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  • Breakfast/ Lunch
  • Dinner Menu

Served from 9:00 A.M to 2:00 P.M Only | Please No Substitutions | * Half sizes available | 18% gratuity will be included on tables of 6 or more | Warning : Eating raw or uncooked beef, eggs, pork or shellfish may increase your risk of food-borne illness

2 Huevos

Rancheros
$15.00

2 fried eggs on top of a crispy tortillas, ranchero salsa, cotija cheese, served with rice and beans

Machaca
$18.00

Shredded beef with peppers, onion and tomato scrambled egg cooked on the plancha, served with rice, beans and tortilla

Revueltos

Scrambled eggs with your choice of nopales, a la Mexicana, or ham $15, bacon or chorizo $16. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas

Milanesa
$21.00

Breaded steak, 2 eggs, pico, guacamole, beans, comal papas, served with tortillas

Carne Asada
$21.00

Grilled steak, 2 eggs pico, guacamole, beans, comal papas, served with tortillas

Chuletas Ahumadas
$21.00

Smoked and grilled pork chops, 2 eggs, pico, beans
comal papas, served with tortillas

House Specialties

Chorizo Con Papas
$19.00

Chorizo hash, queso fresco, crema, avocado, and pickled jalapeño, served with beans | Add 2 eggs +$3

Chilaquiles
$13.00

Red (ranchero sauce) or green (tomatillo) served with beans, topped with crema and cotija cheese | Add-ons: eggs +$3, grilled chicken +$5, carne asada +$5

Poblano Omelette
$19.00

Rajas, corn, cheese, ranchero sauce, beans and comal papas

Tres Leches Panckes
$11.00

3 leches buttermilk pancakes | Add 2 eggs +$3, add bacon +$4

Vegetarian/ Salads

Soy - Chorizo Hash
$19.00

Soy chorizo, comal papas, peppers, and onion, topped with crema, queso fresco, avocado, and pickled jalapeño served with beans and tortillas

Veggie Huarache
$14.00

Corn “flatbread” layered with beans topped with lettuce and cotija cheese. Choose: potato, mushroom, or cactus

Nopales Salad
$13.00

Grilled cactus, tomato, onion, cilantro tossed in balsamic vin and topped with cotija cheese, avocado, and radish | Add grilled chicken +$6, add grilled shrimp +$9

House Salad
$11.00

Chopped romaine, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, radish, avocado, crunchy tortilla strips. Dressings: house ranch, chipotle ranch, golden Italian | Add grilled shrimp +$9, add grilled chicken +$6

Soy Chorizo Plate
$17.00

Bell peppers, onion, soy chorizo, tomato, cooked on the grill served with rice, beans, and tortillas

Caldos

Caldo De Pollo
$19.00

Traditional chicken soup with veggies, served with rice and tortillas

Caldo Tlalpeño
$19.00

Chicken and garbanzo soup with chipotle broth carrots and zucchini. Served with avocado, rice, and tortillas

Pozole
$19.50

Pork and hominy soup. Choose: red broth, green broth, or white broth served with tostadas, avocado, and all the fixings | Add chicharrones +$4. Chicken option available

Menudo
$19.00

Beef tripe soup in red guajillo broth, perfect cure for any hangover served with tortillas and all the fixings

Albondingas
$20.00

Meatball and veggie soup in a tomato and chipotle broth
served with rice, tortillas and all the fixings

Caldo De Res
$20.00

Beef shank soup with vegetables

Tacos Y Mas

Tamal Oxaqueño
$6.00/ea.

Banana wrapped tamal. Choose: pork in red salsa or chicken in green salsa

Tacos Suave
$6.00/ea.

Fresh pressed corn tortilla with onion and cilantro. Choose: carne asada, adobada pork, shredded chicken

Taco Cochinita
$7.00/ea.

Yucatan style marinated pork, pickled onion, and cilantro on fresh-pressed tortilla

Taco De Barbacoa
$7.00/ea.

Tender steamed goat barbacoa in achiote marinade

Taco De Marlin
$8.00/ea.

Smoked marlin, peppers, and onion, tomato and cilantro on a corn tortilla with melted cheese

Baja Fish Taco
$8.00/ea.

Fried or grilled flaky swai, fresh-pressed corn tortilla,
finely shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, chipotle crema

Octopus Taco
$10.00/ea.

Please ask server

Pork Carnitas Taco
$8.00/ea.

Tender pork confit, guacamole, pico de gallo fresh-pressed corn tortilla

Taco Azteca
$8.00/ea.

Carne asada, nopales, pico, guacamole, cotija cheese

Crispy Corn Flautas
$9.00

5 rolled tacos, topped with lettuce, tomato, guacamole,
crema, cotija cheese. Choose: chicken or beef

Burritos Y Antojos

Bean & Cheese Burrito
$8.00
Veggie
$13.00

Mushroom, cactus, potato, rice, beans, pico, crema, cheese

Asada
$12.00

Grilled steak, pico, guacamole, crema, cheese

Pollo Deshebrado
$13.00

Shredded chicken, pico, guacamole, crema, cheese

Bistek Ranchero
$14.50

Bistek ranchero, avocado, rice, beans, crema, cheese | *Wet your burrito: red or green salsa +$4.50 | red or green mole +$5

Gorditas
$8.00

Queso y rajas (cheese & peper) | Chicken or beef $10

Queso Fundido
$10.00

Melted cheese served with tortillas | Add: rajas/cheese +$5, mushrooms +$5, chorizo +$6

Chicharrones
$10.00

Fresh fried pork skin served with guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled onions

Please No Substitutions | 18% gratuity will be included on tables of 6 or more | Warning : Eating raw or uncooked beef, eggs, pork or shellfish may increase your risk of food-borne illness

Antojitos/ Starters

Chips
$6.00
Guacamole + Chips
$11.00
Pico De Gallo + Chips
$8.00
Queso Fundido
$10.00

Melted cheese served w/ tortillas | Add rajas +$4, mushroom +$4, chorizo +$5

Tamal Oxaqueno
$6.00/ea

Steamed corn tamal wrapped in banana leaf, choose pork in red salsa or chicken in green salsa

Sope
$10.00

Layered with beans shredded lettuce and cotija cheese and crema: shredded chicken, shredded beef, carne asada, veggie (cactus, mushroom, potato)

Quesadillas

Large flour tortilla served w/crema and guacamole cheese $10 | Cheese, shredded chicken, shredded beef $13

Chicharrones
$10.00

Freshly fried pork skins served w/guacamole and pico de gallo

Gorditas
$8.00

Cheese & Pepper | Chicken or Beef $10

Especialidades De La Casa

Chile Relleno
$22.00

Poblano pepper, stuffed with cheese and topped with ranchero salsa, crema and cotija cheese

Bistek Ranchero
$22.00

Sirloin diced steak sautéed w/onion, cilantro, tomato, jalapeños, and ranchero salsa

Mole Con Pollo
$22.00

The most complex of sauces from México perfectly balanced and served over grilled chicken breast. Choose Red or Green

Cochinita Pibil
$22.00

Classic Yucatán style pork rubbed in achiote and marinated with sour orange, served with cilantro and pickled onions

Barbacoa De Chivo
$22.00

Whole steamed goat in a light guajillo marinade topped with onion and cilantro

Pork Rib (Chile Verde)
$22.00

Green Sauce

De La Parilla

Chuletas Ahumadas
$22.00

Smoked pork chops, grilled and served with rice, beans, and salad, served with tortillas

Zarape Costeño
$22.00

Grilled steak topped with w/chorizo, poblano rajas, diced tomato and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, tortillas

Tampiqueña
$28.00

Arrachera steak a la Tampiqueña, grilled steak, served over rajas encebolladas, 1 enchilada, guacamole, roll taco, rice, beans, tortillas

Pechuga de Pollo
$21.00

Grilled chicken breast in-house seasoning or adobada style. Served with rice, beans, and house salad, tortillas

Parrillada
$65.00

2 Smoked pork chops, 2 grilled chicken breast, 2 grilled steaks, accompanied with all the fixings, rice, beans, guacamole, pico de Gallo, and tortillas. Plenty for 2-4 people

Mariscos/ Seafood

Filete De Pescado
$22.00

Fish fillet “A la plancha”. Choose from “Veracruzano”, “Al Mojo De Ajo”, accompanied with rice and beans ans tortillas and salad (Omit salad for Veracruzano)

Camarones
$22.00

Sautéed shrimp, choose from “Al mojo de ajo”(Garlic), “A la Diabla” (guajillo). Served with rice, beans, salad and tortillas

Pescado Del Dia
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Whole pan fried fish of the day, topped with "Veracruzano” salsa or “Al Mojo De Ajo”

Enchiladas (2)

Roja/ Red
$19.50

Guajillo salsa topped with crema, cotija, romaine, and sliced onion served with rice and beans | Chicken, Shredded beef or Cheese

Verde / Green
$19.50

Tangy tomatillo salsa verde, topped with cotija cheese, crema and sliced onion, served with rice and beans| | Chicken, Shredded beef or Cheese

Red Mole
$21.00

Our house mole rolled into enchiladas, topped with cotija cheese, crema and sliced onion, served with rice and beans | Chicken, Cheese or Potato

Green Mole
$21.00

Pipian Verde mole topped with crema and sliced onion, served with rice and beans | Chicken, Cheese or Potato

Caldos/ Soups

*Half sizes available

Caldo de Pollo
$19.00

Traditional chicken soup with veggies, served with rice and tortillas

Tlalpeño
$19.00

Chicken, garbanzos, chipotle broth, carrots and zucchini, served with avocado, rice and tortillas

Pozole
$19.50

Pork broth w/hominy kernels and shredded pork shoulder served with all the fixings, tostadas and avocado. Choose red (guajillo), green (pipian), white (plain), broth |(sub chicken upon request)

Menudo
$19.00

Beef tripe soup with guajillo broth, with or without hominy, served with tortillas, Mexico’s remedy for even the worst hangover

Albondigas
$20.00

Beef meatball soup in chipotle broth with veggies, served with rice and tortillas

Caldo De Res
$19.00

Beef shank soup with vegetables.

Tacos & Burritos

Wet your burrito w/ red or green salsa $4.50 | Mole: red or green +$5

Tacos Suave
$6.00

Fresh pressed soft corn tortilla topped with cilantro and diced onion. Carne asada, Adobada, Shredded chicken

Baja Fish Taco
$8.00/ea

Fried or grilled, topped with cabbage and pico de gallo

Smoked Marlin Taco
$8.00/ea

Peppers, and onion, tomato, celery, and garlic on
a cheesy tortilla, topped with cilantro

Octopus Taco
$10.00/ea

Please ask server

Carnitas
$8.00/ea

Pork shoulder confit, topped with pico de gallo, and
guacamole

Azteca Taco
$8.00/ea

Grilled cactus and carne asada, pico de gallo, guacamole and cotija cheese

Taco De Barbacoa
$7.00/ea

Tender steamed goat, topped w/onion and cilantro

Cochinita Pibil Taco
$7.00/ea

Yucatán style marinated pork topped with cilantro and pickled onions

Burrito
$13.00

Guacamole, pico, crema and cheese | Carne asada, Shredded chicken or Adobada

Bistek Ranchero Burrito
$14.50

Bistek ranchero, crema, cheese, avocado, rice and beans

Carnitas Burrito
$13.50

Pork carnitas, pico and guacamole

Corn Flautas
$9.00

(5) Chicken or shredded beef rolled tacos topped with lettuce, guacamole, diced tomatoes, crema, cotija and guacamole

Vegetarian & Salads

House Salad
$11.00

Chopped romaine, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, radish, avocado, crunchy tortilla strips. Dressings: house ranch, chipotle ranch, golden Italian | Add grilled shrimp +$9, add grilled chicken +$7

Nopales Salad
$12.00

Grilled cactus salad, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, tossed in balsamic dressing, sprinkled with cotija cheese and topped with avocado and radish | Add grilled shrimp +$9, add grilled chicken +$7

Veggie Huarache
$13.00

Corn “flatbread” layered w/beans lettuce and cotija cheese, your choice of mushroom/potato/grilled cactus | Add soy chorizo +$3

Soy-Chorizo Plate
$17.00

Soy chorizo cooked with peppers, onions, tomatoes and cilantro, served with rice, beans and tortillas

Veggie Burrito
$13.00

Mushroom, cactus and potato, pico de gallo, cheese, crema, and guacamole | Add soy chorizo +$3

Tacos Dorados
$15.00

3 Potato tacos dorados crispy fried and topped with thinly shredded cabbage, crema, cotija, and tomato, served with rice and beans

Postres

Flan De La Casa
$9.00

(Queso con crema)

Platano Macho Frito
$10.00

(Con helado de vainilla)

Buñuelos Con Helado
$12.00

(Con helado de vianilla, canela y lechera)

Location

3946 ILLINOIS ST
SAN DIEGO, CA
92104

Hours

Monday -
10am - 3pm
5pm - 9pm

Tuesday
10am - 3pm
5pm - 9pm

Wednesday -
10am-3pm
5pm-9pm

Thursday
10am - 3pm
5pm - 9pm

Friday
10am -9pm

Saturday
9am - 9pm

Sunday
9am -8pm

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Contact us

Call us at (619)-294-8292

Write us at elcomalsandiego@gmail.com

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