El Cid Mexican Restaurant Menu and Prices

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El Cid Mexican Restaurant Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Desayunos - Breakfastavailable all day, served with rice, beans and tortillas

Huevos Con Bistec

$6.95

steak and eggs

Huevos Con Chorizo

$4.95

scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage

Huevos Rancheros

$4.30

sunny - side - up on a flat tortilla with tomato sauce

Huevos Con Jamon

$4.95

ham and eggs

Huevos a La Mexicana

$4.30

scrambled eggs with hot peppers, onions and tomatoes

Chilaquiles Plain

$5.95 - $7.95

corn tortilla with eggs, cooked in your choice of red or green sauce and topped with cheese

Breakfast Burrito

$4.30 - $4.95

this bursting burrito is stuffed with 2 eggs lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, beans and rice


Antojitos Mexicanos - Appetizers

Queso Fundido

$5.50 - $6.95

melted cheese with or without Mexican sausage

Sincronizadas

$5.75

2 flour tortillas with melted cheese and ham served with beans and sour cream

Guacamole

$6.95

served with chips

Nachos with Guacamole

$6.50 - $8.50

Mini Vegetarian Chimichanga

$5.50

3 deep fried mini burritos served with guacamole and sour cream

Quesadilla Grande

$6.50 - $7.50

4 flour tortillas stuffed with cheese, green peppers and onion

Tostada De Ceviche De Camaron

$4.50

Tostada De Ceviche De Pulpo

$5.50

lime marinated shrimp or octopus served over a crisp flat tortilla

Ostions En La Concha

$6.95 - $12.00

fresh oysters in the shell


Especialidades De Casa - House Specialties

Carne Al Carbon

$11.95

broiled steak

Bistec a La Mexicana

$11.95

steak mixed with hot peppers, onions and tomatoes

Fajitas De Carne Asada O Pollo

$11.95

juicy skirt steak or chicken broiled with onions, green peppers and tomatoes

Tampiquena

$13.95

broiled steak served with guacamole and 2 cheese enchiladas

Costillas De Res

$11.95

broiled beef ribs with green onions

Costillas De Puerco

$11.95

barbecue style short ribs

Fajitas Mixtas

$13.95

tasty combination of shrimp, steak and chicken

Guisado De Puerco

$10.95

a rich verde stew filled with savory pork cuts

Pinchos Vegetariano

$8.95

grilled vegetable kabobs served with rice and salad

Pinchos De Pollo

$9.95

barbecue chicken kabobs served with rice and salad

Pinchos Mixtos

$12.95

barbecue chicken and shrimp kabobs served with rice and salad

Chuletas De Puerco

$11.95

pork chops served with white rice, black beans and sweet plantains

Fricasse De Pollo

$9.95

chicken stew served with white rice and plantains


Caldos - Soups

Black Bean Soup

$2.50 - $4.00

a vegetarian delight, Cuban style!

Menudo

$4.00 - $6.50

tripe soup available only Saturday and Sunday

Pozole

$4.00 - $6.50

hominy soup

Res

$4.00 - $6.50

beef soup with vegetables

Pollo

$4.00 - $6.50

chicken soup with vegetables

Camaron

$5.00 - $8.95

shrimp soup

Pescado

$5.00 - $8.95

fish soup

Camaron Y Pescado

$9.95

shrimp and fish soup

Delicioso 7 Mares

$13.95

delicious 7 - seas soup


Ensaladas - Salads

Taco Salad

$6.50

Vegetarian Taco Salad

$6.50

Garden Salad

$3.75 - $4.75

Low Calorie Chicken Salad

$6.50

Ensalada De Pulpo Y Camaron

$12.95

octopus and shrimp salad


Sandwiches

Steak

$4.95

Grilled Chicken

$4.95

Cuban

$4.95

Miami Sub

$4.95

El Cid's Sub

$4.95


Delicious Choice of Fillings!

Delicious Choice of Fillings!

Price may varies

carne asada, pollo, barbacoa, al pastor, chorizo, carnitas, milanesa - soio torta, guacamole o aguacate steak, chicken, pot steamed beef, Mexican gyros, Mexican sausage, fried pork, milanesa - torta


Mexican Favoritescheese, sour cream and guacamole are extra for some dishes

Traditional Tacos

$1.65

carne asada, pollo, barbacoa, al pastor, chorizo, carnitas, aguacate o guacamole, choice of steak, chicken, pot steamed beef, Mexican gyros, Mexican sausage, fried pork, avocado or guacamole

Traditional Taco Dinner

$7.95

3 tacos served with rice and beans

Taco De Papa

$1.65 - $7.95

vegetarian taco with potato, onions and tomatoes

Taco De Pescado

$2.75 - $9.95

delicious fish tacos

Taco de Arrachera O Lengua

$1.85 - $8.25

choose from grilled skin steak or beef tongue

Quesadillas Dinner

$7.50 - $8.25

3 cheese quesadillas served with rice and beans

Burrito

$4.30

bistec, pollo, chorizo, o al pastor rolled flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, Mexican sausage or Mexican gyros

Burrito De Arrachera

$5.75

grilled skirt steak burrito

Burrito Vegetariano

$4.30

Burrito Suizo

$5.30

your favorite burrito covered with melted cheese

Chimichanga Burrito

$7.95

deep fried and served with guacamole and sour cream

Sope

$2.25

a thick corn tortilla spread with beans and topped with your choice of filling

Torta

$4.10

Mexican bread spread with beans and stuffed with your choice of filling

Torta De Arrachera

$5.75

skirt steak

Tostada

$2.95

crisp flat tortilla covered with refried beans and topped with shredded lettuce, tomatoes and cheese, just pick a filling

Milanesa De Res

$8.95

servida con arroz, frijoles, y ensalada breaded beef steak served with rice beans and salad

Enchiladas Suiza

$7.95 - $8.95

pollo, bistec o queso corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken, steak or cheese smothered with a mild mole sauce or green sauce

Flautas Dinner

$8.95

pollo, bistec o queso corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken, steak , cheese, or black bean filling

Combination Plate

$8.95

one taco, one tostada and an enchilada or quesadilla served with rice and beans


Mariscos - Seafood

Coctel 'Vuelve a La Vida'

$10.95

oysters, octopus and shrimp in cocktail sauce

Coctel 'La Atomica Del Cid'

$13.95

a 'vuelve a la vida' served on a platter with a Mexican salad, 4 - 5 jumbo shrimp and 2 eggs in a dry wine sauce

Coctek De Camron

$9.95

shrimp cocktail

Grilled Salmon with Garlic Sauce

$13.95

Fajitas De Camaron

$13.95

grilled shrimp broiled with onions, tomatoes, and green peppers, served with rice and beans

Camarones Empanizados

$10.95

breaded shrimp served with rice and salad

Huachinango a La Veracruzana

$13.95

red snapper veracruz style

Pescado Vagre Frito

$11.95

fried cat fish served with rice and salad

Camaron a La Plancha

$11.95

shrimp broiled with butter

Tostadas De Pulpo O Camaron

$12.95

octopus or shrimp served over crisp flat tortillas 3

Camarones Rellenos

$12.95

cheese stuffed shrimp wrapped with han and bacon

Mojarra Frita

$11.95

fried silver bass

Tilapia

$11.95 - $13.95


Pollos Rostizados - Roasted Chickenserved with rice, beans, salad and tortillas

1/2 Pollo

$7.95

chicken

1/4 Pollo

$5.95

chicken

Pollos Para Lievar - Solo

$8.95

whole toasted chicken to go only

Pollos Para Lievar

$14.95

whole toasted chicken to go with salads tortillas, salsa, jalapenos, rice and beans


Side Orders

Papas Fritas

$1.50

French fries

Tostaditas

$1.50

tortillas chips

Pico De Gallo

$2.75

Enchilada

$1.75

chicken, cheese or steak

Chile Relleno

$3.50

cheese stuffed pepper

Crema

$0.50

sour cream

Frijotes

$1.75

refried beans

Arrpz

$1.75

seasoned rice

Platanos Fritos

$3.00

fried plantains

Quesadilla

$1.50 - $1.75

Cabollitas

$1.50

grilled green onions

Mini Vegetarian Chimi

$1.75

Tamales

$2.00

chicken, pork, or cheese


Bebidas - Beverages

Aguas Frescas

$1.10

orachata - rice and milk drinks, limon - lemonade, pina - pineapple

Soda - Coke

$1.10 - $2.10

Soda - Sprite

$1.10 - $2.10

Soda - Orange Fanta

$1.10 - $2.10

Soda - Iced Tea

$1.10 - $2.10

Coffee

$0.90

Espresso

$1.50

Cappuccino

$2.50

Jarritos

$1.50

Jugo De Zanahoria

$2.75

fresh carrot juice

Jugo De Naranja

$2.75

fresh squeezed orange juice

Licuados De Frutas Naturales

$2.75

fresh fruit shakes with your choice of strawberry, mango, banana, soursop - guanabana, guava or passion fruit


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