Clifton, NJ

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Food Specials

Appetizers

Just the way they are made at the rancho: spicy, saucy, and full of flavor. Covered in our homemade buffalo sauce and served with celery and blue cheese.

Spicy

Mini chicken tacos, mini flautas, fried calamari, and chorizo nachos served with guac, pico, and sour cream.

Crispy, golden rolled tacos filled with tender chicken and melted cheese. Finished with sour cream, fresh lettuce, and guacamole.

Crafted with the freshest Michoacano avocados, jalapeno, onion, and cilantro. Served with golden, crispy tortilla chips and salsa.

A rich, bubbling skillet of melted cheese topped with jalapenos, mushrooms, and chorizo. Served with warm flour tortillas and pico de gallo.

Three crunchy tortillas topped with refried beans, fresh lettuce, avocado, and a drizzle of crema Mexicana. Choose your topping: Chicken, Vegetarian (mushroom, onion & green pepper), Refried Beans, Steak, Cecina, or Tinga.

Vegetarian

A sampler featuring one huarache, one quesadilla, two chicharron gorditas, and two sopes, served with slow-braised house-made birria.

Soups & Salads

A hearty Mexican soup made with hominy and tender pork, simmered in a rich broth. Comes with 2 tostadas layered with crema Mexicana, refried beans, lettuce, and cheese.

Tacos

Flour tortillas filled with al pastor pork and grilled pineapple, served taco-style with onions and cilantro.

Fan Favorites

Sizzling fajitas with one protein of your choice, served with rice, refried beans, crema Mexicana, pico de gallo, guacamole & flour tortillas.

Your favorite meat wrapped in a 10-inch flour tortilla, fried crispy with melted cheese. With rice, frijoles refritos, pico de gallo, crema Mexicana, and guacamole.

A warm 10-inch flour tortilla loaded with melted Monterey Jack and cheddar, rice, frijoles refritos, pico de gallo, crema Mexicana, and guacamole. Choice of salsa and protein.

Choose two fillings, rolled in a 10-inch flour tortilla with cheese, topped with salsa, served with rice and beans.

Quesadilla packed with slow-braised birria and melted Oaxaca cheese, served with warm consome.

Our Famous Cemitas

Puebla's famous sesame-bread sandwich with avocado, Oaxaca cheese, chipotle, jalapenos, and papalo

Entrees

12 oz Prime skirt steak with rice, frijoles charros, chiles toreados, and nopales, plus guacamole, pico de gallo, and handmade tortillas.

Crispy corn tortillas in homemade salsa topped with fried eggs, refried beans, crema, cheese and avocado. Choice of salsa and protein.

Roasted poblano pepper in egg batter with tomato salsa, rice, beans, and corn tortillas. Stuffed with cheese, chicken, or steak.

Soft corn tortillas with savory meat, salsa roja, verde, or bandera, crema, melted cheese, lettuce, and avocado.

Corn tortillas filled with meat or veggies, smothered in housemade mole with 21 traditional ingredients. Contains nuts and sesame.

Chicken in housemade mole sauce of 21 ingredients, with rice, frijoles charros, tortillas, avocado, and crema. Contains nuts & sesame.

Grilled chicken, steak, pork chops, shrimp, Mexican sausage, nopales, roasted jalapenos, onions, and mushrooms. With rice, beans, and tortillas.

12 oz NY steak Mexican-style with refried beans, rice, and enmoladas topped with mole.

Seafood

Tilapia filet with French fries, calamari, shrimp, and mussels in butter cream sauce, with white rice and vegetables.

Kids

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