Esperanza's Mexican Cafe and Bakery

Cheddar cheese melted on top of tortilla chips

Your choice of chicken or beef fajita meat with grilled onions and bell peppers, beans, cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole

Three tamales

Grilled chorizo topped with melted white cheese. Served with three flour tortillas

Homestyle beef soup with carrots, potatoes, squash, corn, and a side of rice

Pinto beans, chorizo, ham, and jalapeños

Chicken-based soup with crispy fried tortilla strips, avocado slices, and grated white cheese served on the side

Vermicelli soup

Traditional beef tripe and yellow hominy soup

Homestyle chicken soup with bone, carrots, and rice

Fried flour tortilla filled with lettuce, shredded beef, shredded chicken or ground beef with cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole on top

Iceberg lettuce topped with sliced grilled beef or chicken, bell peppers, onions, tomato and cheese

Two pieces of whole catfish with bone in a spicy vegetable base with carrots, celery, and chayote. Served with toast and rice

Jumbo shrimp sautéed with lemon, jalapeño, and tomatoes. Served with rice, salad, and toasted bolillo

White fish marinated with lime juice tossed with tomatoes, onions and cilantro. Served on a bed of lettuce with a slice of avocado on top and saltine crackers on the side

Baby shrimp cooked and served in a mild red cocktail sauce with sliced avocado on top

Jumbo shrimp and fillet of catfish sautéed ranchero style or al mojo de ajo style. Served with rice, salad and toasted bolillo

Large piece of catfish fillet breaded then grilled, then sautéed with diced jalapeño peppers and tomatoes. Served with rice, salad, and toasted bolillo

Three corn tortillas filled with grilled white fish. Served with rice and salad

A whole piece of breaded catfish deep fried. Served with french fries, salad and a toasted bolillo. Tartar sauce on the side

Scallops, shrimp, fish fillets and octopus in a spicy tomato base soup. Served with toast

Tostada piled high with ceviche and diced avocado. Served with lettuce and tomato

Oysters, octopus and shrimp in a mild spiced cocktail sauce and topped with avocado

Fillet of catfish breaded and fried. Served with french fries, toast and salad

In half shell

Jumbo shrimp breaded and fried, served with fries, salad and toast, tartar sauce on side

Three corn tortillas filled with your choice of beef, chicken or potato, then fried crispy. Served with a side of pico de gallo and sour cream

Three chicken enchiladas smothered in tomatillo sauce and topped with white cheese

Three enchiladas filled with your choice of beef or chicken fajita meat, topped with ranchero sauce and cheddar cheese

Three enchiladas with red sauce and cheddar cheese on top. Choice of cheese, chicken or beef inside

Two chicken enchiladas smothered with sour cream sauce and white cheese

Two enchiladas filled with cheese, chicken or beef, topped with cheese sauce

Two flour tortillas filled with your choice of shredded meat, ground meat, or chicken, topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and cheese

Three handmade tamales served with or without red chile sauce on top

Three soft or crispy corn tortillas filled with shredded beef, ground beef or chicken and topped with lettuce, pico de gallo and grated cheese

Bone-in chicken breast and drumstick smothered in our famous mole sauce

Large poblano pepper filled with white cheese or beef then battered and fried, topped with a mild tomato sauce

Three corn masa shells grilled then fried, topped with refried beans, your choice of meat, lettuce, pico de gallo, and white cheese

Three corn tortillas filled with tongue

Strips of steak simmered in a ranchero sauce

Mexican-style cheek meat served with pico de gallo

South Texas baby goat marinated in spices then braised in a spicy sauce, served with guacamole salad, pico de gallo and Mexican relish

Strips of grilled steak or chicken, onions, and bell peppers served with guacamole, pico de gallo, and a Mexican relish

Pork tips smothered in a spicy red sauce. Served with rice and beans

Choice cuts of pork, fried to perfection and served with pico de gallo, guacamole, and Mexican relish

Mexican-style beef tips with poblano peppers

Grilled beef liver with tomato, onion, and sliced jalapeños. Served with salad

Beef tongue simmered in a tomato, jalapeño and onion gravy

Sirloin steak pounded thin then breaded and grilled. Served with guacamole salad, pico de gallo, relish and fries

Boneless, skinless breast of chicken, grilled with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice and salad only

Steak, pounded then grilled to perfection with grilled onions. Served with french fries, a guacamole salad, pico de gallo and Mexican relish

Mexican-style beef tips

Add jalapeños upon request