El Torero Mexican Restaurant
- Sonoran-style
- Family-owned since 1956
- Carne Seca
- Birria
Tue–Wed 11am–8pm, Thu–Sat 11am–9pm, Closed Sun–Mon
- 231 E 26th St, Tucson, AZ 85713
- 520-622-9534
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Menu — starters & tacos Menu — entrées & burros Menu — combos & enchiladas
Menu
Starters + Bar Food
↑ All sections- Chips & Salsa
Chips, salsa fresca & table salsa
$5.500 - Quesadilla Special
Four quesadillas & beans
$100 - Mushroom Quesadillas (4)
Sautéed shrooms, jack cheese, green onion, cilantro, guac, habanero sauce, tortilla bryan
$160 - Torero Wings (12)
Sweet chili & truff sauce glaze, cilantro, green onion, served with fries and crema
$180 - La Llorona Wings (12)
Chiltepin & habanero, jalapeños, cilantro, served with fries and crema
$180 - Mini Chicken Tomatillo Taquitos (10)
Mini taquitos, tomatillo sauce, sour crema, queso fresco, cilantro, pickled onion, lime
$140 - Chorizo, Green Chili & Shroom Queso Fundido
Chorizo, roasted green chili, shrooms, mornay, queso, guac, pickled onion, cilantro, chips
$180 - Bean Dip
Refried beans, cheddar, pickled jalapeños, roasted green chilies, sour cream, guacamole, diced tomato, cilantro, pickled onion, chips
$150 - Elote Dip
Elote, green chili, mornay, cheddar & jack cheese, guac, pickled onion, cilantro, queso fresco, chipotle mayo, chips
$120 - Queso Dip
House made queso, green chili, cilantro, guac, pickled onions, chips, limes
$140
Crisps
↑ All sections- Cheese Crisp
Cheddar cheese
$120 - Loca Crisp
Carne seca, green chile, guacamole, green onion
$300 - Chili Crisp
Cheddar cheese, roasted hatch
$17.000 - Calabacitas Crisp
Calabacitas, jack cheese, avocado, diced tomato, cilantro, house dressing
$200 - Carnitas Crisp
Beer braised carnitas, jack cheese, green onion, cilantro, avocado, queso fresco, crema
$220 - Spicy Cheese Crisp
Habanero, pickled jalapeños, house chili oil, green onion, green chili, chili dust, cilantro, cotija
$200
Ensaladas
↑ All sections- Roasted Elote Salad
Roasted corn and green chiles, avocado, arugula, queso fresco, pickled red onion, toasted pepitas, fried shallots, chipotle lemon dressing (can be made vegan). Add carne asada 8oz +$9, 5 grilled shrimp +$12, tofu +$5, grilled seabass $12, grilled chicken $9
$180 - Barrio Caesar Salad
Arugula, tomato, crouton crumbs, bacon, avocado, cotija, chipotle caesar dressing, crispy onions, cilantro
$180
Tacos
↑ All sections- Sonoran Carne Asada (2)
Diced ribeye, flour tortilla, salsa soya, cabbage, guacamole, pickled onion, cilantro, lime
$160 - Carnitas
Beer braised pork, iceberg lettuce, avocado, cilantro lime crema, queso fresco, corn torts
(1) $7 / (2) $140 - Carne Asada (2)
Grilled ribeye, griddled cheese tortilla bryan, guacamole, pickled jalapeño, salsa tatemada, cilantro, crispy shallots, queso fresco
$180 - Spicy Shrimp
Grilled shrimp, salsa soya, habanero, roasted green chile, jack cheese, guac, sour cream, crispy onion, cilantro, queso fresco, bryan flour tort
(1) $10 / (2) $180 - Blackened Mahi Mahi
Blackening spice, slaw, crema, salsa tatemada, avocado sauce, avocado, queso fresco, corn torts, limes
(1) $8 / (2) $160 - Cauliflower (1)
Fried cauliflower, sweet chili, roasted tatemada, avocado sauce, crema, avocado, slaw, cilantro, queso fresco, truff, lime, griddled cheese shell corn tort
$80 - Mesquite Grilled Sea Bass
Grilled, mesquite & lime rub, corn torts, shaved cabbage, elote, avocado, pickled onion, cilantro, lemon aioli, avocado sauce
(1) $8 / (2) $160 - Queso Birria Tacos
Brisket birria, adobo-barbacoa blend of spices, chile colorado, griddled cheese shell, corn torts, onion, cilantro, lime, consume
(1) $6 / (2) $12 / (3) $160 - Grilled Chicken
Grilled mesquite & lime rub, slaw, grilled green chili, avocado, lemon aioli, salsa soya, queso fresco, flour torts, limes
(1) $9 / (2) $180 - Gringa Tacos de Carne Asada (2)
Diced ribeye, guac, pickled onions, cilantro, salsa de habanero, over corn quesadillas, limes
$180
Classic Tacos
↑ All sections- Old School Patty Taco's
Deep fried beef patty, iceberg lettuce, queso cotija, taco sauce (fried to order). Soft (flour or corn), hard shell, or dorado (fried). Add rice & beans $4.00
(1) $5 / (2) $9 / (3) $140 - Carne con Chile
Crunchy shell or soft taco; seasoning, iceberg lettuce, cheddar cheese, taco sauce (not GF)
(1) $6 / (2) $120 - Carne de Chile Verde
Crunchy shell or soft taco (GF)
(1) $7 / (2) $120 - Ground Beef
No dorado (GF)
(1) $5 / (2) $90 - Carne Seca
Crunchy shell or soft taco
(1) $9 / (2) $160 - Grilled Chicken
Crunchy shell or soft taco
(1) $7 / (2) $140
Entrées
↑ All sections- 1 X 1
One patty taco, one cheese enchilada, beans (may sub for flat enchiladas)
$150 - 2 X 2
Two patty tacos, two cheese enchiladas (may sub for flat enchiladas). Add beans & rice +$4
$19.250 - Culichi Mac & Cheese
Roasted poblano cream sauce, monterey jack, elote, bacon, green chilies, cotija, cilantro, noodles, crispy onion, bread crumbs
$200 - La Bandera
Chile con carne enchilada, carne verde enchilada, sour cream enchilada, roasted green chile, beans with cheese, chips
$220 - El Hank
Diced ribeye cooked in salsa ranchera, beans, green corn tamale, tortilla
$280 - Plato Culichi
Roasted poblano cream sauce, calabacitas, rice, sour cream, tortilla, greens, pickled onion, elote. Shrimp (7) $26 / Sea Bass $28
$260 - Flautas de Carnitas Ahogada (2)
Carnitas, melted jack cheese, tomatillo, salsa soya, cabbage, queso fresco, sour cream, avocado, ranchero beans
$180 - El Jefe Sensibar
Chile relleno omelette style, chile con carne, beans, sour cream, flour tortilla, fuel for the roads traveled
$220 - Heidi's Pollo Milanesa
Brined & breaded fried chicken breast, arugula-avo & cucumber salad, lemon dressing, lemon aioli, cotija
$240 - Carnitas Tamale Pie
Braised carnitas, two green corns, mornay sauce, truff, green chiles, jack & cheddar cheese, cotija, crispy onions, cilantro, queso fresco
$280 - Veggie Tamale Pie
Calabacitas, two green corns, black beans, mornay sauce, jack & cheddar cheese, spanish olive, truff hot sauce, green onion, cotija, crispy onions, cilantro
$240
Combination Plates
↑ All sections- Carne Seca
Beans, rice, guac, salsa, flour tortilla or corn, lettuce
$320 - Carne con Chile (Red)$260
- Carne de Chile Verde$260
- Calabacitas & Green Corn Plate$240
- Chorizo con Huevo y Papas$200
- Grilled Sea Bass in Butter (8oz)$260
- Grilled Shrimp Mojo de Ajo (9)$250
Burros + Chimis
↑ All sections- Bean and Cheese
Chimi style +$.50 / Enchilada style +$5 / Xmas style $5 / Melted cheese on top +$3 / The works (inside only): beans, rice, cheese, salsa, sour cream $6
$80 - Black Bean, Avocado (Toasted)$100
- Grilled Mesquite & Lime Chicken$120
- Carnitas$120
- Chile con Carne (Red)$140
- Carne de Chile Verde$140
- Carne Seca$190
- Carne Asada$120
- Ground Beef$100
- Ranchero Bean, Cheese, Pickled Jalapeño$100
- Chorizo con Huevo, Crispy Papa, Cheddar$140
Fully Loaded Burros
↑ All sections- The Cali Burro
Ribeye, crispy potato, guac, salsa soya, sour cream, cheese, chip-mayo
$200 - The Danny Martin Burro
Carne con chile - green chili beef, beans, xmas style, avocado, 3 sauces, fresco, cilantro
$200 - Toasted Carnitas Burro
Carnitas, grilled relleno, ranchero beans, avocado, salsa soya, habanero sauce
$220 - Toasted Hash Brown Burro
Hash browns, bacon, egg relleno, chipotle mayo, avocado, toasted
$180
Sopas
↑ All sections- Albondigas & Rice
All soups come with tortilla, limes, cilantro, green onion, lettuce. Add Quesadillas (2) $5, Add Avocado $4
$180 - Albondigas, Rice, Papa, Calabacitas$220
- Caldo de Queso$140
- Grilled Chicken, Tortilla, Avo, Cheddar$180
- Carne de Chile Verde con Papa$150
- Tortilla & Avocado & Cheddar$140
- Calabacita, Jack & Avocado$160
- Grilled Chicken & Rice$170
Quesadillas
↑ All sections- Carne Asada
Flour tortilla or corn, salsa, guac, habanero sauce
$180 - Grilled Chicken$160
- Cheese & Green Chilies$140
- Carne de Chile Verde$180
- Ground Beef$140
- Carnitas & Green Chilies$160
Combos
↑ All sections- No. 1
One patty taco, lettuce, cotia, taco sauce, rice & beans, flour tortilla, green corn tamale. Sub red chile, tomatillo or mornay sauce for any enchiladas
$120 - No. 2
Cheese enchilada, green corn tamale, rice & beans, flour tortilla
$120 - No. 3
Cheese enchilada, bean tostada, ground beef taco, green corn tamale
$220 - No. 4 Relleno
Cheddar, green chili, egg omelette, tomato sauce, beans, rice, flour tortilla, avocado
$180 - No. 5
Green corn with melted cheese, ranchero beans, guacamole tostada
$160 - No. 6
Chile con carne, side of calabacitas, guacamole tostada, flour tortilla
$240 - No. 7
Three enchiladas (flat or cheese) & beans (Sonoran style or regular). Add chile con carne $4
$180 - No. 8
Green corn tamale with melted cheese, beans, red chile tostada
$190 - No. 9
Three patty tacos, lettuce, cotija, taco sauce, rice & beans
$180
Enchiladas
↑ All sections- Chicken
Mornay sauce, tomatillo, mole or red chile; all enchies topped with cheese, onion, lettuce. Add beans & rice $4
(1) $7 / (2) $140 - Ground Beef(1) $7 / (2) $120
- Cheese(1) $6 / (2) $120
- Carne Seca(1) $8 / (2) $160
- Carne de Chile Verde(1) $8 / (2) $160
- Carnitas(1) $7 / (2) $140
- Spinach & Green Chili(1) $7 / (2) $140
- Flat Enchi(1) $6 / (2) $120
- Black Bean(1) $6 / (2) $120
- Mushroom & Potato Enchi Plate (2)
Mornay sauce, beans, calabacitas
$180
Salsas & Sides
↑ All sections- Salsa Fresca$30
- Table Salsa$20
- Chips$30
- Habanero Salsa$30
- Black Beans$40
- Refried Beans$40
- Spanish Rice$40
- Avocado Slices$40
- Guacamole (8oz)$70
- Ranchero Beans$4.500
- Roasted Tomatillo Sauce$60
- Quesadilla$2.500
- Calabacitas con Queso$80
- Mornay Sauce$60
- Red Chili Sauce$60
- Corn Tortillas (5)$30
- Flour Tortilla$20
- Vegan Red Sauce$40
- Crispy Fries$70
- Avocado Sauce$30
- Green Corn Tamale$70
- Red Chile Beef Tamale$70
- Chile Relleno$80
- Pickled Onions$20
- Roasted Jalapenos$20
- Fried Potato Wedges$60
Kid's Menu
↑ All sections- Quesadilla & Beans$40
- Chicken Tenders with Fries$90
- Mini Bean & Cheese Burritos$80
- Butter & Tortilla$20
- Fries$50
- Chicken Taquitos & Beans (6)$80
- Mac N Cheese$90
- Ice Cream$40
- Cinnamon & Sugar Churro$1.500
- Lucia's Tamale Plate
Green corn, beans, rice, cheese, avocado, ground beef
$120
Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.
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How these dishes compare
- Quesadillastypically $8.99 across 304 menus
- Burritostypically $10.97 across 290 menus
- Carne asadatypically $13.76 across 266 menus
- Flautas & taquitostypically $11.80 across 198 menus
- Carnitastypically $12.99 across 190 menus
- Chorizotypically $9.85 across 190 menus
- Chile rellenotypically $13 across 172 menus
- Birriatypically $14 across 163 menus