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El Tejate Restaurant

205 W Mission Ave,Ste R, Escondido, CA
Pickup Only
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Featured Items

  • Tlayuda Mixta

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
    $25.99
  • Botana de Memelitas

    Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
    $12.99
  • Tlayuda Cecina

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
    $22.99

Food

Tlayudas

  • Tlayuda Tasajo

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.
    $22.99
  • Tlayuda Cecina

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
    $22.99
  • Tlayuda Chorizo

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
    $22.99
  • Tlayuda Mixta

    Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
    $25.99
  • Tlayuda mole

    $22.99
  • Tlayuda Quesillo

    $20.99

Cortes de Carne

  • Cecina Especial

    Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
    $22.99
  • Tasajo Especial

    Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
    $22.99
  • Chorizo Especial

    House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
    $22.99
  • Tasajo a la mexicana

    Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
    $22.99
  • Tasajo con hongos

    Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
    $22.99
  • Moronga especial

    $22.99

Tortas

  • Torta Oaxaqueña

    Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
    $17.99
  • Torta Quesillo

    $16.99

Parilladas

  • Parillada regular

    Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
    $64.99
  • Parillada Familiar

    Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
    $95.99
  • 1/2 order botanas

    1/2 order of appetizers
    $32.99
  • 1/2 order carnes

    1/2 order of meats
    $34.99

Especialidades exóticas

  • Botana de Chapulines

    Grasshopper snack
    $19.99
  • Botana de Gusanos

    Agave worm snack
    $20.99

Especialidades de la casa

  • Chile relleno

    Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas
    $23.99
  • Mole negro

    Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
    $22.99
  • Mole rojo

    Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
    $22.99
  • Salsa de Chicharron

    $21.99
  • Salsa De Chorizo

    $21.99
  • Mole de Olla Amarillo

    $22.99

Tamales

  • Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano

    Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
    $6.99
  • Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano

    Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
    $6.99

Enchiladas

  • Enchiladas

    Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
    $22.99

Botanas

  • Botana de Quesadillas

    deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado
    $13.99
  • Botana de Molotes

    Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado
    $13.99
  • Botana de Memelitas

    Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
    $12.99

Empanadas

  • Empanada de quesillo

    Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo
    $15.99
  • Empanada de mole

    Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole
    $18.99
  • Empanada de flor de calabaza

    Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom
    $18.99
  • Empanada de Huitlacoche

    Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom
    $18.99
  • Empanada de Champińones

    Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños
    $18.99

Tacos

  • Tacos de Chapulines

    Grasshopper taco
    $8.99
  • Tacos

    Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
    $6.99
  • Taco mixteco

    $7.99

Burritos

  • Burritos

    Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo
    $14.99
  • Burrito de pollo

    Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce
    $13.99
  • Burrito Mixteco

    Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo
    $16.99
  • Burrito de Mole

    Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice
    $16.99
  • Burrito de Camarones

    $18.99

Mariscos

  • 7 Mares

    Seafood soup
    $25.99
  • Coctel de camarones

    Shrimp cocktail
    $21.99
  • Coctel Campechana

    Shrimp and octopus cocktail
    $24.99
  • Camarones a la mantequilla

    Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
    $24.99
  • Camarones al mojo de ajo

    Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
    $24.99
  • Camarones a la Valencia

    Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,
    $23.99
  • Tostada de camarones

    Shrimp ceviche tostada
    $12.99
  • Mojarra Frita

    Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad
    $21.99
  • Camarones Cucaracha

    Fried head-on shrimp
    $29.99
  • Aguachile verde

    Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa
    $32.99

Fajitas

  • Fajitas tasajo

    Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans
    $22.99
  • fajitas pollo

    Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans
    $21.99
  • Fajitas camarones

    Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
    $25.99
  • Fajitas mixtas

    Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
    $27.99

Caldos

  • Caldo Tlalpeño

    Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
    $17.99
  • Menudo

    $20.99

Desayunos

  • Huevos Rancheros

    Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans
    $18.99
  • Huevos revueltos con chorizo

    Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans
    $19.99
  • Enfrijoladas

    3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo
    $20.99
  • Entomatadas

    3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo
    $20.99
  • Chilaquiles

    Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs
    $17.99
  • Salsa de huevo

    Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans
    $17.99
  • Huevos a la mexicana

    $16.99

Kids Menu

  • Kids chicken nuggets

    Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
    $15.99
  • Kids quesadilla

    Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
    $15.99
  • Kids memelita

    Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
    $15.99
  • Kids pollo asado

    Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
    $15.99
  • Kids bbq chicken wings

    Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
    $15.99

Sides

  • Aguacate

    $4.99
  • Arroz(rice)

    $3.99+
  • Carnes extra

    $7.99
  • Cebollitas

    $3.99
  • Chiles de agua

    $5.99
  • Chiles toreados

    $3.99
  • Chips

    $3.99
  • Crema

    $2.99
  • French fries

    $6.99
  • Frijoles(beans)

    $3.99+
  • Guacamole

    $12.99
  • Huevos

    $6.99
  • Mole negro

    $6.99+
  • Mole rojo

    $6.99+
  • Nopales

    $3.99
  • Quesillo extra

    $6.99
  • Salsa

    $5.99+
  • Side Chicharron

    $10.99
  • Side Moronga

    $10.99
  • Tortilla Harina

    $2.99
  • Tortillas de maiź

    $2.99
  • Huitlacoche extra

    $6.99
  • Flor de calabaza extra

    $6.99
  • Champiñones extra

    $6.99

Drinks

Bebidas calientes

  • Atole blanco

    Hot drink made from corn
    $4.99
  • Atole de panela

    Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
    $4.99
  • Champurrado

    Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
    $4.99
  • Chocolate

    Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
    $4.99
  • Café de Olla

    Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
    $3.99

Aguas frescas

  • Agua fresca

    Ask waiter for available options
    $3.99+
  • Horchata con nieve de tuna

    Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
    $5.99+
  • Agua de chilacayota

    Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
    $4.99+
  • Tejate

    Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
    $5.99+
  • Water bottle

    $1.99
  • Juice

    $2.99+

Sodas mexicanas

  • Sodas Mexicanas

    $3.99
  • 1/2 liter sodas

    Mexican coke or fanta
    $4.99
  • Coka lata

    $2.00

Postres

  • Flan

    flan
    $3.99
  • Arroz con leche

    $3.99
  • Gelatina. de leche

    $3.99
  • Gelatina de agua

    $2.99
  • Platanitos fritos

    $6.99
  • Nieves

    $7.99+

Market

Meats

  • Cecina

    $16.99
  • Tasajo

    $16.99
  • Chorizo

    $16.99

Quesillo

  • Quesillo libra

    $15.99

Moles

  • Mole rojo libra

    $15.99
  • Mole negro libra

    $15.99

Chocolate

  • Chocolate libra

    $15.99

El Tejate Restaurant Location and Ordering Hours

(760) 747-1808
205 W Mission Ave,Ste R, Escondido, CA 92025
Open now • Closes at 8:30PM
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