El Charro Café – Downtown

Small / Large

• Signature

Our signature recipe with choice of sauce and queso.

• Gluten friendly

Pork carnitas, green chile raja crema and queso.

Flour tortillas with our birria rojo, baked in raja crema and served with consommé, quesos casero and cotija, topped with avocado, cilantro and pink onion.

Flour tortillas, grilled shrimp and cod, baked in raja crema sauce with fresh corn and avocado salsa.

• Gluten friendly
• Vegetarian

City of Gastronomy original of local ground corn masa cakes, red chile sauce, green olive, cebolla and queso. Add El Charro carne seca +$9.

• Vegan

Local corn tortillas, red and green sauce, vegan queso, chickpea chorizo, frijoles charros, arroz blanco, fresh avocado, cilantro, onion, grilled vegetables and peppers.

Served 2 per order with red or green sauce. Enchilada recipes feature arroz and choice of frijoles refritos, charros or homemade calabacitas.

Grilled chicken with mole clásico and queso casero. Contains peanut.

• Gluten friendly

Enchilada trio of carnitas, pollo arizona and our famous carne seca with verde green, raja crema and red sauces.

• Signature

• Gluten friendly
• Vegetarian

Hand dipped and grilled anaheim chile with queso casero and choice of red or green sauce. Rellenos feature arroz sonora and frijoles refritos or charros.

• Gluten friendly

Baked in red sauce and queso casero.

• Gluten friendly

Baked in tomatillo sauce with grilled shrimp and queso casero.

• Gluten friendly
• Vegetarian

Chickpea chorizo and tomatillo sauce. Add a queso casero enchilada +$5.95.

• Gluten friendly

Pork carnitas, chicken tomatillo and fresh corn tamales.

• Gluten friendly

Grilled chimichurri shrimp over our corn tamal with tomatillo sauce and queso oaxaca, arroz sonora, frijoles and calabacitas.

• Gluten friendly

Choice of handmade tamal recipe, served two per order with arroz sonora and frijoles refritos or charros. Fresh corn (veg), carnitas, chicken or red chile beef.

• Gluten friendly
• Plant-based

One original and one chipotle recipe made with hemp seed, organic corn, flax, nopales and quinoa. Featuring avocado salsa, arroz blanco, frijoles charros, red and green sauces.

• Gluten friendly

All-natural chicken topped with chipotle crema and queso casero over a bed of arroz blanco, finished with grilled vegetables. Featuring calabacitas and frijoles charros.

• Gluten friendly

All-natural chicken stuffed with queso casero and corn tamal over a bed of arroz blanco, topped with creamy raja sauce and a roasted green chile and avocado-corn salsa. Served with calabacitas and frijoles charros.

• Gluten friendly

Pan seared cod on a bed of arroz blanco, topped with fresh tomatillo sauce and a green chile, mango and avocado-corn salsa. Featuring calabacitas and frijoles charros.

• Gluten friendly

Grilled tail-on shrimp in a creamy poblano and garlic verde sauce with queso casero, served with calabacitas, arroz blanco and house-made nopalitos.

All-natural chicken on a bed of arroz blanco topped with our chef's house-made mole sauce and grilled vegetables. Featuring calabacitas and frijoles charros. Contains peanut.

• Gluten friendly

Carne asada skirt steak prepared medium temp, served with an enchilada de queso, charro beans, guacamole, fresh corn salsa, lime and your choice of frijoles and tortilla recipes.

• Gluten friendly

Tender salmon filet seared with a Sonoran spiced agave glaze and topped with freshly chopped mango-fresno salsa picada, served with calabacitas and arroz blanco.

• Vegan

• Signature

Made fresh tableside and served with chips. Serves 2–3.

Local tortilla and queso casero.

• Gluten friendly

Chipotle aioli and habanero salsita.

• Gluten friendly

With avocado and corn tostadas.

• Gluten friendly

Keto. Iceberg leaf, grilled peppers, onion, chipotle crema, avocado and soy ginger vinaigrette.

• Gluten friendly

Choice of recipe and tortillas.

4 count $8.95 or 8 count $16.95. Add enchilada style +$2.95.

Melted queso casero, avocado, cilantro, onion and consommé for dipping.

• Plant-based

Vegan mini chimis, vegan queso, tomatillo sauce and fresh guacamole.

Bowl only.

Bowl only.

Bowl only. Bowl sized servings with choice of local flour or corn tortillas.

Romaine, tomatillo caesar dressing, bolillo croutons, queso fresco and cotija.

• Vegetarian
• Gluten friendly

A Mayan masterpiece of chopped greens, tostada, fresh fruit and cheese. Plant-based option available.

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

Marinated shrimp, romaine, avocado, margarita-lime dressing and pico salsa.

• Gluten friendly

Grilled chicken, avocado, margarita-lime dressing, apple, mango, dried cranberry, toasted pepitas and queso casero.

• Gluten friendly

Fresh greens topped with carne seca, grilled chicken, bacon, queso frida, avocado, pepitas, chipotle ranch and pickled red onion.

• Gluten friendly

A grande portion of our famous carne seca — marinated angus beef dried in the Sonoran desert sun, shredded and grilled with roasted green chile, tomato and onions. Served with guacamole, pico salsa, calabacitas, arroz sonora and frijoles refritos or charros, flour or corn tortillas. Seasonally available.

• Gluten friendly

Choice of recipe with guacamole, pico salsa, crema, arroz sonora and choice of frijoles refritos or charros, served with flour or corn tortillas.

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Vegetarian

Add chickpea chorizo +$5.

• Gluten friendly

Two tacos per order on corn or flour tortillas with arroz sonora and frijoles refritos or charros.

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

• Gluten friendly

Trio of birria rojo tacos on corn, with consommé, onion, cilantro and avocado, featuring arroz and choice of frijoles.

• Gluten friendly

Trio of tacos on corn tortillas with guacamole, queso fresco, tomatillo and corn salsas, lime, arroz and choice of frijoles.

• Gluten friendly

Tucson-style ground beef patty tacos, on the menu for over 100 years, made with pan fried local corn tortillas, grass fed beef, and a garnish of peas, radish and Mexican cheese. Featuring arroz and choice of frijoles. Two for $13.95 or three for $16.95.

Choice of corn or flour tortillas, pollo al pastor, fresh onion, cilantro and piña, with arroz and choice of frijoles.

• Gluten friendly

Trio of "charro style" taquitos on a bed of tomato salsita with arroz and choice of frijoles.

• Gluten friendly
• Plant-based

Red and tomatillo sauces, avocado-corn salsa, greens, arroz blanco and frijoles charros.

Our famous sun-dried beef — try it elegante style. Featuring fresh pico salsa and choice of frijoles with arroz sonora or calabacitas.

Pastor marinated chicken, grilled onion and piña.

Slow cooked 100% natural shredded chicken.

Slow-cooked hand pulled pork roast.

Frijoles refritos y queso.

Tender shredded brisket, mild green chile and seasonings.

Birria rojo, queso casero, pink onion, cilantro and consommé.

Grilled onion, chile verde, queso, guacamole and chipotle crema.

Chimichanga style (invented by our Tia Monica) $1.25; queso style with melted queso $1.95; enchilada style with red or green sauce $2.95; elegante style — enchilada style plus guacamole, crema and pico salsa $3.95. Add bacon to any burrito or chimichanga +$3.

Our family cake recipe in a variety of flavors with three different types of milk and crème. Vanilla, Mexican chocolate, strawberry and seasonal. Whole cakes available with 72 hour notice.

Roasted apple and cranberry chimis, topped with whipped crème, sugar and cinnamon.

A trio of our most popular sweets: vanilla tres leches cake, caramel flan and our handmade hazelnut-chocolate tamal.

Silver tequila and fresh citrus. Priced by the glass or pitcher; pitchers serve 2–4 guests.

Strawberry, peach, mango or watermelon. Real fruit margaritas with silver tequila.

Cazadores Blanco, citrus and prickly pear.

Cazadores Blanco, muddled mango, jalapeño, tamarindo, agave and tajín rim.

Patrón Silver, tamarindo nectar, citrus and tajín rim.

Sauza Hornitos, jalapeño and cucumber, tajín rim.