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Gluten-free, plant-based & vegan recipes. Made fresh tableside with Hass avocados and your preference of chopped Roma tomato, red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, sea salt, and lime to finish. Serves 2-4 with chips.
Made with local tortillas, queso Casero & choice of protein.
Assorted recipes with pico salsa & sour cream.
Gluten-free. Choice of vegetarian, ground beef, or shredded chicken. Topped with dos queso, frijoles, jalapeños, sour cream, pico salsa & guacamole.
Gluten-free. grilled chicken & peppers, iceberg lettuce cups, chipotle crema, avocado salsa & soy sauce-keto-friendly.
Gluten-free. plant-based & vegan recipes. Four tamales stuffed mushrooms with our hola hemp® tamal and topped with gluten-free green enchilada sauce & avocado salsa.
Gluten-free. Shrimp & avocado ceviche served with house-made chips.
Gluten friendly recipes if served with corn tortillas.
Gluten friendly recipes if served with corn tortillas.
Gluten friendly recipes if served with corn tortillas.
Gluten friendly recipes if served with corn tortillas.
Gluten friendly recipes if served with corn tortillas.
Served with flour or corn tortillas.
Served with flour or corn tortillas.
Served with flour or corn tortillas.
Served with flour or corn tortillas.
Served with flour or corn tortillas.
Gluten friendly. Tia Monica's Mayan masterpiece! Your choice of recipe & dressing.
Gluten friendly. Marinated shrimp*, crisp romaine, avocado, margarita-lime dressing & pico salsa.
Gluten friendly. Fresh greens topped with lots of protein including grilled chicken, applewood bacon, queso Frida, avocado, pepitas, chipotle ranch, pickled onion and finished with our famous carne seca!
Gluten-free. Grilled natural chicken, avocado, fresh apple & mango, margarita lime dressing, dried cranberry, toasted pepitas & queso Casero.
2 tacos per order. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
In 1922, when tia mónica started, there was only one way to make a taco: form a ground beef patty, fold it in a tortilla & fry it in a pan, garnish with peas, radishes & Mexican cheese. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Three rolled tacos with sour cream, guacamole & pico salsa. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten free. 3 crisp charro style rolled chicken tacos. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free, plant based-vegan. Three rolled tacos with avocado corn salsa, pickled red onion, and good planet plant-based cheese. Featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Grilled onion, queso & chipotle ranch. Made with locally crafted torta bread and choice of french fries or rice & beans.
Frijoles refritos y queso. Vegetarian. Served with arroz and frijoles refritos or charros.
Hola hemp® chipotle tamal, calabacitas, frijoles charros, green chile, avocado. Original recipe burros featuring arroz sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Slow-cooked 100% natural shredded chicken. Original recipe burros featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Slow-cooked hand-pulled pork roast. Original recipe burros featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Our own slow-cooked red chile & beef. Original recipe burros featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Slow-cooked shredded brisket, mild green chile & seasonings. Original recipe burros featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
This is the one that made us famous, try it elegant style! Original recipe burros featuring Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Served with Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros choice of the recipe with applewood bacon, avocado, caramelized onion, green chile, queso Casero, chipotle ranch & pico salsa garnish.
Gluten-free. Sampling of 3 handmade tamales: pork carnitas, chicken tomatillo, and fresh corn.
Vegetarian. Served 2 per order with arroz and frijoles refritos or charros.
Served 2 per order with arroz and frijoles refritos or charros.
Served 2 per order with arroz and frijoles refritos or charros.
Served 2 per order with arroz and frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free, plant-based-vegan. Plant-based hemp seed, flax, nopales & quinoa tamales of one original and one chipotle kind featuring Arroz Blanco, tomatillo sauce & frijoles charros.
Gluten-free. Choice of red sauce, green sauce, sour cream or non-fat yogurt, and your choice of protein. Served 2 per order with Arroz Sonora or frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Our world-famous carne seca baked in your choice of sauce with queso casero. Served 2 per order with arroz sonora or frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Slow cooked pork carnitas with green chile raja crema sauce & queso casero. Served 2 per order with arroz sonora or frijoles refritos or charros.
Pollo arizona enchiladas in chef carlotta’s mole clásico and baked with queso casero. Featuring house-made calabacitas & arroz sonora. Served 2 per order with arroz sonora or frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free, veg. A Tucson tradition of native ground corn masa cakes, red chile sauce, green olive, Cebolla & queso. Served 2 per order with Arroz Sonora or frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. a flag of flavors! Flags or “Banderas” are the most colorful icons in any culture and we honor ours with carnitas, Pollo Arizona, and Carne Seca enchilada trio featuring green, raja crema & red sauces. Served 2 per order with Arroz Sonora or frijoles refritos or charros-plant-based-vegan.
Sautéed spinach enchiladas in Mexican crema with queso cotija, chile Verde, onion, garlic & raja sauce. Served 2 per order with arroz sonora or frijoles refritos or charros-plant-based-vegan.
Gluten-free, veg. Sautéed spinach enchiladas in Mexican crema with queso cotija, chile verde, onion, garlic & raja sauce. Served 2 per order with arroz sonora or frijoles refritos or charros-plant-based-vegan.
Gluten-free, plant based-vegan. Corn tortillas filled with our Nopalitos, topped with our house-made gluten-free enchilada sauce and plant-based good planet cheese. Served with plant-based Arroz Blanco & frijoles charros.
Served with guacamole, pico salsa, crema, arroz and frijoles refritos or charros. Served with choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Served with guacamole, pico salsa, crema, arroz and frijoles refritos or charros. Served with choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Served with guacamole, pico salsa, crema, arroz and frijoles refritos or charros. Served with choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Served with guacamole, pico salsa, crema, arroz and frijoles refritos or charros. Served with choice of flour or corn tortillas.
A hand-dipped & grilled anaheim green chile stuffed with queso Casero and baked in your choice of our house-made red or green sauce. Relleno recipes are served with Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Our famous carne seca stuffed relleno baked with red sauce & queso casero. Relleno recipes are served with arroz sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. shrimp & cod seafood stuffed Relleno baked in green sauce & queso Casero. Relleno recipes are served with Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. A deliciously grande portion of our world-famous Carne Seca. Dried in the Sonoran Desert sun, all-natural marinated lean Angus beef is shredded & grilled with green chile, tomato & onions. Features guacamole, pico salsa, Calabacitas, Arroz Sonora & frijoles refritos or charros, flour or corn tortillas.
Gluten-free. all-natural chicken topped with chipotle crema & queso Casero over a bed of Arroz Blanco and finished with grilled vegetables. Featuring Calabacitas & frijoles charros. Served with your choice of flour or corn-gluten-free tortillas.
All-natural chicken on a bed of Arroz Blanco and topped with our chef’s house-made mole sauce & grilled vegetables. Featuring Calabacitas & frijoles charros. Served with your choice of flour or corn-gluten-free tortillas.
Pan-seared cod on a bed of Arroz Blanco, topped with fresh tomatillo sauce and green chile, mango & avocado-corn salsa. Featuring Calabacitas & frijoles charros. Served with your choice of flour or corn-gluten-free tortillas.
Carne or Pollo-gluten-free. All-natural grass-fed flank steak-medium or marinated chicken breast served with a Chile Relleno, queso Casero enchilada, pico, and avocado salsa. Featuring Arroz Sonora & choice of frijoles. Served with your choice of flour or corn-gluten-free tortillas.
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 & avocado-corn salsa. Calabacitas & frijoles charros. Served with your choice of flour or corn gluten-free tortillas.
Grilled tail-on shrimp in a creamy poblano & garlic Verde sauce with queso Casero Calabacitas, Arroz Blanco & house-made Nopalitos. Served with your choice of flour or corn-gluten-free tortillas.
Gluten-free. Ranchera salsa, corn tortilla, Casero & egg over easy. Featuring a choice of frijoles, crema, pico salsa, fruit & choice of tortillas.
Gluten-free. Grass-fed local chorizo with sides & choice of tortilla. Featuring a choice of frijoles, crema, pico salsa, fruit & choice of tortillas.
Gluten-free. Served with tomatillo or red chile sauce, Casero & egg over easy. Featuring a choice of frijoles, crema, pico salsa, fruit & choice of tortillas.
Scrambled egg, queso Casero & potato. Featuring a choice of frijoles, crema, pico salsa, fruit & choice of tortillas.
Queso Casero enchilada and choice of a crisp shell taco of either: rolled chicken, “charro style” beef taco, or el Charro Carne Seca. Served with Arroz Sonora & choice of frijoles refritos or charros.
Grilled chicken soft taco, chicken tamal, and Pollo Arizona enchilada in green sauce. Served with Arroz Sonora & choice of frijoles refritos or charros.
Carnita tamal, “Charro Style” Beef Taco & queso casero enchilada in red sauce. Served with Arroz Sonora & choice of frijoles refritos or charros.
Seafood enchilada in a flour tortilla with raja crema sauce, soft grilled shrimp taco & green corn tamal. Served with Arroz Sonora & choice of frijoles refritos or charros.
El charro carne seca, chile relleno & queso casero enchilada with choice of tortillas. Served with arroz sonora & choice of frijoles refritos or charros.
Gluten-free. Family recipe caramel flan with fresh whipped cream.
Vanilla bean ice cream in a cinnamon tortilla shell and topped with chocolate, dulce de leche, & whipped cream.
Sopapillas & churros served with honey & warm chocolate dipping.
Our famous family recipe uses 3 different types of milk & crème.
Four crispy minis stuffed with warm fire-roasted apples and topped with ice cream, fresh whipped cream & dulce de leche.
Gluten-free, plant-based-vegan. Vegan hazelnut & chocolate corn masa tamale with cinnamon-sugar tortilla crisps & vegan dulce de leche.
A trio of our most popular Postres tres leches cake, homemade flan & chocolate-hazelnut tamal.
Our famous family recipe uses 3 different types of milk & crème.
Last updated October 16, 2020