas

SALSA FRESCO – We mesquite-grill fresh tomatoes & fresh jalapeños, then blend in fresh garlic to create a salsa that is medium-spicy.

HABAÑERO SALSA – Our most fiery salsa, made with Yucatecan habañero chiles blended with fresh tomatoes, garlic, & fruit juice.

SALSA DE ARBOL – Roasted chiles de arbol blended w/tomatillos & garlic. Hot!

SALSA GUERO – Our mildest salsa, made w/canned tomatoes, fresh jalapeños, cilantro, & Spanish onions. This version is a true “gringo” salsa.