El Tapatio Restaurant menu (As of 10/29)

260 Palm Ave, Imperial Beach, CA

Breakfast

• Accompanied with beans, potatoes, and a choice of 2 flour or 2 corn tortillas. Egg whites are $1.50 extra.

Mole Poblano

• Chipotle Cream Sauce $14.75

Add

• Grilled Chicken Breast $3.25
• Chilorio $3.25
• Carnitas $3.75
• Carne Asada $3.95
• Arrachera $4.75
• Huevos Rancheros $13.50Two any style eggs over 2 corn tortillas topped with salsa ranchera, Monterrey Jack cheese and sour cream.
• Huevos a Caballo $14.75Two shredded chicken enchiladas topped with two over medium eggs, our special “El Tapatio” homemade sauce and sour cream.
• Arrachera & Eggs $18.95Skirt steak and 2 eggs any style, avocado and salsa fresca.
• Revueltos – Scrambled $1.50 extraAccompanied with beans, potatoes, and a choice of 2 flour or 2 corn tortillas. Egg whites
• Machaca con Huevos $13.50Shredded beef and eggs scrambled with fresh green peppers, onions and tomatoes.
• Chorizo con Heuvo $13.50Mexican sausage with scrambled eggs.
• Huevos a la Mexicana $12.50Scrambled eggs with serrano pepper, onions and tomatoes topped with ranchero sauce.
• Huevos con Nopales $12.50Prickly pear scrambled with eggs.
• Huevo con Jamón $13.00Ham, eggs topped with cheese.
• Huevo con Tocino $13.00Bacon, eggs topped with cheese.
• Omelette $1.50 extraAccompanied with beans, potatoes, and a choice of 2 flour or 2 corn tortillas. Egg whites
• Spanish Omelette $13.70Jack and cheddar cheese, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and avocado, topped with ranchero sauce.
• Espinacas con Champiñones $13.70Spinach, mushroom, Monterrey Jack cheese and avocado, topped with ranchero sauce.
• California Omelette $13.70Bacon, tomatoes, onions, cheddar cheese, and avocado.
• Beef Omelette $14.25Shredded beef, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, sour cream and avocado, topped with ranchero sauce.
• Shrimp Omelette $16.75Sauteed shrimp, Monterrey Jack cheese, poblano pepper, avocado and Chipotle cream sauce.
• Cosecha Omelette $15.55Asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, red onion, red bell peppers and avocado.

Scrambled Egg

• Grilled Veggies & Egg $10.55(peppers, onions, tomato, mushroom, asparagus, potatoes & egg)

Ham

• Bacon $11.50

Pancakes

• 6:00 Am – 11:00 Am $13.502 buttermilk pancakes, 2 eggs any style, hash browns and 2 strips of bacon or pork links.

Breakfast Sides

• Bacon Strips (2) $3.50
• Breakfast Potatoes or Hashbrowns $2.75
• Pancakes (2) $5.75
• Children’s Breakfast $10.50With side of seasonal fruit.

Antojitos / Appetizers

• Botana Sm. $12.50 / Lg. $14.75Fresh corn tortilla chips topped with beans, shredded beef, onions, cilantro, Monterey Jack cheese and cheddar cheese.
• Parrillada $22.25Carne asada, pollo asado, quesadilla, chorizo, mini roll taquitos and 1 chicken sope. Accompanied with choice of 2 flour or 2 corn tortillas.
• Nachos Grandes $15.55Fresh tortilla chips topped with carne asada, beans, cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream and salsa fresca.
• Cheese Dip $8.95Flour crispy tortilla with melted Monterrey Jack and cheddar cheese.
• Flour Quesadilla $9.50Monterrey Jack cheese.

Carne Asada Quesadilla

• Pollo Asado Quesadilla $13.70Guacamole, salsa fresca and sour cream.
• Shrimp Quesadilla $15.75Shrimp Ranchero with bell peppers, tomatoes and red onion.
• White Queso Dip $7.25Cheese with a blend of chiles and spices.
• Taco Board $18.502 Carne asada, 2 pollo asado & 2 al pastor tacos with salsa and limes.
• Queso Fundido $11.50Cheese with choice of: poblano peppers or mushrooms. Accompanied with 3 flour or 3 corn tortillas
• Sopes $13.70Three masa sopes with choice of shredded beef or chicken over refried beans topped with lettuce, cotija cheese, tomato sauce, sour cream, radishes, red onions and avocado.
• Guacamole Mexicano $11.50Ripe avocados mashed with salsa fresca and serrano pepper. Accompanied with fresh corn tortilla chips.
• Guacamole Dip $11.50Ripe avocados mashed with cotija cheese. Accompanied with fresh tortilla chips.
• Shrimp Ceviche $14.75Mexican white cooked shirimp, cucumber, red onion, tomato, cilantro in a tomato sauce and slices of avocado. Side of 4 mini tostadas.
• Sopa de Tortilla $9.45Tender chicken, vegetables, crispy tortilla strips, cotija cheese, sour cream and avocado.
• Childrens Menu $11.35Children under 10 years old. All combinations with side rice and beans
• Carne Asada / Pollo Asado $19.30Skirt steak or Chicken breast grilled. Side of guacamole, salsa fresca and chiles toreados.
• Carnitas $19.30Pork marinated with spices and braised until tender served with side of guacamole and salsa fresca.
• Molcajete $28.55Molcajete lava bowl with, grilled steak, chicken breast, chorizo, nopal, green onions and panela cheese, topped with a roasted tomato sauce and avocado.
• Bernie’s Special $19.30Two shredded chicken enchiladas topped with steak and sour cream.
• Bistec Ranchero $16.90Tender beef simmered with pasilla peppers, onions and tomato sauce.
• Birria Tlaquepaque $16.90Tender beef simmered with mild chile sauce.
• Chicken Breast With Mole Poblano $16.90Chicken breast with bitter sweet cocoa sauce.
• Chile Colorado con Nopales $16.90Tender beef simmered in red chile colorado sauce and prickly pear.

Fajitas

• Steak $19.50
• Chicken $18.50
• Shrimp $20.25
• Veggie $15.95
• Mix $22.50

Combinaciones

• 1 Crispy Beef Taco, Cheese Enchilada & Tamal $14.75
• 2 Enchilada & Chile Relleno $14.50Choice of beef, chicken or cheese enchilada.
• 3 Crispy Taco & Chile Relleno $15.50Choice of Beef or Chicken taco.
• 4 Cheese Enchilada & Crispy Beef Taco $13.50
• 5 Two Crispy Tacos – Beef or Chicken $13.50Cotija or cheddar cheese, lettuce, radishes and red onions.
• 6 Two Enchiladas $13.50Two shredded beef, chicken or cheese choice of sauce: red pasilla, tomatillo or mole
• 7 Shredded Burrito $13.50Beef or chicken smothered with “El Tapatio sauce and topped with Jack and Cheddar cheese.
• 8 Three Roll Tacos Beef or Chicken $11.60Topped with fresh guacamole, lettuce, sour cream and cheese.
• 9 Two Tostadas Shredded Beef or Chicken $13.50With spread of beans, lettuce, Cotija or cheddar cheese, radishes and red onions.
• 10 Two Chile Rellenos With Ranchera Sauce $14.75
• 11 Two Tamales Pork or Chicken $13.50With red pasilla sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese.
• 12 Three Street Tacos $13.70With grilled carne asada or pollo asado, guacamole, onions, cilantro.
• 13 Tony’s Burrito $13.70Carne asada, guacamole, sour cream, salsa fresca topped with “El Tapatio” sauce and cheese.
• 14 Pollo Asado Burrito $13.50Grilled chicken with guacamole and salsa fresca.
• Enchiladas $3.95

Street Tacos

• Mini tortillas served with guacamole, onions and cilantro side plate of cebollitas, radishes and chiles toreados $1.95
• Carne Asada $3.95
• Pollo Asado $3.95
• Pollo Adobado $3.95
• Al Pastor $3.95
• Mulitas $5.95

Crispy Tacos

• 3 Roll Tacos $7.25Shredded beef or chicken topped with guacamole and sour cream.
• Flautas $7.95Two beef or chicken rolled crispy flour tortillas topped with guacamole and sour cream.
• Taco de Papa $3.50Mashed potato crispy taco.

Tacos

• Carnitas $4.45With onion, cilantro and guacamole.
• Chilorio $4.45With red pickled onion.
• Birria $4.45With onion & cilantro.
• Veggie $4.45Portabella mushroom, bell peppers, zucchini, red onion, fresco cheese and avocado.
• Nopal $4.45Flame grilled cactus, melted cheese, whole pinto beans, tomato and avocado.
• Surf n Turf $5.15Grilled shrimp and steak, cabbage, salsa fresca, chipotle crema and avocado.
• Arrachera $5.15Skirt steak, with avocado, onion and cilantro.
• Camarón $5.75Fresh breaded shrimp with homemade cream sauce, salsa fresca and cabbage.
• Camarón Enchilado $5.75Shrimp and red chile over with Monterrey cheese with cabbage, salsa fresca and homemade cream sauce.
• Pescado Baja $4.75Fresh breaded fish, homemade creamy sauce, salsa fresca and cabbage.
• Grilled Cod $5.75Grilled fish with cabbage, salsa fresca, homemade cream sauce and avocado.
• Gobernador $5.75Shrimp, salsa fresca and Monterrey cheese.

Carne Asada or Pollo Asado

• Shredded Beef or Chicken $13.25

Burritos

• Tony’s $11.95Grilled steak with guacamole, salsa fresca, sour cream topped with our homemade “El Tapatio” sauce.
• Carne Asada $11.95Grilled steak with guacamole and salsa fresca.
• California $11.95Grilled steak, fries, guacamole, sour cream and Monterrey Jack cheese.
• Fajita $12.75Your choice of grilled steak or chicken breast with grilled vegetables, guacamole and salsa fresca. Side house salad.
• Surf n’ Turf $15.50Steak, sauteed shrimp with salsa fresca, cheddar cheese, avocado and chipotle cream.
• Pollo Asado $11.25Grilled chicken breast with guacamole and salsa fresca.
• Al Pastor $11.50Tender marinated pork in red chile with guacamole, onions and cilantro.
• Mixed $10.30Shredded beef and beans topped with our homemade “El Tapatio” sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese & cheddar cheese.
• Shredded Beef or Chicken $10.95Topped with our homemade “El Tapatio” sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese & cheddar cheese.
• Bean $8.25Beans topped with our homemade “El Tapatio” sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese and cheddar cheese.
• Chile Relleno $12.35Poblano pepper filled with Monterrey Jack cheese, rice topped with Ranchera Sauce.
• Grilled Veggies $11.35Portabella mushroom, bell peppers, red onion, zucchini and avocado.
• Veggie $11.35Beans, rice, guacamole, tomato, lettuce, onion, cilantro and cheese.
• Pescado Empanizado $14.95Fresh breaded fish with homemade creamy or chipotle sauce, salsa fresca and cabbage. Side house salad.
• Camarón $15.95Sauteed shrimp with ranchero sauce, bell peppers, onions and tomato. Side house salad.

Mariscos

• Camarones Rancheros $21.25Sauteed shrimp with bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes in ranchero sauce
• Camarones Diablo $21.25Sauteed shrimp with spicy diabla sauce.
• Camarones al Ajo $21.25Garlic grilled shrimp with butter sauce.
• Camarones Empanizados $21.25Lightly breaded fried shrimp.
• Camarones Costa Azul $24.25(6) Shrimp and crab with Monterrey Jack cheese wrapped in bacon.
• Pescado Empanizado $18.50Lightly breaded fried fish fillet.
• Camarones al Ajo $18.50Garlic grilled shrimp with butter sauce.
• Pescado Veracruzano $18.50Veracruzano style fish fillet with bell pepper, onion, tomatoes, chiles, olives, and capers.
• Pescado al Ajo $18.50Garlic grilled fish fillet with butter sauce.

Cocktails

• Camarón $17.95
• Campechana $18.95
• Vuelve a la Vida $18.95

Tortas

• Carne Asada or Pollo Asado $12.50

Carnitas

• Tender Pork $12.50
• Milanesa-Breaded Steak $12.50
• Ham & Cheese $12.50

Especial

• Grilled Steak, Ham & Cheese $13.25

Vegetarian

• Queso Fresco $12.50

Suprema

• Carne or Pollo Asado $14.50
• Shredded Beef or Chicken $12.50

Tostada

• Shredded Beef or Chicken $7.75
• Bean $6.50

Salads

• House Salad $8.50
• Campechana $8.50
• Pollo Asado $14.50

Caldos / Soups

• Menudo Small $11.15 / Large $14.15Tender beef tripe in red mild chile broth with hominy.
• Pozole $15.10Stewed pork with hominy, side of cabbage, onion, radishes and limes.
• Albondigas Small $11.50 / Large $14.75Savory beef meatballs with carrot, potato and zucchini. Side of rice.
• Caldo de Res $15.75Beef Stew with potato, carrot, zuchinni, cabbage and garbanzo beans. Side of rice.
• Fish Soup Small $11.50 / Large $14.25Seasonal fish soup with vegetables.
• Shrimp Soup $16.10With vegetables.
• Siete Mares $20.95Shrimp, octopus, scallops, crab legs, clams, mussels and fish stew with vegetables.

Acompañamientos / Sides

• Smashed Pinto Beans or Rice Small $3.95 / Large $5.25
• Chile Relleno $6.95
• Tamal $3.75
• French Fries $3.50
• Corn Tortillas (2) $1.50
• Flour Tortillas (2) $1.15
• Small Chips & Salsa (8 oz) $5.75
• Salsa 4 oz $1.95 / 8 oz $3.50
• Salsa Fresca $4.25
• Chips Small $3.75 / Large $5.95
• Spicy Carrots & Jalapeños Small $4.25 / Large $6.50
• Guacamole 8 oz $4.25
• Sour Cream 8 oz $3.75

American Short Orders

• Surf n’ Turf Fries $16.15Grilled steak and shrimp with cheddar and Monterrey Jack cheese, guacamole and chipotle cream.
• Cheese Burger & Fries $13.25With lettuce, tomato, red onion and mayonnaise.

Postre / Dessert

• Flan $6.25Vanilla custard with caramel sauce.
• Fried Ice Cream $7.25Vanilla ice cream crusted in cinnamon, sugar, cereal, topped with whipped cream, and choice of chocolate or strawberry sauce.

Beverages

• Sodas $3.50Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Orange Fanta, DR Pepper, Minute Maid Lemonade.
• Coca-Cola Mexicana 12oz Bottle $3.95
• Gold Peak Tea $3.95Raspberry Iced Tea, Green Tea, Unsweetened Iced Tea, and Sweet Iced Tea.

Pineapple

• Refills $1.50 / 3.75
• Topo Chico Mineral Water $3.95

Kids

• Sodas $2.25
• Milk $2.50
• Milk $3.25

Café

• Regular or Decaf $3.25
• Café de Olla $4.50With cinnamon and brown sugar
• Chocolate Ibarra $4.95Mexican hot chocolate
• Hot tea $2.95Ask for available flavors, served with lemons and honey

Jugos Naturalos

• Naranja $6.25
• Jugo Verde $6.75Orange juice, nopal, spinach and pineapple.

Vinos-Wines

• House Wine 4.25 Glass

White Wine

• Mont Pellier, Chardonnay, Napa, CA Glass $4.95 | Bottle $16.95
• L.A. Cetto, Chardonnay, Valle de Guadalupe, México $7.25 | Bottle $23.95
• Marlo, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma, CA $6.50 | Bottle $21.50

Red Wine

• Mont Pellier, CabernetSauvignon, Napa,CA $4.95 | Bottle $16.95
• L.A. Cetto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Valle de Guadalupe, México $7.50 | Bottle $24.50

Strawberry

• Tamarindo $7.95
• Mimosa $7.95JFJ California champagne with orange juice.
• Michelada $8.75With any Mexican classic beer. Clamato, lime and spices.

Cervezas-Beers

• Mexican Classics $6.25Corona, Pacifico, Bohemia, Dos Equis Lager, Dos Equis Amber, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial.
• Domestic $5.25Budweiser, Budlight, Coors Light.

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