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Casa de Benavidez

New Mexican$$

Mon–Wed 10:30am–4pm, Thu–Fri 10:30am–8pm, Sat 9am–2pm & 4pm–8pm, closed Sun

  • 8032 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
  • 505-898-3311
  • Last verified: September 2026
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Exterior of the adobe Casa de Benavidez restaurant with its sign, set against the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Menu

Breakfast Plates

  • Plain

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Benavidez Steak

    Our very special marinated 6oz. New York Benavidez house steak, served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Carne Adovada

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Bacon

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Sausage

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Ham

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

  • Chorizo

    Served with two eggs, hash browns, toast or tortilla

Omelets

  • El Mexicano

    A corn tortilla, tomato, cheese and onions with red or green chile

  • Western

    Chopped green chile, ham, onions, tomato and cheese

  • Chicharones

    Our very own homemade, crispy chicharones with choice of red or green chile served with beans

  • Ham & Cheese
  • Chorizo
  • Vegetable

Pancakes

  • Tall Stack (3)

    Add bacon or sausage

  • Short Stack (2)

    Add bacon or sausage

Breakfast Burritos

  • Plain

    Filled with egg, hash browns and smothered with red or green chile. Add cheese

  • Beans
  • Ham
  • Chicharones
  • Sausage or Bacon
  • Chorizo
  • Cheese
  • Vegetable
  • Carne Adovada

Breakfast Specialties

  • Huevos Rancheros

    Served on a corn tortilla with two eggs, beans and hash browns. Choice of red or green chile and flour tortilla

  • Huevos Grande

    Served on a flour tortilla with THREE eggs! Add seasoned ground beef, chorizo, carne adovada or chicharones

  • Enchiladas

    One rolled enchilada with cheese, two eggs, beans, and a flour tortilla. Add beef

  • Chorizo New Mexico Plate

    Chorizo mixed with egg, served with beans, hash browns and a flour tortilla

Breakfast — Children Under 12

  • One Pancake

    With bacon or sausage and orange juice

  • One Egg

    With sausage or bacon and hash browns

  • One Pancake Smothered with Cherries and Cream

Breakfast Sides

  • Sweet Rolls
  • Toast
  • Bacon (4)
  • Sausage (2)
  • Ham
  • Hash Browns
  • Chile Cheese Fries
  • Egg
  • Chile

Stuffed Sopapaillas (Lunch)

  • Fajitas

    Marinated grilled beef or chicken strips, onions, red and green peppers served with a side of red or green chile. Served with red or green chile, and beans, rice or papitas

  • Carne Adovada

    Pork marinated in red chile and served with cheese, lettuce, and tomato

  • Chunky Beef
  • Ground Beef
  • Chicken

    Served with Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, and tomato

  • Bean
  • Chicharones

Flour Tacos (Lunch)

  • Fajitas (2)

    Served with your choice of rice, beans, or papitas

  • Beef Taco
  • Fajitas & Guacamole (2)
  • Chicken Tacos (2)

A La Carte Burritos (Lunch)

  • Beef Fajita

    Smothered with your choice of red or green chile

  • Chicken Fajita
  • Chicken
  • Carne Adovada
  • Bean
  • Chunky Beef
  • Chicharones
  • Ground Beef

Muy Que Moso

  • Green Chile Stew (Cup)

    Served with sopaipilla, tortilla, or crackers

  • Green Chile Stew (Bowl)

    Served with sopaipilla, tortilla, or crackers

  • Red or Green Chile

    Prepared with beans and beef, served with choice of sopaipilla or tortilla

  • Plain Chile

Lunch Specials

  • Small Lunch

    Beans, rice, & chile or sopaipilla (no substitutions)

  • Large Lunch

    Beans, papitas, chile, sopaipilla & iced tea or coffee (no substitutions)

  • Monday

    1 Sm Chunky Beef Enchilada; Lg Combination stuffy

  • Tuesday

    1 Sm Chicken Enchilada; Lg Combination Burrito

  • Wednesday

    1 Sm Cheese Enchilada; 2 Lg Carne Adovada Enchilada

  • Thursday

    1 Sm Carne Adovada Enchilada; 2 Lg Ground Beef Enchiladas

  • Friday

    1 Sm Ground Beef Enchiladas; 3 Lg Flat Enchiladas

Appetizers

  • Guacamole & Chips
  • Chile Con Queso
  • Beef & Bean Taquitos

    With salsa and guacamole

  • Chicken Taquitos (3)

    With salsa and guacamole

  • Taquitos Platter
  • Cheese Quesadillas

    With guacamole; with beef; with chicken

Tostada Salads

  • Beef Tostada Salad

    Fried flour tortilla filled with beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, jalapeños, salsa, black olives, and chips

  • Chicken Tostada Salad

    Fried flour tortilla filled with grilled marinated chicken, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, jalapeños, salsa, black olives, and chips

  • Bean Tostada Salad

    Fried flour tortilla filled with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, jalapeños, salsa, black olives and chips

Nachos

  • No. 1 Nachos

    Beef with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, and chile con queso served on corn chips

  • Our Deluxe Nachos

    Beef with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, chile con queso, sour cream, and guacamole served on corn chips

From Our Grill

  • Jumbo Sopaipilla Burger

    1/2 Pounder. Served with fries

  • Our Very Famous Sopaipilla Burger

    A beef patty with refried beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato and choice of red or green chile placed between two sopaipillas. Served with fries

  • Open Face Sopaipilla Burger

    Egg on top with seasoned fries, smothered with red or green chile. Served with fries

  • Green Chile Cheese Burger

    Served with fries

  • Fiesta Burger

    With guacamole. Served with fries

  • Sopaipilla Chile Cheese Dog

    Served with fries

  • Regular Burger

    Add cheese. Served with fries

Traditional

  • Chicken Cheese Chile Rellenos

    Green chile pepper stuffed with strips of chicken and cheese. Served with beans, rice and sopaipilla, choice of red or green chile

  • Chile Cheese Rellenos

    Served with beans, rice and sopaipilla, choice of red or green chile

  • Carne Adovada

    Marinated pork in red chile sauce. Served with beans, rice and sopaipilla

  • El Rancho Dinner

    A white flour tortilla with choice of chunky beef, chicken or carne adovada with chile con queso

  • Tamale Plate
  • Beef Tostada
  • Beef Taco (2)
  • Chicken Tostada
  • Chicken Taco (2)
  • Bean Tostada

Chimichangas

  • Bean

    Crispy fried burrito topped with guacamole, cheese and sour cream. Served with beans, rice or papitas and sopaipilla, choice of red or green chile

  • Chunky Beef
  • Beef
  • Chicken
  • Carne Adovada

Enchiladas

  • Cheese (2)

    Served with beans, rice or papitas and sopaipilla, choice of red or green chile

  • Chicken (2)
  • Ground Beef (2)
  • Chunky Beef (2)
  • Carne Adovada (2)
  • Old Fashioned

    3 flat cheese enchiladas surrounded with lettuce and tomato, topped with egg and served with papitas and sopaipilla

Burritos & Stuffed Sopaipillas

  • Chicharones

    Served with beans, rice or papitas and sopaipilla, choice of red or green chile

  • Chicken
  • Carne Adovada
  • Bean
  • Chunky Beef
  • Combination
  • Ground Beef

Comidas Especiales

  • 8 oz. New York Steak

    Eight ounce New York steak smothered in our famous chile con queso served with your choice of a cheese enchilada or chile relleno, rice or beans, guacamole and sopaipilla

  • 8 oz. Benavidez Steak

    Eight ounce marinated New York steak in our special red sauce served with your choice of a cheese enchilada or chile relleno, rice or fries, guacamole and sopaipilla

  • Our Dinner for Two

    One full pound of beef or chicken fajitas with red and green peppers and onions served with beans, rice or papitas, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, green or red chile and six flour tortillas

  • Beef Fajitas

    One half pound of specially marinated grilled strips of flank steak with peppers and onions served with guacamole, sour cream, beans, rice or papitas and three flour tortillas

  • Chicken Fajitas

    One half pound of specially marinated grilled strips of chicken with peppers and onions served with guacamole, sour cream, beans, rice or papitas and three flour tortillas

  • Shrimp Fajitas

    Shrimp, marinated grilled blend of vegetables served with guacamole, sour cream, beans, rice or papitas and three flour tortillas

  • Vegetable Fajitas

    Specially marinated grilled blend of vegetables served with guacamole, sour cream, beans, rice or papitas and three flour tortillas

  • B.B.Q. Ribs

    Four pork short ribs in our own barbecue sauce served with rice or fries

  • Shrimp

    Six large shrimp with fries

  • Sampler Platter For Two

    Beef and chicken enchiladas, tamale, chile relleno, beef taco, chicken taco, carne adovada, rice, beans and sopaipillas

Combinations

  • No. 1

    Tamale, cheese enchilada, chile relleno and taco. Served with beans, rice, special rib and sopaipilla

  • No. 2

    Cheese enchilada and tamale

  • No. 3

    Cheese enchilada and chile relleno

  • No. 4

    Cheese enchilada and taco

  • Build Your Own Platter

    Create your own combination with up to four entrée items (cheese, chicken or beef enchilada, carne adovada, tamale, chicken or beef taco, or cheese relleno) plus two sides (beans, rice or papitas)

Desserts

  • German Chocolate Cake
  • Carrot Cake
  • Fried Ice Cream
  • Flan
  • Natillas
  • Brownies
  • Sweet Roll

Children Under 12 Dinners

  • Burger & Fries

    Includes a no-refill soft drink, milk or juice

  • Tortilla Dog & Fries
  • Beef or Chicken Fajitas

    Specially marinated and grilled with peppers and onions, served with cheese, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes and choice of rice or beans

  • Soft Cheese Taco

    Served with beans and rice

  • Two Taquitos

    Served with beans and rice

  • Tamale

    Served with beans and rice

  • Soft Beef Taco

    Served with beans and rice

  • Soft Chicken Taco

    Served with beans and rice

  • Cheese Enchilada

    Served with beans and rice

  • Beef Burrito

    Served with beans and rice

  • Bean Burrito

    Served with beans and rice

  • Chicken Enchilada

    Served with beans and rice

  • Sopaipilla Burger with Fries
  • Chicken Strips with Fries

Beverages

  • Coffee

    Regular or decaf

  • Iced Tea
  • Hot Tea
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Milk
  • Juices

    Orange, apple, tomato, cranberry or grapefruit (no refills)

  • Soft Drinks

    One refill

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

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