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El Pinto Restaurant & Cantina

  • 10500 4th Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
  • 505-898-1771
  • Last verified: August 2026
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El Pinto's cantina bar with papel picado banners under a beam reading Est. El Pinto 1962

Menu

Appetizers

  • Famous Red Chile RibsHalf rack $29.50 / Full rack $35.50

    Signature baby back ribs named by the Food Network as the #3 Ribs in America. Marinated in Hatch red chile and slow baked to fall off the bone. Full rack serves 3–4. Add a side of slaw for $2.49.

  • Fiesta Appetizer Platter$35.50

    Famous red chile ribs, chile con queso, fresh guacamole and chips. Serves four.

  • El Pinto Chile Con Queso$12.70

    Featured on the White House menu to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. A creamy blend of cheeses and fresh chopped green chile.

  • Fresh Guacamole$13.70

    Made with Haas avocados. Voted Best Guacamole by locals in Albuquerque The Magazine five years in a row.

  • Fresh Greens Salad$10.20

    A healthy mix of fresh greens with tomatoes, topped with sliced avocado and homemade red chile croutons. Organic garden greens $2.00, add 4oz sockeye salmon $6.99.

  • Hatch Chile & Chicharrones$13.70

    Chicharrones from humanely raised Kyzer Farms heritage pork served with roasted Hatch green chile and fresh butter. Served with tortillas.

  • Green Chile StripsHalf $10.20 / Full $16.30

    Unique to El Pinto. Flash fried Hatch green chile strips served with red chile ranch dressing. Full order serves 4.

  • The Best Nachos in AmericaHalf $19.30 / Full $25.50

    Tortilla chips double stacked with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, pinto beans, guacamole, sour cream, El Pinto's famous green chile and fresh jalapeños. Full order serves four. Add beef, chicken or pork $3.49 each.

  • Quesadilla$16.80

    Grilled flour tortillas with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese topped with guacamole, garnished with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Serves four. Add beef, chicken or pork $3.49.

  • PosoleCup $9.00 / Bowl $13.00

    Authentic New Mexican recipe with pork, hominy and El Pinto's Hatch red chile, served with a flour tortilla.

  • Green Chile StewCup $9.00 / Bowl $13.00

    Authentic roasted Hatch green chile with chicken, potatoes and corn, served with a flour tortilla.

New Mexico Grill

  • 28–32 oz. Dry Aged Prime Bone-In Tomahawk Ribeye$142.80

    USDA Prime tomahawk ribeye dry aged at El Pinto for 30+ days, cut on site. Served with a cheese enchilada, a baked potato and a side salad. Organic greens $2.00.

  • 12 oz. Ribeye & Enchilada$55.00

    Served with your choice of a chicken, beef or pork enchilada with red or green chile.

  • 14 oz. Ribeye$56.00

    Smother in queso for $1.00.

  • 12 oz. New York Strip$45.00

    Wet aged for 21 days and charbroiled to perfection.

  • Red Chile RibsHalf rack $33.60 / Full rack $46.80

    Exclusive baby back ribs named by the Food Network as the #3 Ribs in America, marinated in Hatch red chile and slow baked.

  • Kyzer Farms Tomahawk Pork Chop$45.00

    Humanely raised heritage pork from the South Valley of Albuquerque. Hormone and antibiotic free, never frozen, cut by hand. Served with an enchilada and a baked potato or salad.

  • Kyzer Farms Pork Chop & Enchilada$35.00

    Humanely raised heritage pork, never frozen. Served with two enchiladas and beans.

  • Grass Fed Green Chile Queso Burger$18.30

    8 oz. pasture-raised patty, charbroiled and smothered with special blended queso, green chile, sweet onion pickle relish, bibb lettuce and tomato. Fries and guacamole on the side.

  • Grass Fed Burger$18.30

    8 oz. pasture-raised patty, charbroiled, served with El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Add cheese $0.50, chopped green chile $0.50, bacon $2.00.

Traditional Plates

  • Combination Plate #1$24.00

    Rolled beef or chicken taco, tamale, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne and pinto beans.

  • Combination Plate #2$24.00

    Two rolled beef or chicken tacos, tamale, green chile cheese enchilada and pinto beans.

  • Combination Plate #3$24.00

    Beef or chicken rolled taco, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne, chile relleno and pinto beans.

  • Vegetarian Combination Plate$20.40

    Two cheese enchiladas served with red or green chile, a chile relleno, pinto beans and rice.

  • Taco Plate$20.40

    Three folded or rolled tacos, beef or chicken, topped with lettuce and tomato, garnished with cheese. Served with rice, pinto beans and guacamole. Substitute grass fed beef $2.00.

  • Carne Adovada Plate$24.00

    Flour tortilla topped with hot and spicy lean pork marinated in red chile, served with pinto beans and rice.

  • Huevos Rancheros$21.40

    Flour tortilla with pasture-raised eggs topped with your choice of chile and cheddar cheese, served with papitas and pinto beans. Add pork, beef or chicken $2.50.

  • Tamale Plate$22.40

    Three tamales served with pinto beans, rice and choice of chile.

  • Tostada Compuestas$20.40

    Three tostada cups filled with chile con carne and pinto beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.

  • Taco Salad$20.40

    Flour tortilla shell filled with choice of chicken, beef or pork topped with pinto beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, cheese, sour cream and chile. Substitute grass fed beef $2.00.

  • Bowl of Chile con Carne$19.40

    Lean pork in red chile with pinto beans. Served with a tortilla.

  • Stuffed Sopapillas$23.00

    Two sopapillas stuffed with red or green chile, pinto beans and your choice of chicken, beef or pork, garnished with lettuce, tomato and cheese.

  • Chile Rellenos$23.50

    Two flame roasted New Mexican Hatch green chiles stuffed with cheese, served with pinto beans and rice.

Enchilada Plates

  • Chile Con Carne Enchiladas$24.00

    A house specialty made with flat or rolled corn tortillas, filled with pork marinated in El Pinto's fresh Hatch red chile. Served with rice and dryland pinto beans.

  • Chicken Enchiladas$24.00

    Three flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with chicken, cheddar cheese and your choice of red or green chile.

  • Enchilada Combo Plate$24.00

    Three rolled corn tortilla enchiladas: chile con carne, red chile cheese and green chile cheese.

  • Enchiladas$20.40

    Three flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with fresh cheddar cheese and onions with your choice of red or green chile.

Burrito Plates

  • Burrito$22.40

    Chicken, carne adovada, pork or beef with pinto beans in a flour tortilla, rice on the side, smothered with red or green chile and topped with cheddar cheese.

  • Vegetarian Burrito$20.40

    Dryland pinto beans and rice in a flour tortilla, smothered with red or green chile and topped with cheese.

  • Calabacitas Burrito$20.40

    Calabacitas and pinto beans in a flour tortilla, smothered in red or green chile and topped with Monterey Jack cheese, rice on the side.

Health Conscious Plates

  • Grilled Sockeye Salmon$32.50

    8 oz. Alaskan sockeye salmon fillet grilled to order. Choose two sides or substitute a salad or baked potato at no charge.

  • Grilled Chicken Salad$21.40

    Mixed greens, red onions, bacon, tomatoes, pasture-raised eggs topped with grilled chicken breast, avocado slices, homemade red chile croutons and bleu cheese crumbles. Substitute chicken adovada $1.00.

  • Grilled Chicken Sandwich$18.30

    An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast on a white or wheat bun with El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Cheddar or Monterey Jack $0.50, chopped green chile $0.50.

  • Chicken Adovada$23.50

    An 8 oz. chicken filet marinated in red chile, grilled and served with calabacitas, pinto beans and rice.

  • Salsa Twins Salad$18.40

    Fresh greens with broccoli and tomatoes topped with fresh salsa, roasted green chile and guacamole. Add 4 oz. sockeye salmon, grilled chicken or chicken adovada $6.99. Organic greens $2.00.

  • Rice Bowl$19.40

    Bowl of rice, dryland pinto beans and choice of chicken, beef or pork with chile and a tortilla on the side. Add grass fed beef $2.00.

  • Chicken Filet$22.40

    An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast served with your choice of two sides, or substitute a salad or baked potato.

A La Carte

  • Chicharrónes$7.99
  • Chile con Carne$7.29
  • Calabacitas$4.99
  • Enchilada Meat$5.99
  • Chile Enchilada$5.49
  • Relleno$5.49
  • Folded Taco$4.99
  • Rolled Taco$5.99
  • Tamale$6.29
  • Pinto Beans$4.29
  • Refritos$5.29
  • French Fries$5.49
  • Guacamole$4.29
  • Spanish Rice$3.29
  • Tortillas (3)$2.29
  • Blue Corn Tortilla$2.49
  • Sour Cream$2.49
  • Hen Hotel Egg$3.99
  • Green Chile Sauce$3.99
  • Red Chile Sauce$3.99
  • Slaw$2.49
  • Papitas$4.25
  • Baked Potato$5.29

Sides

  • Rice$3.29
  • Beans$4.29
  • Calabacitas$4.99
  • Fries$5.49
  • Papitas$4.25
  • Refritos$5.29
  • Asparagus$4.99
  • Baked Potato$5.29
  • Salad$9.99

Beverages

  • Fountain Sodas$3.99

    Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer and Sprite.

  • Bottled Sprite, Mexican Coke or Fanta$4.25
  • Pink Lemonade$4.95
  • Strawberry Lemonade$5.25

    No free refills.

  • Cucumber Elderflower Lemonade$5.25

    No free refills.

  • 9.5 pH Filtered & Ionized Water 32 oz$2.99
  • Hot or Iced Tea$3.49

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

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