El Cardenal
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House Specialties
Arroz Con Pollo
A bed of rice topped with grilled chicken, cheese dip and a side of corn or flour tortillas, sour cream, lettuce and tomato.
Texas Platter
Steak, chicken, shrimp and mushrooms. Served over rice and topped with cheese dip.
Pollo Fundido
Two deep-fried chicken burritos topped with cheese dip, sour cream and a side of rice.
Arroz Con Carne
A bed of rice topped with grilled steak and cheese dip.Serve with corn or flour tortilla, sour creamLettuce and tomatoes.
Flautas
Four deep-fried tortillas, two shredded chicken and two shredded beef. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Carnitas
Our famous marinated pork chunks deep-fried until crispy on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. Served with guacamole salad, tortillas, rice and beans.
Molcajete
This dish not only looks authentic, because of the stone bowl it comes in, but also tastes authentic. Its loaded with a rib-eye fillet, chicken breast, shrimp and chorizo. Garnished with two nopales (cactus) and queso fresco.
Chilaquiles Verdes O Rojos
A dish of fried tortilla topped with spicy green or red sauce and cheese. Your choice of chicken or steak. Served with beans, pico de gallo, sour cream and onions.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast and chorizo covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and cheese).
Chile Colorado
Steak strips cooked with hot red sauce, served with rice, beans and guacamole salad. Served with a side of tortillas.
Cóctel De Camarón
Delicious shrimp boiled with spices served in our special tomato sauce with pico de gallo, avocado and crackers on the side.
Mexican Pizza
Your choice of grilled chicken, steak or chorizo and cheese stuffed into two flat crisp tortillas, served with sour cream, pico de gallo and cheese dip on top.
Camarones A La Diabla
Delicious, juicy shrimp cooked with red hot sauce and served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado slices and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
Grilled t-bone steak topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad and a side of warm flour or corn tortillas.
Carne Asada
Tender steak cooked with grilled onions and served with rice, beans, lettuce, avocado slices and choice of corn or flour tortillas. / Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or egg may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Especially if you have certain medical conditions
T-bone & Shrimp
At-bone and five shrimp served with fries, lettuce and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and cheese). / Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or egg may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Especially if you have certain medical conditions
Tilapia & Shrimp
A 7-oz. tilapia fillet with six shrimp served with rice and vegetable (carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini and squash).
Arroz Con Camarón
A bed of rice topped with grilled shrimp and cheese dip.Served with corn or flour tortilla, sour cream ,lettuce and tomatoes
Pollo Sabroso
Grilled chicken breast topped with seasoned bell peppers, onions and tomatoes covered with cheese dip served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and rice.
Acapulco
One flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken or pork, sautéed onions and cheese dip. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo and a side of beans or rice.
New Mar Y Tierra
Grilled chicken breast, steak & five grilled shrimp. Served with rice,beans and flour tortilla or corn tortilla.
Pollo Asado
A delicious grilled chicken breast served with guacamole salad, side of rice and beans and corn or flour tortillas.
Cancun
Chicken strips cooked with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers in our special sauce served with rice and guacamole salad.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Juicy shrimp cooked with garlic butter. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and avocado slices.
Steak A La Mexicana
Steak a la mexicana* t-bone steak cut into pieces cooked with jalapeños, tomatoes and onions. Served with beans, rice and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. / Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or egg may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Especially if you have certain medical conditions
Tasty Tacos
3 Tacos De Asada
Steak.
3 Tacos Al Pastor
Fried pork.
3 Tacos De Pollo Asado
Chicken.
3 Tacos Carnitas
Marinated pork
3 Tacos De Camaron
Shrimp tacos served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado slices and flour tortillas.
3 Tacos De Pescado
Fish tacos served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, avocado slices and flour tortillas.
3 Tacos De Chorizo
Mexican sausage.
Lengua (tongue)
delicious Dips
Cheese Dip
Creamy cheese blend. Options: small or large.
Chips & Salsa
First basket of chips and salsa, free with meal.
Choriqueso Dip
Choriqueso dip: Melted cheese blend, spicy chorizo, available in small or large.
Guacamole Dip
Freshly mashed avocado, cilantro, lime, onion, tomato. Available in small or large sizes.
Bean Dip
Cheese With Beef
Cheese dip with seasoned beef. Available in small or large sizes.
Queso Fundido
Melted mozzarella cheese with chorizo. Served with corn or flour tortillas.
Chimichangas
Classic Chimichanga
Two deep-fried tortillas or soft with your choice of ground beef, shredded beef or chicken topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole.
Grilled Chimichanga
Two flour tortillas deep-fried or soft filled with grilled chicken or steak smothered with cheese sauce with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole.
Seafood Chimichanga
A 12" flour tortilla stuffed with scallops, crab meat and shrimp. Your choice of deep fried or soft covered with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
Texas Chimichanga
A 12" flour tortilla stuffed with steak, grilled chicken and shrimp topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
Fajita Chimichanga
A 12" flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, peppers, tomatoes and onions smothered with cheese dip. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and cheese).
Carnitas Chimichangas
A 12" flour tortilla filled with chunks of deep-fried pork and topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and tomato.
Chimichanga Camarón
A 12" flour tortilla deep-fried, filled with shrimp and topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Best in Town! Nachos
Nachos Supreme
A bed of crispy tortilla chip topped with beans, ground beef and chicken. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños.
Nachos Fajita
Sizzling steak or chicken sautéed with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes served over crispy tortilla chips with cheese sauce.
Chicken Or Beef Nachos
Shredded chicken or ground beef on a bed of crispy chips and topped with cheese.
Nachos El Cardenal
A bed of homemade tortilla chips topped with shredded chicken and shrimp. Smothered with cheese sauce and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and onions.
Cheese Nachos
Homemade crispy chips topped with our special cheese sauce.
Pork Nachos
Crispy tortilla chips topped with shredded pork and cheese sauce.
Nachos Fajita Camaron
Sautéed shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes over crispy tortilla chips and topped with cheese sauce.
Bean & Meat Nachos
Seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken over crispy chips covered with beans and cheese.
Texas Nachos
A bed of crispy chips topped with steak, chicken, shrimp and cooked with vegetables, smothered with cheese.
Bean Nachos
A bed of crispy tortilla chips topped with bean and cheese.
Beverages
Horchata
No refills.
Soft Drinks
Selection of sodas including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and more. Choices include citrus options like Lemonade and Sierra Mist, and Crush Orange.
Jarritos
Mexican soda available in flavors including tamarind, citrus, tropical fruits, and berry.
Milk
Coffee
Orange Juice
Jamaica Water
Sweet Or Unsweetened Tea
Mexican tea, available sweetened or unsweetened.
Burritos
Burrito Loco
A big burrito stuffed with grilled chicken, steak and beans inside, smothered with cheese sauce and topped with chorizo, four shrimp and chunks of cooked pineapple.
Burrito Fajita
A big burrito stuffed with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, peppers, tomatoes and onions topped with red sauce. Served with rice, salad (lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream).
Burrito Carne Asada
A burrito filled with steak, onions, and beans inside. Smothered with cheese and green sauce. Served with rice, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Burrito Especiales
Two burritos, one ground beef, one shredded chicken with beans inside. Topped with shredded cheese, red sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Burrito Pastor
A burrito stuffed with marinated pork. Topped with cheese dip, green sauce, cilantro and onions. Served with rice.
Burrito Carnitas
Two burritos filled with carnitas and topped with red ranchero sauce, cheese dip and pico de gallo. Served with rice or beans.
Burrito California
Burrito California rolled flour tortilla filled with choice of meat, black beans, lettuce, avocado, shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro and tomato.
Burrito Texano
A burrito filled with steak, chicken and shrimp topped with red sauce served with rice, lettuce, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Seafood Burrito
Burrito filled with scallops, shrimp, crab meat and smothered with cheese dip. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole).
The Extras
Rice & Beans
Rice
Beans
French Fries
Sour Cream
Tortillas (3)
Tomatillo Sauce
Tossed Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, bell pepper and onion.
Pico De Gallo
Avocado
Salsa Verde
Shredded Cheese
Jalapeños
Lettuce
Diced Tomatoes
Chopped Onions
Chiles Toreado
Cebollas Cambray (cambray Onions)
Nopales (cactus)
Guacamole Salad
Crema Salad
Fresh Salads
Super Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with beans, steak, grilled chicken, shrimp and sautéed fajita vegetables, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Homemade Soup Chicken Soup
Chicken, rice, avocado, pico de gallo, tortilla chips and cheese.
Taco Salad
Crispy tortilla bowl with beans and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken over lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes and cheese.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Sautéed shrimp on a bed of lettuce with avocado slices, tomatoes, fresh onions and shredded cheese.
Fajita Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with beans on the bottom and your choice of grilled chicken or steak cooked with fajita vegetables. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Grilled Avocado Salad
Grilled chicken over a bed of lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, avocado slices, strips of fresh onions and shredded cheese.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Verdes
Three grilled chicken enchiladas with cheese dip, green sauce and sour cream on top. Served with rice.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
Three shredded chicken enchiladas with shredded cheese and enchiladas sauce on top served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
Enchiladas Speciales
Five enchiladas: one ground beef, one shredded beef, one shredded chicken, one cheese and one bean. Covered with enchilada sauce and cheese, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Enchiladas Seafood
Three corn tortillas stuffed with fresh crab meat, shrimp and scallops. Covered with cheese sauce and served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole and rice.
Enchiladas De Oro
Three chicken fried enchiladas covered with sour cream and shredded cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole and jalapeños.
Enchiladas De Camarón
Three tortillas stuffed with shrimp and smothered with cheese dip. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Veggie Enchiladas
Three corn tortilla filled with sautéed mushrooms, spinach, bell peppers and onions. Covered with cheese and enchilada sauce with rice.
Sizzling Fajitas
Texas Fajitas
Tender marinated steak, grilled chicken, chorizo and shrimp.
Steak Or Chicken Fajitas
Tender slices of marinated steak or grilled chicken.
Fajitas Mix
Tender slices of marinated chicken and steak.
Hawaiian Fajitas
Grilled chicken, ham, pineapple and mozzarella cheese.
Parrillada
Grilled chicken, tender slices of marinated steak, chorizo, shrimp and carnitas.
Fajita Del Mar
Grilled tilapia, shrimp, scallops and crab meat.
Veggie Fajitas
Grilled mixed vegetables including carrots, zucchini, squash, cauliflower, broccoli and mushrooms.
Fajitas De Camarón
Grilled shrimp.
Little Niños
10. Arroz Con Pollo
A bed of rice topped with grilled chicken, cheese dip.
4. Taco, Rice & Beans
Taco paired with rice and beans. Selection of sodas including Pepsi variants, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, tropical, lemonade, and Crush Orange.
7. Mac & Cheese, Fries Or Rice
Macaroni and cheese, choice of fries or rice. Variety of soda options including citrus, cola, and diet variations.
8. Quesadilla & Fries Or Rice
Quesadilla served with choice of fries or rice. Includes selection from a variety of sodas including citrus, cola, and fruit flavors.
9. Burrito, Rice & Beans
Burrito served with rice & beans. Includes choice of soda: Pepsi varieties, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, tropical, lemonade, or Crush Orange.
1. Burrito & Taco
Burrito with choice of soda: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew varieties, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, Tropical, Lemonade, Crush Orange.
5. Chicken Nuggets & Fries
Chicken nuggets and fries served with a choice of soda including cola, diet options, citrus & tropical flavors.
6. Cheeseburger & Fries
Kids' cheeseburger paired with fries. Choice of soda includes Pepsi variants, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, tropical, lemonade, or Crush Orange.
2. Taco & Enchilada
Kids' menu choice of taco and enchilada served with a selection of soda, including Pepsi varieties, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, Tropical, Lemonade, and Crush Orange.
3. Enchilada, Rice & Beans
Enchilada paired with rice and beans. Choice of soda includes Pepsi variants, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, Tropical, Lemonade, and Crush Orange.
Hot Dog And Fris
Hot dog served with fries. Choice of soda includes Pepsi variants, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Sierra Mist, tropical, lemonade, or Crush Orange.
A La Carte
Quesadillas
Quesadillas with varied fillings including cheese, chicken, beef, grilled steak, shrimp, chorizo, mushrooms, or a vegetarian mix with green peppers, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms.
Enchiladas
Corn tortillas filled, choice of cheese, chicken, beef, bean, seafood, shrimp, grilled steak, grilled chicken, or vegetarian with green peppers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms. Options in single or trio servings.
Burritos
Burritos with choice of beef, chicken, bean, grilled steak, or grilled chicken mixed with beans in some options.
Burrito Nacho Cheese
Chicken or beef.
Mexican Style
Cilantro & onions.
Fried Burrito
Chicken or beef.
Tamal
Topped with red sauce, cheese dip and ground beef
Tostada
Our chicken is cooked with tomatoes, bell peppers and onions.Shredded chicken ,shredded beef or ground beef.
Lunch Menu
Lunch Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken covered with cheese sauce over a side of rice. Served with salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream) and tortillas.
Lunch Fajita
Tender slices of marinated steak or grilled chicken cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with rice or bean and a side of fajita salad and corn or flour tortillas.
Lunch Chimichanga
One deep-fried or soft tortilla with your choice of shredded beef, chicken or ground beef topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole.
Lunch Arroz Con Carne
Grilled steak covered with cheese sauce over a side of rice. Served with salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream) and tortillas.
Speedy Gonzales
One taco, one enchilada with rice or beans.
Lunch Pollo Fundido
One shredded chicken deep-fried burrito covered with cheese dip and sour cream. Served with rice.
Lunch #5
One burrito and one taco with rice.
Lunch Taco Salad
A fried taco shell stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, shredded cheese, guacamole and beans. Topped with ground beef or shredded chicken.
Lunch #2
One beef burrito with rice and beans.
Lunch #3
One enchilada served with rice & beans.
Lunch #4
One taco, one chile poblano, rice and beans.
Lunch #6
One enchilada, one chalupa, rice & beans.
Lunch #7
One chile poblano, one chalupa with rice and beans.
Lunch #8
One tamal, one burrito & rice or beans.
Lunch #9
One burrito, one enchilada and rice or beans.
Lunch #10
One chalupa, one enchilada and a cheese quesadilla.
Lunch #11
One poblano pepper stuffed with cheese, served with rice, beans and choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Lunch Quesadilla
Flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, shredded beef, shredded chicken or ground beef. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Burrito Carnitas
A flour tortilla filled with chunks of deep-fried pork, topped with cheese and red sauce and pico de gallo, served with rice or beans.
Enchiladas Especiales
Four enchiladas: one shredded beef, one chicken, one ground beef and one cheese covered in red sauce with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Burrito Especial
A stuffed tortilla with shredded chicken or ground beef and beans covered with red sauce, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Huevos Rancheros
Two farm fresh eggs* drizzled with ranchero sauce and served with rice, beans and tortillas. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or egg may increase your risk of foodborne illness. Especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Huevos Chorizo
A flavorful dish of two eggs scrambled with chorizo and plated with rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos A La Mexicana
Two farm fresh eggs, scrambled with tomatoes, onions and jalapeños. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Lunch Texas Fajitas
Tender slices of marinated steak, grilled chicken, shrimp and chorizo cooked with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with rice or bean and a side of Fajita salad and corn or flour tortillas.
Lunch #1
One taco, one chile poblano, guacamole salad and beans.
Quesadillas
Fajita Quesadilla
A 10" flour tortilla with your choice of chicken or steak with bell peppers, tomatoes and onions. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream).
Grilled Quesadilla
An 8" flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of grilled chicken or steak. Served with rice or beans and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream).
Quesadilla Texana
A 10" flour tortilla stuffed with chicken, steak, shrimp and our traditional vegetables. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream).
Quesadilla El Cardenal
A 10" flour tortilla stuffed grilled chicken and chorizo. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream).
Quesadilla Rellena
An 8" flour tortilla stuffed with shredded chicken or ground beef. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, rice and beans.
Seafood Quesadilla
A 10" flour tortilla stuffed with crab meat, scallops, shrimp, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes. Served with salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream) and rice.
Veggie Quesadilla
A 10" flour tortilla stuffed with sautéed zucchini, squash, cauliflower, mushrooms, broccoli, carrots and onions. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream).
Quesadilla Fajita Camarón
A 10" flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and vegetables. Served with rice and salad (lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream).
Desserts
Churros
Crispy fried sticks of sweet dough, bursting with caramel flavor, dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Fried Ice Cream
Cool and creamy inside, crispy outside.
Sopapilla & Ice Cream
A classic dessert of fried flour tortillas drizzled with honey and butter, then sprinkled with cinnamon.
Banana Chimi
A fried banana topped with ice cream and smothered with chocolate syrup. Crowned with whipped cream.
Cheesecake Chimi
A fried chimichanga with cheesecake inside with sugar, cinnamon, whipped cream, chocolate and sprinkled.
Flan
An authentic Mexican dessert made fresh in our kitchen daily.
Combinations
Choose One Item
Select one dish paired with a choice of protein: burrito, taco, chalupa, enchilada, tostada, or tamal. Options include shredded chicken, beef, or ground beef.
Choose Three Items
Customizable Mexican combo: Select any three items - burrito, taco, chalupa, enchilada, tostada, or tamal. Choose your protein - shredded chicken, shredded beef, or ground beef.
Choose Two Items
Select two from burrito, taco, chalupa, enchilada, tostada, tamal; options include shredded chicken, beef, or ground beef.
One Chile Poblano
Two Chile Poblanos
Vegetarian
3.. One Bean Burrito, One Cheese Quesadilla & One Chalupa
1.. One Bean Burrito, One Cheese Enchilada & Bean Tostada
Vegetarian.
4.. One Vegetarian Quesadilla, Rice & Beans.
Mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and peppers stuffed inside a tortilla.