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  • Breakfast / Desayuno
  • Appetizers / Botanas
  • Combos
  • Entrées
  • Soups / Caldos
  • Botanas de Marisco
  • Seafood Platters - Shrimp
  • Seafood Platters - Fish
  • Taco Salads
  • Desserts
  • Kids Menu
  • Alcohol
  • Drinks or Beverages

El Merendero Menu

5443 S 12th Ave, Tucson, AZ

5443 S 12th Ave, Tucson, AZ

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  • PopularCurrent Category
  • Breakfast / Desayuno
  • Appetizers / Botanas
  • Combos
  • Entrées
  • Soups / Caldos
  • Botanas de Marisco
  • Seafood Platters - Shrimp
  • Seafood Platters - Fish
  • Taco Salads
  • Desserts
  • Kids Menu
  • Alcohol
  • Drinks or Beverages

Popular

  • Pescado Veracruzano Fish Platter.

    Pescado Veracruzano Fish Platter

    $15.00

  • 4. Bistec Ranchero.

    4. Bistec Ranchero

    $16.50

  • 1. Carne con Chile.

    1. Carne con Chile

    $11.50

  • Burritos.

    Burritos

    $8.00+

  • 5. Enchiladas.

    5. Enchiladas

    $11.50+

  • 10. Tampiquena.

    10. Tampiquena

    $19.00


Breakfast / Desayuno

2. Huevos Divorciados

Two eggs over easy separated by hash brown and beans, each one smothered in a different sauce, one red, one green

$8.00

3. Chilaquiles

Crispy tortilla smothered in enchilada sauce with two eggs on top.

$8.00

4. Omelette

A ham and cheese omelette accompanied by hash browns and beans, with your choice of corn or flour tortilla

$8.00

5. Pancakes

Three pancakes with your choice of ham, bacon or sausage on the side

$6.50

6. Chorizo con Huevo

Scrambled eggs cooked with chorizo accompanied with hash browns and beans, your choice of corn or flour tortilla

$8.00

7. Huevos con Enchilada

Two eggs, two chicken enchiladas (red or green), accompanied by beans and hash browns

$8.00

8. Giant Breakfast Burrito

Build your own breakfast burrito (extra charges after three ingredients)

$6.00

9. Huevos a la Mexicana

Two eggs scrambled with vegetables, accompanied by hash browns and beans, your choice of corn or flour tortilla

$8.00

10. Huevos Montados

Two eggs over a piece of skirt steak accompanied by hash brown, with your choice of corn or flour tortilla.

$10.00


Appetizers / Botanas

Cheese Crisp

Fried 16" tortilla with melted Monterrey Jack cheese

$10.00

Quesadillas

$4.50

A la Carte Enchilada

Your choice of ground beef, shrimp, shredded beef, cheese, or chicken

$4.50

Tostada

Bean, ground beef, shredded, or chicken.

$4.75

Guacamole

Made fresh to order guacamole

$4.50+

Guacamole.

Combos

Prices are a la carte. Add to make a combo with rice and beans.

Tacos

Carne asada, ground beef, shredded beef & chicken

$3.00

Tacos.

Flautas

Rolled tacos with your choice of chicken or shredded beef.

$8.50

Chimichangas

Your choice of carne asada, ground beef, shredded beef, chicken, or red chile beef

$10.00

Burritos

Your choice of frijol, carne asada, ground beef, shredded beef, chicken, or a Tito burrito

$8.00+

Burritos.

Entrées

1. Carne con Chile

Tender cubed beef marinated in our home made red chile sauce

$11.50

1. Carne con Chile.

2. Shredded Beef

Shredded beef cooked with tomatoes and onions

$13.00

3. Carne Asada Plate

A delicious top sirloin arrachera flap meat seared to perfection, accompanied with grilled onions

$16.50

4. Bistec Ranchero

Diced beef cooked with tomato, onion and green chile

$16.50

4. Bistec Ranchero.

5. Enchiladas

Your choice of red or green enchiladas chicken, cheese, ground beef, shredded beef, or shrimp for two more

$11.50+

5. Enchiladas.

6. One and Two

One cheese enchilada and two ground beef tacos

$11.00

7. Three Piece Meal

A ground beef taco, chicken tostada, and one cheese enchilada.

$13.00

9. Higado Encebollado

Liver and onions.

$13.50

10. Tampiquena

A delicious top sirloin arrachera flap meat seared to perfection, accompanied by a quesadilla, cheese enchilada, green chile and guacamole

$19.00

10. Tampiquena.

11. Fajitas

Chicken or beef fajitas served with sour cream and guacamole

$15.50

12. Milanesa

Country fried steak served with French fries.

$15.50


Soups / Caldos

Albondigas Soup

Meatball soup with rice

$8.00+

Caldo de Pollo Soup

Chicken soup

$8.00+

Menudo Soup

Red or white

$8.00+

Sopa de Tortilla Soup

Chicken broth served over in house fried tortilla chips, cheese avocado, and sour cream

$8.00+

Caldo De Queso Soup

Cheese soup with potatoes and green chile

$8.00+

Cocido Soup

Beef and vegetable soup

$11.50


Botanas de Marisco

Seafood appetizers

Chicharrones de Camaron

Crispy deep fried shrimp chicharrones accompanied by mayonnaise and a salad

$10.00+

Chicharrones de Camaron.

Camarones Natural

Steamed shrimp

$19.00

Camarones Ahogados

Raw shrimp cooked in lime served with cucumber and onion

$20.00

Toritos (6 Pieces)

Bacon wrapped peppers stuffed with shrimp soaked in soy sauce

$10.00

Tostada de Ceviche

Ceviche tostada

$5.00

Cocktail de Camaron

Shrimp cocktail served with tomato, cucumber, cilantro, and onion

$10.00+

Cocktail de Ceviche

Accompanied by tostadas

$10.00+


Seafood Platters - Shrimp

Al Mojo de Ajo Shrimp Platter

Grilled shrimp with garlic

$17.00

Empanizados Shrimp Platter

Breaded shrimp served with French fries, rice and beans

$17.00

Camaron Culichi Shrimp Platter

Grilled shrimp drowned in our house poblano sauce

$17.00

Camaron Veracruzanos Shrimp Platter

Shrimp sautéed with potatoes, olives, and our ranchero salsa

$17.00

Borchetta Shrimp Platter

A kabob featuring whole shrimp, bacon, bell peppers and onions.

$17.50

Fantasias Shrimp Platter

Bacon wrapped shrimp stuffed with cheese.

$17.50

Fajitas de Camaron Shrimp Platter

Shrimp fajitas

$17.00

Camarones de Chipotle Shrimp Platter

Grilled shrimp drowned in our chipotle cream

$17.00


Seafood Platters - Fish

A la Parilla Fish Platter

Grilled fish

$15.00

Pescado Empapelado Fish Platter

Fish cooked in foil accompanied by cheese and our signature ranchero salsa

$15.00

Empanizado Fish Platter

Breaded fish served with fries, rice, and beans

$15.00

Pescado Culichi Fish Platter

Fish drowned in our poblano cream

$15.00

Mojo de Ajo Fish Platter

Grilled fish with garlic

$15.00

Pescado Veracruzano Fish Platter

Fish sautéed with potatoes, olives and our ranchero salsa

$15.00

Pescado Veracruzano Fish Platter.

Ranchero Fish Platter

Fish cooked in our ranchero salsa

$15.00


Taco Salads

Camaron Taco Salad

Taco bowl with beans, cooked shrimp, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole and sour cream

$12.25

Asada Taco Salad

Taco bowl with beans and grilled steak, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole and sour cream

$11.75

Ground Beef Taco Salad

Taco bowl with beans and ground beef, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream

$11.00

Ground Beef Taco Salad.

Shredded Beef Taco Salad

Taco bowl with beans and shredded beef, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream

$11.00

Shredded Chicken Taco Salad

Taco bowl with beans and shredded chicken, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream

$11.00


Desserts

Flan

Mexican custard

$5.00

Churros

Filled with cajeta

$3.75

Mini Cheesecake Chimichangas

Filled with cheesecake and your choice of cajeta or raspberry

$5.00


Kids Menu

Grilled Cheese

Brioche bread with melted American cheese toasted to perfection served with fries

$7.00

Hamburger

Served with fries

$7.50

Cheeseburger

Served with fries

$8.00

Chicken Nuggets

Served with fries

$8.00


Alcohol

Domestic Michelada

Spicy red beer

$6.00

Imported Michelada

Spicy red beer

$6.50

Domestic Beer

Bud Light, Budweiser, Coors Light, Miller Light, and Michelob

$4.50

Imported Beer

XX, Tecate, Tecate Light, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, Corona and Pacifico

$5.00

Frozen Margarita

$7.00


Drinks or Beverages

Soft Drinks

$2.75

Aquas Frescas

Horchata & lemonade

$3.50

Juice

$2.50

Iced Tea

$2.75

Coffee

$2.75

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