The menu · Dish by dish · Hell's Kitchen

What's on our menu, dish by dish

What birria is, why fajitas are named after a belt, who put a margarita in a soft-serve machine. Each dish here gets its own page, with the price and the description from our menu today.

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Today's prices

Dinner

Botanas$13 to $38 Tacos$19 to $22 Entrées$25 to $35 Clásicos$18 to $38 Side dishes$6 to $10

Brunch

Brunch botanas$16 to $38 Brunch mains$22 to $33 Brunch tacos$19 to $22 Brunch sides$6 to $10

Drinks

Margaritas & mezcal-ritas$18 to $25 Showpieces$25 to $39 Cocktails$18 Beer, micheladas & sangría$8 to $17 Zero proof$6 to $13

Dessert

Dessert$11 to $45

Dinner

Tuesday to Sunday from 5pm

Botanas

Viva GuacamoleThe Nahuatl avocado sauce, with pepitas for crunch.$16 Trío de GuacamoleThree bowls: classic, fruit and smoke.$38 Flautas de TingaRolled, fried and filled with Puebla's smoky stew.$18 Costillitas de EloteCorn cut in strips, fried until it curls like ribs.$13 Queso FundidoMelted cheese from northern Mexico. Scoop it fast.$18

Tacos

Three corn tortilla tacos per order, with creamy zucchini sauce, chile de árbol sauce, onion, cilantro & lime. Flour tortillas +2

BirriaJalisco's goat stew, now a beef taco with a dip.$22 Al PastorLebanese shawarma turned Mexican: pork, achiote, pineapple.$21 Carne AsadaSonora's cookout, in a tortilla.$20 CarnitasMichoacán's slow pork, soft inside and crisp outside.$19 Taco VegetarianoBlack beans and roasted vegetables that change with the season.$19

House salsas

Habanero-pineapple
Salsa de árbol
Tamarindo morita
Salsa verde

Brunch

Saturday and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm

Brunch botanas

Saturday & Sunday, 12pm – 4pm. Bottomless mimosas & sangrias, $25 per person, with a live DJ.

Viva GuacamoleThe Nahuatl avocado sauce, with pepitas for crunch.$16 Trío de GuacamoleThree bowls: classic, fruit and smoke.$38 NachosNamed for Ignacio Anaya, across the border from Texas.$18 Queso FundidoMelted cheese from northern Mexico. Scoop it fast.$18 Cantina Picadera para DosA Dominican-style platter: pork belly, tostones, yuca.$36 Flautas de TingaRolled, fried and filled with Puebla's smoky stew.$18 SopesThick corn with a pinched edge to hold everything in.$16 QuesadillaA folded corn tortilla, and a Mexico City argument.$17 Caesar Kale SaladA Tijuana invention, made with sturdier greens.$18 Patacón con BirriaTwice-fried green plantain under Jalisco's stewed beef.$19

Brunch mains

Fajitas con Arrachera & HuevoSkirt steak and poached eggs, built into a flour tortilla.$33 Huevos con ChorizoFresh Mexican chorizo fried right into the eggs.$22 Crispy French ToastA Roman idea, here on tres leches brioche.$24 Breakfast BurritoA 1970s New Mexico menu item, with tater tots inside.$23 Wellington BenedictNew York's brunch classic, with skirt steak and chipotle.$23 ChilaquilesStale tortillas simmered in salsa, eggs on top.$22 Red Velvet Chicken & WafflesHarlem's supper-club dish with a Froot Loops waffle.$25

Brunch tacos

Three corn tortilla tacos per order, with creamy zucchini sauce, chile de árbol sauce, onion, cilantro & lime. Flour tortillas +2

Brunch sides

Mexican Street CornElote: corn on the cob with mayo, cheese and chile.$10 Arroz con FrijolesTomato rice, black beans and a crumble of fresh cheese.$8 MadurosVery ripe plantains, fried until the sugar darkens.$9 ChicharrónFried pork from Spain, a snack and a filling in Mexico.$10 TotoposZapotec baked corn discs, and today's word for chips.$7

Drinks

Margaritas & mezcal-ritas

Vozul MargaritaTequila, lime and agave, with no orange liqueur in the way.$18 Frozen MargaritaA 1971 Dallas hack that ended up in the Smithsonian.$18 El JefeJefe means boss: a margarita on barrel-aged añejo.$25 Frozen Pineapple Mezcal MargaritaPit-roasted smoke next to sweet pineapple, frozen.$18 Spicy MangoHabanero mezcal with mango to make it drinkable.$18 La BichotaTequila with watermelon, strawberry and elderflower.$18 Skinny MargaritaLess sugar, no fixed recipe, grapefruit on ours.$18 Habanero MargaritaChile-infused tequila, many times hotter than jalapeño.$18 Jalapeño MargaritaMezcal and jalapeño salt, so the heat stays on the outside.$18 Pomegranate MargaritaThe fruit of chiles en nogada, tart in a tequila sour.$18 Mezcal SmashAn old American drink family, redone with smoke and mint.$18 El BesitoClose to a mezcal mule, with passion fruit.$18 La Mula (Moscow Mule)A 1941 American sales idea, with passion fruit on ours.$18

Showpieces

Vozul Skull MargaritaA plain margarita in a skull mug you keep.$39 Piña LocaA piña colada served in the whole fruit.$39 Coco Loco MojitoMojito meets beach coconut, and it turns creamy.$25

Cocktails

Piña ColadaPuerto Rico's official drink since 1978.$18 La DamaStrawberry and pineapple with a smoked chile underneath.$18 Lychee MartiniA sweet, floral 1990s New York classic.$18 Zamora Espresso-o MartiniLondon's 1980s pick-me-up, with Baileys and Licor 43.$18

Beer, micheladas & sangría

CervezasGerman and Austrian brewers built this list.$8 Michelada CantinaBeer with lime, salt and salsa, and a disputed name.$10 Chelada HKThe plain version: beer, lime and salt.$10 SangríaWine and fruit, with a protected name in Europe.$17 Wine by the glassWhich grape to order with which plate.$13

Zero proof

Virgin Piña ColadaCoconut and pineapple with no rum.$13 Virgin MojitoLime, mint and soda, with the mint up front.$11 Phony NegronisA mezcal one and an espresso one, on the zero-proof list.$12 Agua Fresca de PiñaMexico's street-stall drink, made with pineapple.$8 Corona Non Alcoholic · Heineken Alcohol FreeBrewed as beer, then the alcohol comes out.$8

Dessert

Skull Lava CakeA chocolate lava cake shaped like a skull.$12 Pastel de Tres LechesSponge cake soaked in three milks, and an open dispute.$12 MangonadaFrozen mango with chamoy, sweet and sour and hot at once.$11 Mexican ChurrosFried dough from Iberia that Mexico made its own.$13 Mexican Chocolate CheesecakeNew York's cream cheese meets Oaxaca's kind of chocolate.$13 Birthday Piñata SundaeTwo old stories in one dessert.$45

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Questions about the menu

What Mexican dishes do you serve?

Dinner includes Viva Guacamole, Trío de Guacamole, Flautas de Tinga, Costillitas de Elote, Queso Fundido, Birria, Al Pastor and Carne Asada. There are 72 dishes and drinks explained on this page, and the full menu has the same prices in one place.

What Mexican drinks do you have?

The drinks menu has these sections: Margaritas & mezcal-ritas, Showpieces, Cocktails, Beer, micheladas & sangría and Zero proof. Most of them have their own page here.

Is the brunch menu different from dinner?

Partly. Brunch has its own mains and sides, and some dishes are on both menus. Brunch runs Saturday and Sunday, 12pm to 4pm. Bottomless brunch.

Do you have drinks with no alcohol?

Yes. The drinks menu has its own zero-proof section, and most of those drinks have a page here. Brunch without the alcohol.

When can I come?

Our hours: Tuesday to Thursday 5pm to 11pm (last reservation 10pm), Friday 5pm to 3am, Saturday 12pm to 3am and Sunday 12pm to 9:30pm. Closed Mondays. We're at 605 W 48th St in Hell's Kitchen. Book a table.