Mexican food menu · Fruita, CO Cooked slow, served with cariño.
Everything is made in our kitchen, from the masa to the mole. Tortillas are corn unless noted; flour tortillas are available on request. Ask us about anything — we love talking food.
Antojitos
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Guacamole de molcajete
$12Avocado, serrano, white onion, cilantro and lime, crushed in a stone molcajete. Served with warm totopos.
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Queso fundido con chorizo
$13Bubbling Chihuahua and Oaxaca cheeses with our house chorizo and roasted rajas. Scoop it up with fresh tortillas.
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Elote asado
$7Grilled Olathe sweet corn in season, brushed with crema and rolled in cotija and chile-lime salt.
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Tlayuda oaxaqueña
$15An oversized crisp tortilla with black bean asiento, quesillo, cabbage and salsa roja. Choose tasajo beef or roasted mushrooms.
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Ceviche de camarón
$16Lime-cured shrimp with cucumber, red onion, avocado and a splash of salsa negra, on crisp tostadas.
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Sopa de tortilla
$9Smoky chile pasilla broth with crisp tortilla strips, avocado, queso fresco and crema.
Platos fuertes
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Mole negro de la abuela
$24Our 28-ingredient Oaxacan mole over a braised chicken leg, finished with toasted sesame. With red rice and handmade tortillas.
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Carnitas Michoacán
$21Pork shoulder slow-cooked in a copper cazo with orange and piloncillo until crisp at the edges. Pickled red onion, salsa verde, tortillas.
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Birria de res
$22Beef braised overnight in guajillo and ancho adobo, served in a bowl of its consomé with onion, cilantro, lime and tortillas.
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Chiles en nogada (August – September)
$27Roasted poblano stuffed with a picadillo of pork, Palisade peaches and pears, bathed in walnut cream and topped with pomegranate.
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Trucha a la talla
$25Colorado trout brushed half with red adobo and half with green herb salsa, grilled over oak. With calabacitas and rice.
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Enchiladas verdes de hongos
$18Roasted mushrooms and squash rolled in corn tortillas, covered in tomatillo salsa, crema and queso fresco.
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Bowl de calabacitas
$16Squash, corn, poblano and black beans over rice with avocado and a spoonful of salsa macha.
Tacos
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Quesabirria con consomé
$17Griddled tortillas, birria beef, melted Oaxaca cheese, onion and cilantro, with a cup of consomé for dipping.
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Al pastor
$15Adobo-marinated pork from the trompo with roasted pineapple, onion and cilantro.
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Carnitas
$15Crispy carnitas, pickled onion and salsa verde cruda.
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Tinga de pollo
$14Shredded chicken in chipotle-tomato sauce with crema and avocado.
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Hongos y rajas
$14Seared mushrooms, poblano strips and onion with queso fresco.
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Coliflor al pastor
$14Cauliflower roasted in our pastor adobo with pineapple and salsa de árbol.
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Pescado estilo Baja
$16Crispy battered fish, shredded cabbage, chipotle crema and lime, on flour tortillas.
Bebidas
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Margarita de la casa
$11Blanco tequila, fresh lime, agave and a salted rim. Shaken, never from a mix.
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Margarita de jamaica
$12Our house margarita with tart hibiscus and a chile-sugar rim.
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Margarita de durazno (summer)
$13Muddled Palisade peaches, reposado tequila and lime.
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Mezcalita de piña
$13Mezcal, roasted pineapple, lime and a sal de gusano rim with a little heat.
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Michelada
$9Mexican lager over ice with lime, our tomato-chamoy mix and a tajín rim.
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Aguas frescas
$4Horchata, jamaica or the agua del día. Free refills for kids.
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Café de olla
$4Coffee simmered with piloncillo, cinnamon and orange peel in a clay pot.
Feeding a crowd?
Every dish on this menu can travel. See our catering packages for parties, offices and weddings.