El Arroyo Menu

Appetizers

Chili Con Queso 4/5

Queso Flameado- A flaming blend of Mexican cheeses melted on a hot skillet; served with sauteed chorizo, red and green bell peppers, and mushrooms.  Add shrimp for a small additional charge. 6

Spinach Queso: Fresh spinach, mild peppers and white cheese 4.50/5.50

Queso Mixo and Mucho- Create your own queso with any or all of the following ingredients for an additional charge: Pico De Gallo, Beef, Guacamole, BBQ Chicken, Mushrooms, Chipotle Salsa, Shrimp, Beef Fajita, Chicken Fajita  5

Guacamole- Made Fresh Daily, Traditional or Spicy. Small or Large, Market Price

Fresh Seafood Ceviche- Great New Item! Served with fresh tortillas Chips 7.5

Diablos- Six large shrimp or chicken breast strips with a thin slice of jalepeno, wrapped in bacon, then grilled to perfection.  Served with chipotle sauce and queso.  Chicken 9/ Shrimp 10

Chips and Salsa- Free with any food order. Dine in only. 2.5

Stuffed Avocado- a whole avocado stuffed with smoked chicken, a blend of jack and cheddar cheese, and our secret spices. The avocado is then quick fried and baked to perfection with an irresistible avocado suiza sauce and a drizzle of chipotle sauce. Served with festive tortillas chips. 8

Stuffed Jalepenos- Three whole stuffed jalepenos ahnd stuffed with cheese and rice, deep fried, halved and served with a side of guacamole. 5.5

Chorizo Stuffed Jalepenos- Chorizo, pepper jack cheese, garlic, cilantro, and cream cheese stuffed jalepenos, served with a side of guacamole. 7

Mexican Crab Rolls- This is the second best thing that you will ever put in your mouth! Flour tortillas stuffed with a mouth watering blend of crab, cream cheese, mushrooms and paprika, then rolled, fried and cut into bite sized pieces. Served with a sweet and spicy jalepeno jelly. 5.5

Pepe Platter- Amouth watering combination of our favorite apps. One shrimp diablo, one chicken diablo, two flautas, one crab roll, and a small queso. Served with a side of guacamole and sour cream. $10

Shrimp Cocktail- Served Mexican Style in our spicy, tangy, and smoky cocktail sauce. 7.5

Nachos- Your choice of beef, chicken, or barbeque chicken on fresh tortillas chips individually topped with beans, cheese, guacamole, tomatoes, and jalepenos.  Add beef fajita, chicken fajita, or both for a small additional charge. 7.5  Cheese Nachos 5 Bean and Cheese Nachos 5.5

Quesadillas- Served with pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole on a bed of lettuce.  Beef, Chicken, or BBQ Chicken 7  Beef Fajita or chicken Fajita 8 Shrimp 9

Soup and Salad

Chicken Tortillas Soup- Smoked chicken with rice and ranchero sauce. Served with pico de gallo, jack cheese, tortilla strips, fresh sliced lime, and sliced avocado Cup 5/ Bowl 7

Shrimp and Corn Bisque- the Texas version of a French classic. A creamy broth with fresh roasted corn and green chiles. Cup 5.5/ Bowl 7.5

Taco Salad- Homemade taco shell with iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes, jack and cheddar cheese, and guacamole with your choice of beef, chicken, barbeque chicken or black beans. 7

Dinner Salad- salad of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, and cheese. Without Meal 3/ with meal 2

Ceasar Salad- Fresh Romaine lettuce, parmigiano, reggiano, toasted crutons, and homemade Ceasar Dressing. Regular 7/ Small 3/ Add Shrimp 4

Soup and Salad- Cup of Soup and small salad 6.5 /with Ceasar Salad 7

Fajitas

All fajitas (except traditional) are cooked with bell peppers and onions. Served with Pico De Gallo, sour cream, shredded cheese, homemade guacamole, and lettuce.  Refried beans and rice upon request.  Your choice of flour, whole wheat, or corn tortillas.  Beef- For One 9.5/ For Two 18   Chicken- For One 9/ For Two 17  Shrimp- For One 12/ For Two 23  Combo - for one 9/ For two 17  Combo with Shrimp - For One 10/ For Two 19   Traditional (No Veggies) - For One 10/ For Two 19   Vegetarian- For One 8/ For Two 15

Dinners

Cornbread Stuffed Pork Chop - A bone in, center cut pork chop packed with jalapeno cornbread and served on a sizzling platter with a smoke tomato sauce and fried nopalitos  12.5

Ditch Bowl- A bed of rice piled high with beans, ico de gallo, corn salsa, and your choice of ground beef, smoked chicken, barbecue chicken, or slow cooked pork.  Topped with lettuce and your choice of sauce, drizzled with queso. 8 / Beef or Chicken Fajita 9/ Shrimp 10

Carnitas- Crispy, tender, slow cooked pork served with a grilled pineapple salsa, avocado and tortillas. 9

Pulled Pork Plate- A generous portion of our shredded pork, stewed in a spicy chili sauce, served over rice with avocados and queso fresco. 9

Relleno de la Casa Especial- A whole breaded poblano pepper stuffed with a tequila lime shrimp and cream cheese mix.  Topped with a tangy tomatillo sauce and salsa fresca.  Served with black beans and rice. 9

Baked Veggie Relleno- A non breaded poblano pepper stuffed with zucchini, onions, squash, carrots, and cauliflower all sauteed in a spicy soy sauce.  Topped with ranchero sauce, and black bean corn salsa.  Served with black beans and rice. 8

Cancun Veggie Avocado- A whole avocado stuffed with a black bean hummus and corn salsa, drizzled with our spicy tomatillo sauce.  Accompanied by soy sauteed spinach, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Served with black beans and rice. 9

Flat Iron Steak- An 8 oz flat iron steak, smothered in our homemade  spicy chimichurri sauce, served with an enchilada of your choice, charro beans, rice and an avocado side salad.  10

Stuffed Avocado Plate-a whole avocado stuffed with smoked chicken, a blend of jack and cheddar cheese, and our secret spices. The avocado is then quick fried and baked to perfection with an irresistible avocado suiza sauce and a drizzle of chipotle sauce. Served with black beans and rice.

Cozumel Dinner- Your choice of a 6 oz tenderloin or chicken breast strip, an enchilada, chips with queso, beans, and rice.  Favorite hangover cure.  9.5

Skinny Tacos- Two whole wheat tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, and light cheese.  Served with black beans and rice.  8.5

Burrito Dinner- Choose your filling from ground beef, smoked chicken, BBQ chicken, beans, or guacamole.  Our 12 inch flour tortillas is filled with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, then covered with queso and sour cream. 8

Flautas- Four corn tortillas stuffed with slow cooked pork or smoked chicken, cheese and spices, deep fried and topped with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.  Served with beans and rice. 8

Stuffed Zucchini- A whole zucchini split, then grilled, topped wtih smoked chicken.  One topped with verde sauce, the other chipotle, and both with light cheese. Served with charro beans and rice. 8

Taco Platter- Two soft flour tortillas filled with your choice of ground beef, smoked chicken, BBQ chicken, slow cooked pork, or beans.  Served with a side of beans and rice. 7.5

Chalupa Platter- Ground beef, smoked chicken, or bbq chicken piled high on these Texas style tostadas. Topped with refried beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and slices jalapenos.  Served with a side of rice. 7.5

Tamale Plate- Four beef tamales smothered in chili and cheese. Served with rice and beans. 6.5

Combination Plates- Served with your choice of any of the following: chalupa, enchilada, taco, or tamale.   Plato Ligero - Choose One, served with a side avocado salad and a fresh fruit cup 6/ Wick Special- Choose Two served with rice and beans 7.5/ El Arroyo Combo Special- choose three, served with rice and beans 9 / Federale- Choose Four, served with rice and beans, and a house margarita or domestic beer (excluding shiner). 10.5

Enchiladas  

*all enchilada plates served with 2 enchiladas on corn tortillas and topped with melted cheese (unless otherwise specified) Served with rice and beans*

Beef Enchiladas with Carne Sauce 8   Cheese Enchiladas with Carne Sauce 7.5  Chicken enchiladas with verde Sauce and queso fresco 8 

Steve's Trio- add a third of the same enchilada topped with pico, lettuce, and onions New! 9

Enchiladas Del Mar- Two flour tortillas stuffed with world famous crab meat and shrimp in an irresistible cream blend, topped with mornay sauce and jack cheese. 8.5

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas- Filled with smoked chicken and sour cream and topped with a)queso verde b) sour cream, lime juice, and spices c) one of each  8

Santa Fe Enchiladas- blue and red corn tortillas stacked and stuffed with slow cooked pork or smoked chicken, served pancake style, topped with ranchero sauce, melted cheese and an egg  8

Enchiladas Poblanos- Filled with poblano peppers, onions, tomatoes, and sour cream.  Topped with chipotle sauce and melted cheddar jack cheese.  7

BBQ Chicken Enchiladas- Filled with smoked BBQ chicken, topped with homemade BBQ Sauce, and a dollop of sour cream.  8

Spinach Enchiladas- Filled with sauteed spinach, tomatoes and onions, topped with verde and melted jack cheese   7

Burgers

Bowling Alley Burger- U.S. Choice 8 oz ground sirloin, grilled to perfection and dragged through the garden. Add cheese/Mushrooms/Bacon for an additional charge.  7

Cuban Burger- 8 oz of never frozen ground beef, grilled with cheese and pickles.  Pressed in a sweet honey bun, with a side of our award winning sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.  8

Chicken Burger- Boneless, marinated chicken breast with veggie sides.  7

Black Bean Burger-  Handmade, all veggie black bean patty with an avocado cream sauce.  6.5

Tuna Burger- A sauteed burger made of fresh, chopped yellow fin tuna and spicy vegetables.  Served with chipotle mayo.  8

Baja Wrap- Sliced, grilled chicken breast with guacamole, southwest ranch, lettuce, tomato, jack cheese, and onions wrapped in a spinach tortillas with a small guacamole salad.  8

Chicken

Chicken Monterrey- A boneless, skinless, grilled chicken breast, slightly brushed with chipotle sauce, and topped with bacon and melted cheese.  Garnished with sliced tomatoes, cilantro and green onions.  Served with rice and beans.  9.5

Chicken Chipotle- A grilled chicken breast topped with our spicy chipotle sauce, covered with melted cheddar cheese, grilled onions, sour cream, and slices of avocado.  Served with rice and beans. 9.5

Tequila Chicken- A boneless, grilled chicken breast pan cooked (without butter) topped with secret spices, gobs of cilantro, and a shot of gold tequila.  We then flambe the chicken, so the tequila flavor is left in but the alcohol is cooked off. Served with charro beans and rice.  9.5

Chicken Breast Plate- A grilled chicken breast served with guacamole and pico. Served with rice and beans.  8.5

Chicken Mexicana- Grilled chicken fajita, bell peppers, and onions served over a bed of rice.  Topped with over melted jack and cheddar cheese, our famous ranchero sauce, and a dollop of sour cream.   8

Seafood

Shrimp Cielo- Nine large shrimp, pan sauteed, then finished in heavy cream, sour cream, and our world famous chipotle, served over a bed of rice.  10.5

Pescado Fresco- Grilled yellowfin tuna steak marinated and topped with fresh cilantro, mushrooms, and green onions. Served with charro beans and rice.  9.5

Shrimp Mexicana- Ten shrimp sauteed in bell peppers, tomatoes, and onions served on a bed of rice.  10

Pescado Light- Fresh Sauteed tilapia, served with a side of avocado salad and rice, spinach or mushrooms.  Choose from A) topped with green onions, cilatro, and white wine sauce  B) Lemon- lime butter sauce   10

Fish Tacos- Two grilled or fried tilapia tacos filled with lettuce and salsa fresca in corn tortillas.  Served with a side of cilatro lime sauce, habanero sauce, beans and rice.  8.5

Shrimp Tacos- Two flour tortillas filled with crispy fried or sauteed gulf shrimp, topped with smoked corn and jicama slaw.  Served with black beans and rice.  8.5

Shrimp Enchilada Dinner-  Sauteed shrimp, onions, and tomatoes wrapped in corn tortillas, marinated in ranchero sauce and smothered in cheese.  Served with beans and rice  9

Pescado and Crab Sauce- Just like the pescado light, with the crab and shrimp sauce (from the Enchiladas Del Mar)  10.50

Brunch

*Served Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm*

Brunch Entrees are served with two of the following side dishes: choice of beans*fried nopalitos*homemade corn grits*brunch potatoes*grilled potato patties*fresh cut fruit

Add sausage bacon or ham for a small additional charge.

Migas- Scrambled eggs cooked with chiles, cheese, tomatoes, and tortillas chips.   6

Migas and Fajitas- Migas served with your choice of beef, chicken, or a combination of fajita meat.  Tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo available up request.  8.5

Breakfast Taco Plate- two tacos with eggs and your choice of any two ingredients from bacon, sausage, ham, and chorizo, potato, bean, and cheese.  6

Huevos Rancheros- Two eggs any style, topped with our world famous ranchero sauce.  5.5

Eggs American- Two eggs cooked to your liking with sausage ham or bacon.  7 

Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes- Short Stack(2) - 2.5    Full Stack(3)- 3.5  Strawberry or Banana Pancakes  4.5

Biscuits and Gravy Tradicional - Two Fluffy biscuits topped with peppered gravy.  4.5  Add sausage to your gravy for an additional charge.

Breakfast Combo- Two eggs cooked any style, and your choice of bacon, ham or sausage.  7

Ultimate Combo- Two eggs cooked any style with sausage, ham, or bacon.  Served with a short stack of buttermilk pancakes.  8

Steak and Eggs- An 8 oz flat iron steak and two eggs cooked any style, served with brunch potatoes and two buttermilk pancakes.  9

Spanish Omelet- tomatoes, onions, and cheese in a three egg omelet, topped with ranchero sauce.

Shrimp and Mushroom Omelet- a three egg omelet and jack cheese, folded over in sauteed spinach, onions, and mushrooms.  7

Tamale Omelet- tamale and cheese omelet topped with ranchero sauce.  Soungs great, tastes even better.  6.5

Shrimp Omelet- six sauteed shrimp in a three egg omelet covered with our famous mornay sauce.

Build Your Own Omelet- start with a fluffy three egg omelet and cheese. 6  Add the following ingredients for a small additional charge- Bacon, Sausage, Ham, Chorizo, Potato, Tomato, Pico De Gallo, Green Peppers, Queso, Chipotle Sauce, Verde Sauce, Ranchero Sauce.

Sincronizadas- Breakfast Quesadillas.  Your choice of tortillas filled with a blend of melted cheese and ham, grilled and topped our homemade ranchero and pico.   6.5

Roasted Pork Tenderloin- eight ounces of savory pork tenderloin served over a bed of our homemade grits and topped with our delicious Mexican red pepper sauce.  8

Desserts

Sopapillas- Three dough pillows, deep fried and covered with cinnamon and honey.  2

Fried Ice Cream- A scoop of our homemade vanilla ice cream quick fried with a flour tortillas and topped with cinnamon and honey.  3

Flan- An authentic Tex Mex Dessert.  A vanilla custard, if you will.  3.5

Cheesecake Chimichanga- Flash fried cheesecake served with vanilla ice cream, and drizzled with chocolate and honey.  6

Tres Leches Cake-  This 3 milk cake will fill your tummy, while providing a breathtaking dessert experience.  4

Kahlua Brownie A La Mode- Served with a shot of Kahlua drizzled on top.  6