El Cholo Pasadena
Popular menu items
A Taste of History (1996)
Cheese enchilada, rolled beef taco, chile relleno and pork tamal, Spanish rice and refried beans.
$26.95Antojitos
Aged Cheese Quesadilla (1969)
Grilled in a handmade flour tortilla. Add beef, roasted pork or chicken for an additional charge.
$14.25 +Western Quesadilla
Monterey Jack cheese, vegetable medley. Topped with ancho chile, apricot, and spinach cream sauces. Add chicken, beef or carnitas for an additional charge.
$16.95 +Fiesta Platter (1995)
Crab and beef taquitos, nachos, quesadillas, chimichangas, guacamole and sour cream.
$19.95 +Fiesta Platter for 4
Crab and beef taquitos, nachos, quesadillas, chimichangas, guacamole and sour cream.
$26.00Carmens Nachos
$9.501/2 Nacho
$9.50Crab Taquitos
$11.95Chicken Taquitos
$11.95Beef Taquitos
$11.95Quart Beans
$10.25Quart Rice
$9.95Quart Black Beans
$10.25Quart Pico de Gallo
$11.95Quart Table Sauce
$14.95Quart Habanero Sauce
$14.95Quart Veggie Fajitas
$17.50Quart Chicken Fajita
$21.95Quart Steak Fajita
$26.95Quart Ground Beef
$21.00Quart Carnitas
$42.10Quart Machaca
$21.00Quart Carne Asada
$26.95Quart Cheese
$14.50Dozen Cheese Enchiladas
$45.40Dozen Beef Enchiladas
$60.00Dozen Pork Enchiladas
$60.00Dozen Chicken Enchiladas
$60.00Dozen Pork Tamales
$45.00 +Dozen Green Corn Tamales
$45.00 +Dozen Corn Tortillas
$3.50Quart Shrimp Fajita
$29.95Quart Sour Cream
$10.251/2 Pan Salad
$25.00Full Pan Salad
$45.00Sopas and Ensaladas
Tortilla Soup (1991)
Avocado, chicken, cheese, roasted poblano chiles with strips of tortillas.
$8.75 +Mix Green Salad (1991)
$8.25 +Mixed Greens Salad
$4.25Salmon Caesar Salad
$16.95Enchiladas
Sonora-Style Enchiladas (1923)
The first enchilada served at El Cholo. Layered corn tortillas, chicken, tomato-onion-cilantro broth and fried egg.
$21.95Annie's Early California Enchiladas (1992)
Mixed garden vegetables, spinach, corn, sauteed mushrooms and crushed pecans.
$18.95Santa Barbara Enchiladas (1995)
Shrimp and chicken, sauteed mushrooms, onions, guajillo chile salsa and Jack cheese.
$26.95Chicken Mole Enchiladas
A new menu addition in honor of our 100th year! Slow Braised Shredded Chicken, Jack Cheese Roasted Chile and Chocolate Mole
$25.95Tacos
Fish Tacos
Grilled mahi-mahi, corn tortilla, cabbage escabeche, pico de gallo and cilantro aioli.
$24.95Fajitas (1984)
Steak and Shrimp Fajita
$31.95 +Chicken and Shrimp Fajita
$28.95 +Steak, Chicken and Shrimp Fajita
$33.95 +Green Corn Tamales (1923)
Green Corn Tamale
Corn off the cob, cheddar cheese, and Ortega chile, steamed in its own husk, served with beans and rice.
$22.95A Taste of History (1996)
A Taste of History (1996)
Cheese enchilada, rolled beef taco, chile relleno and pork tamal, Spanish rice and refried beans.
$26.95Combinaciones (1938)
4. Two Cheese Enchiladas Combo
$21.45 +6. One Item Combination
$16.45 +Carmens Tamales Combo
$17.10 +Chicken Tamales Combo
$21.45 +Beef Tamales Combo
$21.45 +Rajas Tamales Combo
$21.45 +Turkey Tamal Combo
$21.45 +Comidas Especiales
Plato de Carnitas (1989)
Roasted pork, fresh avocado relish, escabeche, onions, rice and beans.
$22.95 +Chile Colorado (1923)
Tender beef, traditional chile sauce served with beans, rice and guacamole.
$22.95 +Burrito Dorado (1977)
Chile con carne, beans, rice, cheddar cheese, tomato salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
$23.95 +Chicken Chimichangas (1923)
Crisp flour tortilla, Guajillo chicken, pico de gallo, cheese and guacamole.
$20.95 +Tostada Compuesta (1923)
An el cholo tradition with an array of garden vegetables, beans and chorizo.
$19.25 +Southwest Chicken Tostada (2008)
Blackened chicken, black beans, queso fresco, avocado, tossed with house vinaigrette.
$21.95 +A Taste of History (1996)
Cheese enchilada, rolled beef taco, chile relleno, pork tamal. Spanish rice and refried beans.
$19.23Chicken Burrito Dorado
$14.25Chicken Tostadita
$17.55 +Filet Mignon Tacos (2009)
Fresh corn tortillas with molcajete salsa, Spanish rice and black beans.
$19.95Tacos Al Carbon Chicken
$16.85Tres Tacos al Carbon (1990)
Marinated top sirloin with bacon, Jack cheese and tomatillo-chipotle salsa. Served with black beans and rice.
$18.75Chimis
$16.10 +Annies
$16.25 +Burrito Asada
Grilled Steak, Beans, Rice, Topped with Tomato Sauce, Cheese Guacamole and Sour Cream in the Side
$22.95 +Shrimp Burrito
Sauteed Shrimp, Beans, Rice, Topped with Tomato Sauce, Cheese Guacamole and Sour Cream on the Side
$25.95 +Crab Enchilada
$25.95 +Veggie Burrito
Sauteed Vegetables, Beans, Rice, Topped with Tomato Sauce Guacamole and Sour Cream on the Side
$12.95 +Burrito Hidalgo
Steak Or Chicken Fajita, Black Beans, Rice, Topped with Guajillo, Tomatillo Green Sauce, Cheese Guacamole and Sour Cream on the side
$24.95 +Tableside Guacamole
Tableside Guacamole
Creation of Ted and Sally Doll (2000). Freshly made at your table with Hass avocados.
$17.25Chips and Salsa
$4.95 +A la Carte and Sides
Side of Guacamole
$4.95Side of Sour Cream
$1.95Side of Tamale
$4.50Turkey Tamale
$4.50Chips and Salsa
$3.50Carmen Tamale Solo
$4.50Chiles Toreados
$3.50Hard Chicken Taco
$4.50Side of Rice
$3.75Chicken Tamale Solo
$4.50Side of Taco
$4.50Strawberry Tamale
$4.50Side of Veggies
$4.251/2 Pint Guacomole
$8.95Side of Shrimp Taco
$7.25Side of Jalapenos
$2.00Bag of Chips
$3.50Avocado Slices
$3.95Side Chicken Breast
$8.95Side of Cheese
$2.50Side of Black Beans
$3.75Side of Cilantro
$0.99Fish Taco a la Carte
$7.25Veggie Enchilada
$6.95Side of French Fries
$3.50Carnitas Taco a la Carte
$4.50 +Pint of Salsa
$4.25Side Chicken Breast
$7.25Side Chorizo
$2.50Side Relleno Sauce
$1.00Side Tomatillo Salsa
$1.00Side of Carnitas
$7.95Small Bag of Chips
$3.00Veggie Taco a la Carte
$4.50 +Side of Crab Taquito
$2.25Side of Full Guacamole
Creation of ted and sally doll (2000). Freshly made at your table with Hass avocados.
$14.95Pralines
$12.95 +Alcohol Drinks (Must be 21 to purchase)
El Cholo Classics (Archived)
Daily Specials (Archived)
Diegos Enchiladas
$17.95Quart of Diablo Shrimp
$35.00Parrillada for 4
$125.00Enchilada Picada
$18.95Taco Tray for 1
$10.95Taco Tray for 2
$18.95Verde Burrito
$17.95Family Style Packages (Archived)
Desserts (Archived)
Catering Appetizer Options (Archived)
Catering Option A: La Fiesta
Beef taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas, nachos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$15.95 +Catering Option B: La Pachanga
Crabmeat taquitos, picadillo beef empanadas, spinach and cheese chimichangas, sonora nachos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Option C: La Feria
Chicken chimichangas, mini cheese enchiladas, beef, cheese stuffed potato mini balls, crabmeat taquitos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$19.95 +Catering El Cholo's Menus (Archived)
Catering El Cholo's Menu A
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), Annie's enchiladas (filled with fresh vegetables, spinach, mushrooms and Jack cheese. Smothered with a creamy corn-tomato salsa) or beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served on a sizzling skillet). Dessert: homemade flan. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$28.95Catering El Cholo's Menu B
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (Grandma Rosa's "Early Arizona days" recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa, aged cheddar cheese and Ortega chile baked in its own husk), taste of history (cheese enchilada, beef taco, chile relleno and tamale), choice of 2 items, blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish). Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$26.95Catering El Cholo's Menu C
Appetizers: Caesar salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served with avocado relish, pico de gallo and no pales) or beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served sizzling hot). Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$22.95Catering El Cholo's Selected Lunch Menu
All entrees are served with rice and beans. Grilled breast of chicken (served with sauteed julienne vegetables and black beans), green corn tamales (grandma Rosa's "Early Arizona Days" recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa, aged cheddar cheese and Ortega chile baked in its own husk), chile con carne (savory chunks of tender beef in a rich traditional chile sauce). Our green corn tamales you can substitute with pork tamales or tamales of the season. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$19.95Catering El Cholo's Soft Taco and Tostada Bar
Your choice of 3 meats: shredded chicken, roasted pork carnitas, shredded beef machaca or ground beef. Accompanied with: pinto beans, Spanish rice, crispy flour tortilla shells, soft corn and flour tortillas shredded lettuce, aged cheddar cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$21.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "A"
Appetizer platter: beef sopes, shrimp ceviche tostaditas, chicken chimichangas, blue corn chicken taquitos and cheese quesadillas with rajas. First course: Santa Fe salad (greens tossed with grilled vegetables, orange vinaigrette). Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chile rellenos (stuffed with fresh spinach, smoked corn, mushrooms, fresh herbs and Monterey Jack cheese), carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), sauteed silver salmon (roasted red pepper - basil cream sauce with fresh vegetables). Desserts - housemade flan or cheesecake.
$49.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "B"
Appetizers: crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, beef sopes and cheese quesadillas. First course: sonora garden salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), chicken tacos (crisp corn tortilla filled with chicken, tomatoes and onions). Desserts - housemade flan or chocolate cake.
$44.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "C"
Appetizers: crab and beef taquitos, chicken chimichangas, nachos and cheese quesadillas. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served in their own juice and topped with red pickled sweet onions), Santa Barbara enchiladas (stuffed with succulent shrimp, tender chicken breast and mushrooms, sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with Guajillo sauce and Monterey Jack cheese). Desserts - housemade flan or chocolate cake.
$42.95Catering Michoacan Menu (Archived)
Catering Michoacan Taco and Tostada Bar
Beef machaca, shredded breast of chicken, roasted carnitas, beef taquitos wrapped in blue corn tortilla. Accompanied with: black beans or refried beans, Spanish rice, crispy flour tortilla shells, corn and flour tortillas, shredded lettuce, aged cheddar cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, homemade chips and salsa.
$20.50Catering Dinner Menu (Archived)
Catering Sonora Dinner Menu A
Appetizers: chimichangas stuffed with chicken and Monterey Jack cheese, machaca beef taquitos and chicken taquitos wrapped in red corn tortillas. Entrees: blue corn chicken enchiladas marinated breast of chicken wrapped in blue corn tortillas topped with tomatillo sauce or machaca beef tostada with crisp flour shell topped with black beans, fresh garden vegetables and mixed greens. Accompanied with: Spanish rice, black beans or refried beans, homemade chips and salsa.
$21.50Catering Puebla Dinner Menu
Choice of appetizers: chicken chimichangas, machaca beef taquitos and chicken taquitos wrapped in red corn tortillas or Monterey Jack and Cotija cheese quesadilla and cream cheese and confetti bell pepper quesadilla. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees: grilled chicken breast con mole poblano, plato de carnitas-marinated roasted pork and aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas. Accompanied with: mixed vegetables, flour and corn tortillas, Spanish rice, pico de gallo, black beans or refried beans, homemade chips and salsa.
$23.95Catering Fajita Combo
Caesar salad, chicken or beef fajitas, accompanied with: refried beans, Spanish rice, aged cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, corn and flour tortillas, tri-color homemade chips and homemade salsa.
$20.95Catering Yucatan Dinner Menu
Appetizers: achiote chicken empanada filled with beans, marinated red onions, jalapenos and avocado, bean, chicken and spinach chimichangas. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees: chicken and rajas tamale-covered with tomatillo sauce, aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas, picadillo poblano chile rellenos with guajillo sauce, rolled chicken breast stuffed with spinach, Monterey Jack cheese, tomato-basil-jalapeno sauce. Accompanied with: mixed vegetables, flour and corn tortillas, Spanish rice and refried beans, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo, tri-color homemade chips and homemade salsa.
$31.95Catering Oaxaca Dinner Menu
Appetizers: bean and cheese gorditas, vegetable and cheese empanadas with an ancho chile sauce. First course: Ambiente salad. Entrees: breast of chicken with Oaxacan mole sauce, roasted poblano pepper stuffed with shrimp and Cotija cheese and steak fajitas marinated with onions, tomato and bell pepper.
$27.95Catering Mexico City Dinner Menu
Appetizers: ground beef and chorizo sopes topped with cabbage, salsa and Cotija cheese. Quesadilla con queso with roasted corn, mushrooms, Monterey Jack cheese and fresh herbs. Chicken and spinach chimichangas. First course: fresh Sonora garden salad with raspberry vinaigrette. Entrees: carne arrachera with salsa Quemada, aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas. Grilled breast of chicken with pipian verde sauce. Shrimp fajitas sauteed with fresh mixed vegetables. Accompanied with: corn and flour tortillas, black or refried beans, Spanish rice, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, homemade chips and salsa.
$36.95Catering Lunch Menu (Archived)
Catering Southwest Salad Lunch #1
Choice of 4 oz. blackened salmon or 4 oz. chicken breast, romaine lettuce, black beans, feta cheese, tortilla strips, pico de gallo, avocado, dressing, chips and salsa. .
$13.95 +Catering Lunch #2
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), cheese enchilada or chicken enchilada, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #3
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chile con carne (chunks of beef in a mild chile red sauce), refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Chicken Chimichanga Lunch #4
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chicken chimichanga, sauteed chicken with pico de gallo wrapped in a crisp flour tortilla, guacamole, rice and beans.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #5
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), carnitas or grilled chicken, tortillas of your choice, beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #6
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), 2 grilled steak or chicken tacos, tortillas corn or flour, pico de gallo, avocado relish, red or green sauce, rice, beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #7
Taco or tostada shell salad. Create your own taco or tostada shell salad. Meats: chicken, beef machaca or pork. Filled with: lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, sauteed mushroom, cheddar cheese; rice and refried beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #8
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Hard shell tacos (2 tacos per person) with choice of 2 meats: shredded beef, roasted pork or chicken, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa. Add cheese enchiladas for an additional charge (1 enchilada per person).
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #9
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chile verde (roasted pork in tomatillo cilantro green chile sauce). Tortillas of your choice, rice, refried beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #10
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Burrito dorado, red chili con carne or chili verde, rice, beans and cheese inside, guacamole and sour cream on the side, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #11
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), Mexican spaghetti with grilled chicken breast (angel hair pasta with roasted poblano peppers, Guajillo sauce, sun-dried tomato and Parmesan cheese). Substitute shrimp for chicken for an additional charge.
$12.95 +Catering Enchilada Suiza Lunch #12
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Enchiladas suizas, chicken breast mixed with roasted yellow, red bell pepper with melted Monterey Jack cheese inside and on top covered with a light creamy suiza sauce, sour cream, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Fish Veracruzano Lunch #13
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Fish simmered in tomatoes, olives, peppers, capers, tortilla of your choice, rice, beans, chips and salsa.
$14.95 +Catering Steak Picado Lunch #14
Caesar salad or mix greens (dressing of your choice). Top sirloin steak, sauteed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and spices, black or refried beans, rice, tortilla of your choice, chips and salsa.
$15.95 +Catering Chipotle Seafood Enchiladas Lunch #15
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Salmon, scallops and shrimp topped with chipotle cream sauce and aged melted Monterey Jack cheese, roasted vegetables, black or refried beans, Spanish rice, avocado relish, chips and salsa.
$18.95 +Catering Lunch #16
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Shrimp and fish ceviche bar (2 kinds of ceviche). Ceviche mazatlan, raw shrimp marinated and cooked in fresh lime juice, mixed with cilantro, onions, tomatoes, green chile paper. Ceviche colima: raw fish, marinated and cooked in fresh lime juice, mixed with cilantro, onions, tomatoes, carrots. Homemade flat tostadas, avocado relish and habanero sauce.
$18.95 +Catering Lunch #17
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Chicken enchiladas (1 per person). Steak or chicken fajitas. Refried or black beans, rice, tortilla of your choice. Condiments, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Lunch #18
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). 2 shrimp and crab meat enchiladas, covered with green pesto cilantro sauce, melted aged Monterey Jack cheese inside and on top. Roasted vegetables or Spanish rice, refried beans or black beans, avocado relish, chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Set Up (Archived)
VALENTINE'S SPECIAL PACKAGE (Archived)
Catering El Cholo On-The Go Corporate Packages
Catering El Cholo #1
3 items combo. Grilled chicken breast with sauteed vegetables, chile con carne, cheese enchiladas, beans and rice, pico de gallo, soft corn tortillas, chips and salsa.
$25.00Catering El Cholo #2
Southwest chicken salad and enchilada combination. Grilled chicken breast, cheese enchiladas, beef machaca enchiladas, mixed greens with house dressing, beans and rice, chips and salsa, homemade pralines.
$27.00Catering El Cholo #3
Taco and tostada bar. Chicken Machaca, beef Machaca, pork carnitas, grilled balsamic vegetables, shredded lettuce, soft corn tortillas, flour tortilla shells, sour cream, pico de gallo, cheese, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$29.00Catering El Cholo #4
Tamale and enchilada combination. Pork tamales, green corn tamales, chicken enchiladas with tomatillo sauce, cheese enchilada, mix green salad with house dressing, beans and rice, sour cream, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$31.00Catering El Cholo #5
Enchilada, taco and relleno combination. Cheese enchiladas, chicken enchilada suizas, traditional rolled beef tacos, chile rellenos (roasted anaheim pepper), beans and rice, sour cream, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$34.00Catering El Cholo #6
Fajita and enchilada combination. Steak fajita, blue corn chicken enchiladas, vegetarian Annies enchiladas, cheese enchiladas, Caesar salad, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, soft corn and flour tortillas, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$37.00Catering El Cholo #7
Guisado combination. Chile con carne, roasted pork carnitas, chicken picado, chile verde, bistec and potato in roasted tomato sauce, beans and rice, sonora salad, guacamole, pico de gallo, soft corn and flour tortillas, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$40.00Catering El Cholo #8
Seafood combination. Shrimp fajitas, mariscos enchiladas, crabmeat enchiladas, salmon salad with house dressing, black beans and white rice, Caesar salad, soft corn or flour tortillas, guacamole, chips and salsa, homemade pralines (1 per person).
$45.00Catering Set Up
Catering Beverages
Catering Can Sodas
$1.50Catering El Cholo's Menus
Catering El Cholo's Taste of History
Appetizers beef taquitos, carnitas sopes, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): green corn tamales (Granma Rosas's (early Arizona days) recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa aged cheddar cheese and ortega Chile baked into its own husk) or Chile-relleno ((El Cholo's traditional or al fuego), cheese enchilada and beef rolled beef taco (an all time favorite!) ). Dessert: El Cholo's traditional flan.
$37.95Catering El Cholo's Taste of History All Inclusive
Appetizers beef taquitos, carnitas sopes, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): green corn tamales (Granma Rosas's (early Arizona days) recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa aged cheddar cheese and ortega Chile baked into its own husk), Chile-relleno ((El Cholo's traditional or al fuego), cheese enchilada and beef rolled beef taco (an all time favorite!) ). Dessert: El Cholo's traditional flan.
$49.37Catering El Cholo's Menu A
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), Annie's enchiladas (filled with fresh vegetables, spinach, mushrooms and Jack cheese. Smothered with a creamy corn-tomato salsa) or beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served on a sizzling skillet). Dessert: churros or flan. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$37.95Catering El Cholo's Menu A All Inclusive
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), Annie's enchiladas (filled with fresh vegetables, spinach, mushrooms and Jack cheese. Smothered with a creamy corn-tomato salsa), beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served on a sizzling skillet). Dessert: churros or flan. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$49.37Catering El Cholo's Menu B
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): green corn tamales (Grandma Rosa's "Early Arizona days" recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa, aged cheddar cheese and Ortega chile baked in its own husk), chile relleno al fuego (roasted Anaheim pepper with tomatillo and tomato sauce) or chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in corn tortillas, topped with chile sauce, garnished with green onions).
$33.95Catering El Cholo's Menu B All Inclusive
Appetizers: beef taquitos, crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas and nachos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): green corn tamales (Grandma Rosa's "Early Arizona days" recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa, aged cheddar cheese and Ortega chile baked in its own husk), chile relleno al fuego (roasted Anaheim pepper with tomatillo and tomato sauce), chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in corn tortillas, topped with chile sauce, garnished with green onions).
$44.16Catering El Cholo's Menu C
Appetizers: Traditional Nachos with jalapenos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served with avocado relish, pico de gallo and no pales) or beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served sizzling hot).
$30.95Catering El Cholo's Menu C All Inclusive
Appetizers: Traditional Nachos with jalapenos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served with avocado relish, pico de gallo and no pales), beef fajitas (marinated tender strips of steak, sauteed with fresh vegetables, served sizzling hot).
$40.26Catering El Cholo's Menu D
Appetizers: beef and chicken taquitos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): grilled breast of chicken (served with sauteed julienne vegetables), Chile con carne (savory chunks of tender beef in a rich traditional Chile sauce), or cheese enchiladas (aged cheddar cheese and Chile sauce).
$27.95Catering El Cholo's Menu D All Inclusive
Appetizers: beef and chicken taquitos. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): grilled breast of chicken (served with sauteed julienne vegetables), Chile con carne (savory chunks of tender beef in a rich traditional Chile sauce), cheese enchiladas (aged cheddar cheese and Chile sauce).
$36.35Catering El Cholo's Soft Taco and Tostada Bar
Your choice of 3 meats: shredded chicken, roasted pork carnitas, shredded beef machaca, ground beef or balsami grilled vegetables. Accompanied with: pinto beans, Spanish rice, crispy flour tortilla shells, soft corn and flour tortillas shredded lettuce, aged cheddar cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole - chips and salsa. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$27.95Catering El Cholo's Soft Taco and Tostada Bar All Inclusive
Your choice of 3 meats: shredded chicken, roasted pork carnitas, shredded beef machaca, ground beef or balsami grilled vegetables. Accompanied with: pinto beans, Spanish rice, crispy flour tortilla shells, soft corn and flour tortillas shredded lettuce, aged cheddar cheese, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole - chips and salsa. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$36.35Catering Taco Enchilada Bar Menu
Soft tacos - your choice of 2 options: (shredded chicken, shredded beef, roasted pork, ground beef, balsamic grilled vegetables). Enchiladas: (cheese enchiladas, beef, or chicken enchiladas, Caesar salad, soft corn and flour tortillas, tomato, cheese, sour cream and guacamole, chips and salsa).
$29.95Catering Taco Enchilada Bar Menu All Inclusive
Soft tacos - your choice of 2 options: (shredded chicken, shredded beef, roasted pork, ground beef, balsamic grilled vegetables). Enchiladas: (cheese enchiladas, beef, or chicken enchiladas, Caesar salad, soft corn and flour tortillas, tomato, cheese, sour cream and guacamole, chips and salsa).
$38.96Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "A"
Appetizer platter: beef sopes, shrimp ceviche tostaditas, chicken chimichangas, blue corn chicken taquitos and cheese quesadillas with rajas. First course: Santa Fe salad (greens tossed with grilled vegetables, orange vinaigrette). Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): Chile rellenos Al Fuego (stuffed with fresh spinach, smoked corn, mushrooms, fresh herbs and Monterey Jack cheese), carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), sauteed salmon (spinach - basil cream sauce with fresh vegetables). Desserts - housemade flan or churros.
$60.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "A" All Inclusive
Appetizer platter: beef sopes, shrimp ceviche tostaditas, chicken chimichangas, blue corn chicken taquitos and cheese quesadillas with rajas. First course: Santa Fe salad (greens tossed with grilled vegetables, orange vinaigrette). Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): Chile rellenos Al Fuego (stuffed with fresh spinach, smoked corn, mushrooms, fresh herbs and Monterey Jack cheese), carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), sauteed salmon (spinach - basil cream sauce with fresh vegetables). Desserts - housemade flan or churros.
$79.29Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "B"
Appetizers: crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, beef sopes and cheese quesadillas. First course: sonora garden salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), chicken fajitas (sauteed with fresh vegetables). Desserts - housemade flan or churros.
$55.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "B" All Inclusive
Appetizers: crab taquitos, chicken chimichangas, beef sopes and cheese quesadillas. First course: sonora garden salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), blue corn chicken enchiladas (marinated breast of chicken, wrapped in blue corn tortillas, topped with tomatillo sauce, garnished with sour cream and avocado relish), chicken fajitas (sauteed with fresh vegetables). Desserts - housemade flan or churros.
$72.78Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "C"
Appetizers: crab and beef taquitos, chicken chimichangas, nachos and cheese quesadillas. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served in their own juice and topped with red pickled sweet onions), Santa Barbara enchiladas (stuffed with succulent shrimp, tender chicken breast and mushrooms, sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with Guajillo sauce and Monterey Jack cheese). Desserts - housemade flan or fresh fruit tart.
$55.95Catering El Cholo's Ensenada Night Menu "C" All Inclusive
Appetizers: crab and beef taquitos, chicken chimichangas, nachos and cheese quesadillas. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees (all entrees are served with rice and beans): carne asada (marinated arrachera steak grilled to perfection. Served with guacamole and fresh grilled onions), plato de carnitas (crispy roasted pork served in their own juice and topped with red pickled sweet onions), Santa Barbara enchiladas (stuffed with succulent shrimp, tender chicken breast and mushrooms, sauteed in a garlic butter sauce with Guajillo sauce and Monterey Jack cheese). Desserts - housemade flan or fresh fruit tart.
$72.78Catering El Cholo's Selected Lunch Menu
All entrees are served with rice and beans. Grilled breast of chicken (served with sauteed julienne vegetables and black beans), green corn tamales (grandma Rosa's "Early Arizona Days" recipe! Fresh corn off the cob, corn masa, aged cheddar cheese and Ortega chile baked in its own husk), chile con carne (savory chunks of tender beef in a rich traditional chile sauce). Our green corn tamales you can substitute with pork tamales or tamales of the season. Coffee, tea or soft drink included.
$19.95Catering Appetizer Options (Archived)
Catering Option A: La Fiesta
Beef taquitos, chicken chimichangas, cheese quesadillas, nachos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$15.95 +Catering Option B: La Pachanga
Crabmeat taquitos, picadillo beef empanadas, spinach and cheese chimichangas, sonora nachos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Option C: La Feria
Chicken chimichangas, mini cheese enchiladas, beef, cheese stuffed potato mini balls, crabmeat taquitos, guacamole, sour cream and chips and salsa.
$19.95 +Catering Michoacan Menu (Archived)
Catering Michoacan Taco and Tostada Bar
Beef machaca, shredded breast of chicken, roasted carnitas, beef taquitos wrapped in blue corn tortilla. Accompanied with: black beans or refried beans, Spanish rice, crispy flour tortilla shells, corn and flour tortillas, shredded lettuce, aged cheddar cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, homemade chips and salsa.
$20.50Catering Lunch Menu (Archived)
Catering Southwest Salad Lunch #1
Choice of 4 oz. blackened salmon or 4 oz. chicken breast, romaine lettuce, black beans, feta cheese, tortilla strips, pico de gallo, avocado, dressing, chips and salsa. .
$13.95 +Catering Lunch #2
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), cheese enchilada or chicken enchilada, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #3
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chile con carne (chunks of beef in a mild chile red sauce), refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Chicken Chimichanga Lunch #4
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chicken chimichanga, sauteed chicken with pico de gallo wrapped in a crisp flour tortilla, guacamole, rice and beans.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #5
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), carnitas or grilled chicken, tortillas of your choice, beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #6
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), 2 grilled steak or chicken tacos, tortillas corn or flour, pico de gallo, avocado relish, red or green sauce, rice, beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #7
Taco or tostada shell salad. Create your own taco or tostada shell salad. Meats: chicken, beef machaca or pork. Filled with: lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, sauteed mushroom, cheddar cheese; rice and refried beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #8
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Hard shell tacos (2 tacos per person) with choice of 2 meats: shredded beef, roasted pork or chicken, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa. Add cheese enchiladas for an additional charge (1 enchilada per person).
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #9
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), chile verde (roasted pork in tomatillo cilantro green chile sauce). Tortillas of your choice, rice, refried beans, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #10
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Burrito dorado, red chili con carne or chili verde, rice, beans and cheese inside, guacamole and sour cream on the side, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Lunch #11
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice), Mexican spaghetti with grilled chicken breast (angel hair pasta with roasted poblano peppers, Guajillo sauce, sun-dried tomato and Parmesan cheese). Substitute shrimp for chicken for an additional charge.
$12.95 +Catering Enchilada Suiza Lunch #12
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Enchiladas suizas, chicken breast mixed with roasted yellow, red bell pepper with melted Monterey Jack cheese inside and on top covered with a light creamy suiza sauce, sour cream, refried beans, rice, chips and salsa.
$12.95 +Catering Fish Veracruzano Lunch #13
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Fish simmered in tomatoes, olives, peppers, capers, tortilla of your choice, rice, beans, chips and salsa.
$14.95 +Catering Steak Picado Lunch #14
Caesar salad or mix greens (dressing of your choice). Top sirloin steak, sauteed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and spices, black or refried beans, rice, tortilla of your choice, chips and salsa.
$15.95 +Catering Chipotle Seafood Enchiladas Lunch #15
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Salmon, scallops and shrimp topped with chipotle cream sauce and aged melted Monterey Jack cheese, roasted vegetables, black or refried beans, Spanish rice, avocado relish, chips and salsa.
$18.95 +Catering Lunch #16
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Shrimp and fish ceviche bar (2 kinds of ceviche). Ceviche mazatlan, raw shrimp marinated and cooked in fresh lime juice, mixed with cilantro, onions, tomatoes, green chile paper. Ceviche colima: raw fish, marinated and cooked in fresh lime juice, mixed with cilantro, onions, tomatoes, carrots. Homemade flat tostadas, avocado relish and habanero sauce.
$18.95 +Catering Lunch #17
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). Chicken enchiladas (1 per person). Steak or chicken fajitas. Refried or black beans, rice, tortilla of your choice. Condiments, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Lunch #18
Caesar salad or mix green salad (dressing of your choice). 2 shrimp and crab meat enchiladas, covered with green pesto cilantro sauce, melted aged Monterey Jack cheese inside and on top. Roasted vegetables or Spanish rice, refried beans or black beans, avocado relish, chips and salsa.
$17.95 +Catering Dinner Menu (Archived)
Catering Sonora Dinner Menu A
Appetizers: chimichangas stuffed with chicken and Monterey Jack cheese, machaca beef taquitos and chicken taquitos wrapped in red corn tortillas. Entrees: blue corn chicken enchiladas marinated breast of chicken wrapped in blue corn tortillas topped with tomatillo sauce or machaca beef tostada with crisp flour shell topped with black beans, fresh garden vegetables and mixed greens. Accompanied with: Spanish rice, black beans or refried beans, homemade chips and salsa.
$21.50Catering Puebla Dinner Menu
Choice of appetizers: chicken chimichangas, machaca beef taquitos and chicken taquitos wrapped in red corn tortillas or Monterey Jack and Cotija cheese quesadilla and cream cheese and confetti bell pepper quesadilla. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees: grilled chicken breast con mole poblano, plato de carnitas-marinated roasted pork and aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas. Accompanied with: mixed vegetables, flour and corn tortillas, Spanish rice, pico de gallo, black beans or refried beans, homemade chips and salsa.
$23.95Catering Fajita Combo
Caesar salad, chicken or beef fajitas, accompanied with: refried beans, Spanish rice, aged cheddar cheese, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, corn and flour tortillas, tri-color homemade chips and homemade salsa.
$20.95Catering Yucatan Dinner Menu
Appetizers: achiote chicken empanada filled with beans, marinated red onions, jalapenos and avocado, bean, chicken and spinach chimichangas. First course: Caesar salad. Entrees: chicken and rajas tamale-covered with tomatillo sauce, aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas, picadillo poblano chile rellenos with guajillo sauce, rolled chicken breast stuffed with spinach, Monterey Jack cheese, tomato-basil-jalapeno sauce. Accompanied with: mixed vegetables, flour and corn tortillas, Spanish rice and refried beans, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo, tri-color homemade chips and homemade salsa.
$31.95Catering Oaxaca Dinner Menu
Appetizers: bean and cheese gorditas, vegetable and cheese empanadas with an ancho chile sauce. First course: Ambiente salad. Entrees: breast of chicken with Oaxacan mole sauce, roasted poblano pepper stuffed with shrimp and Cotija cheese and steak fajitas marinated with onions, tomato and bell pepper.
$27.95Catering Mexico City Dinner Menu
Appetizers: ground beef and chorizo sopes topped with cabbage, salsa and Cotija cheese. Quesadilla con queso with roasted corn, mushrooms, Monterey Jack cheese and fresh herbs. Chicken and spinach chimichangas. First course: fresh Sonora garden salad with raspberry vinaigrette. Entrees: carne arrachera with salsa Quemada, aged cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese enchiladas. Grilled breast of chicken with pipian verde sauce. Shrimp fajitas sauteed with fresh mixed vegetables. Accompanied with: corn and flour tortillas, black or refried beans, Spanish rice, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, homemade chips and salsa.
$36.95